महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-50, verse-28

मृदुकुञ्चितकेशान्तं बालं बालमृगेक्षणम् ।
मत्तद्विरदविक्रान्तं शालपोतमिवोद्गतम् ॥२८॥

28. mṛdukuñcitakeśāntaṁ bālaṁ bālamṛgekṣaṇam ,
mattadviradavikrāntaṁ śālapotamivodgatam.

28. mṛdukuñcitakeśāntam bālam bālamṛgekṣaṇam
mattadviradavikrāntam śālapotam iva udgatam

28. bālam mṛdukuñcitakeśāntam bālamṛgekṣaṇam
mattadviradavikrāntam iva udgatam śālapotam

28. A child with softly curled hair, whose eyes resembled those of a young deer, courageous like a rutting elephant, and who had emerged like a young śāla tree.

Words meanings summery:

• मृदुकुञ्चितकेशान्तम् (mṛdukuñcitakeśāntam) - having soft, curly hair-ends

• बालम् (bālam) - a child, a young one

• बालमृगेक्षणम् (bālamṛgekṣaṇam) - having eyes like a young deer

• मत्तद्विरदविक्रान्तम् (mattadviradavikrāntam) - valorous like an intoxicated elephant

• शालपोतम् (śālapotam) - a young śāla tree

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उद्गतम् (udgatam) - risen, emerged, grown

Words meanings and morphology

मृदुकुञ्चितकेशान्तम् (mṛdukuñcitakeśāntam) - having soft, curly hair-ends

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛdukuñcitakeśānta

mṛdukuñcitakeśānta - having soft, curly hair-ends

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mṛdu+kuñcita+keśa+anta)

• mṛdu – soft, tender
  adjective (masculine)
• kuñcita – curled, bent, contracted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'kuñc' (to curl, bend)
  Root: kuñc (class 1)
• keśa – hair
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, tip, border
  noun (masculine)

बालम् (bālam) - a child, a young one

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, young, juvenile

बालमृगेक्षणम् (bālamṛgekṣaṇam) - having eyes like a young deer

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bālamṛgekṣaṇa

bālamṛgekṣaṇa - having eyes like a young deer

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bāla+mṛga+īkṣaṇa)

• bāla – young, fawn
  adjective (masculine)
• mṛga – deer, animal
  noun (masculine)
• īkṣaṇa – eye, seeing, looking
  noun (neuter)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

मत्तद्विरदविक्रान्तम् (mattadviradavikrāntam) - valorous like an intoxicated elephant

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mattadviradavikrānta

mattadviradavikrānta - valorous like an intoxicated elephant

Compound type : upama-bahuvrīhi (matta+dvirada+vikrānta)

• matta – intoxicated, rutting (of an elephant), frenzied
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'mad' (to be drunk, rejoice)
  Root: mad (class 4)
• dvirada – elephant (lit. 'having two tusks')
  noun (masculine)
• vikrānta – valorous, mighty, courageous
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'kram' with upasarga 'vi'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kram (class 1)

शालपोतम् (śālapotam) - a young śāla tree

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śālapota

śālapota - a young śāla tree

Compound type : tatpurusha (śāla+pota)

• śāla – śāla tree (Shorea robusta)
  noun (masculine)
• pota – young animal, young plant, sprout
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उद्गतम् (udgatam) - risen, emerged, grown

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of udgata

udgata - risen, emerged, grown, sprung up

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'gam' (to go) with upasarga 'ud'

Prefix: ud

Root: gam (class 1)