महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-36, verse-9

यथा वा वाससी शुक्ले महारजनरञ्जिते ।
बिभृयाद्युवतिः श्यामा तद्वदासीद्वसुंधरा ।
मांसशोणितचित्रेव शातकौम्भमयीव च ॥९॥

9. yathā vā vāsasī śukle mahārajanarañjite ,
bibhṛyādyuvatiḥ śyāmā tadvadāsīdvasuṁdharā ,
māṁsaśoṇitacitreva śātakaumbhamayīva ca.

9. yathā vā vāsasī śukle mahārajana-rañjite
bibhṛyāt yuvatiḥ śyāmā tat
vat āsīt vasuṃdharā māṃsa-śoṇita-citrā
iva śātakaumbhamayī iva ca

9. yathā śyāmā yuvatiḥ vā mahārajana-rañjite
śukle vāsasī bibhṛyāt tat
vat vasuṃdharā āsīt māṃsa-śoṇita-citrā
iva śātakaumbhamayī iva ca

9. Just as a dark-skinned young woman might wear two white garments dyed with a deep red pigment, so too was the earth. It was as if adorned with paintings of flesh and blood, and as if made of pure gold.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• वा (vā) - or, indeed, like

• वाससी (vāsasī) - two garments

• शुक्ले (śukle) - two white ones

• महारजन-रञ्जिते (mahārajana-rañjite) - dyed with a deep red dye

• बिभृयात् (bibhṛyāt) - might wear, should bear/carry

• युवतिः (yuvatiḥ) - a young woman

• श्यामा (śyāmā) - dark-skinned, dark-complexioned (woman)

• तत् (tat) - that, so

• वत् (vat) - like, as

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• वसुंधरा (vasuṁdharā) - the earth, bearer of wealth

• मांस-शोणित-चित्रा (māṁsa-śoṇita-citrā) - painted/variegated with flesh and blood

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• शातकौम्भमयी (śātakaumbhamayī) - made of pure gold

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, indeed, like

(indeclinable)

वाससी (vāsasī) - two garments

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of vāsas

vāsas - garment, clothes, covering

शुक्ले (śukle) - two white ones

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of śukla

śukla - white, bright, pure

महारजन-रञ्जिते (mahārajana-rañjite) - dyed with a deep red dye

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of mahārajana-rañjita

mahārajana-rañjita - dyed with a deep red dye

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : Instrumental Tatpuruṣa (mahārajana+rañjita)

• mahārajana – deep red dye, safflower
  noun (masculine)
• rañjita – dyed, colored, painted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root rañj (to color)
  Root: rañj (class 1)

बिभृयात् (bibhṛyāt) - might wear, should bear/carry

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhṛ

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

युवतिः (yuvatiḥ) - a young woman

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yuvati

yuvati - young woman, maiden

श्यामा (śyāmā) - dark-skinned, dark-complexioned (woman)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śyāmā

śyāmā - dark, black, dark-skinned woman

तत् (tat) - that, so

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially as part of 'tadvat'

वत् (vat) - like, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Suffix used adverbially

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

वसुंधरा (vasuṁdharā) - the earth, bearer of wealth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vasuṃdharā

vasuṁdharā - earth (literally, 'bearer of wealth')

मांस-शोणित-चित्रा (māṁsa-śoṇita-citrā) - painted/variegated with flesh and blood

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of māṃsa-śoṇita-citra

māṁsa-śoṇita-citra - painted/variegated with flesh and blood

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (māṃsa+śoṇita+citra)

• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• śoṇita – blood, red color
  noun (neuter)
• citra – picture, painting, variegated, wonderful
  adjective

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

शातकौम्भमयी (śātakaumbhamayī) - made of pure gold

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śātakaumbhamayī

śātakaumbhamayī - made of pure gold

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śātakaumbha+mayī)

• śātakaumbha – pure gold, gold from the river Kumbha
  noun (neuter)
• mayī – made of, consisting of (feminine form of maya)
  suffix (adjective) (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)