महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-111, verse-33

शृणु कुन्ति कथां चेमां शारदण्डायनीं प्रति ।
या वीरपत्नी गुरुभिर्नियुक्तापत्यजन्मनि ॥३३॥

33. śṛṇu kunti kathāṁ cemāṁ śāradaṇḍāyanīṁ prati ,
yā vīrapatnī gurubhirniyuktāpatyajanmani.

33. śṛṇu kunti kathām ca imām śāradaṇḍāyanīm prati
yā vīrapatnī gurubhiḥ niyuktā apatyajanmani

33. O Kunti, listen to this story concerning Śāradaṇḍāyanī, a heroic wife who was appointed by her elders for the birth of offspring.

Words meanings summery:

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• कुन्ति (kunti) - O Kunti

• कथाम् (kathām) - story, tale

• च (ca) - and, also

• इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine)

• शारदण्डायनीम् (śāradaṇḍāyanīm) - concerning Śāradaṇḍāyanī

• प्रति (prati) - towards, concerning, about

• या (yā) - who (feminine)

• वीरपत्नी (vīrapatnī) - wife of a hero, heroic wife

• गुरुभिः (gurubhiḥ) - by elders, by superiors, by preceptors

• नियुक्ता (niyuktā) - appointed, enjoined, engaged (feminine)

• अपत्यजन्मनि (apatyajanmani) - for the birth of offspring, concerning the procreation of children

Words meanings and morphology

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

कुन्ति (kunti) - O Kunti

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of kuntī

kuntī - Kunti (name of a princess, mother of the Pāṇḍavas)

कथाम् (kathām) - story, tale

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, speech

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

शारदण्डायनीम् (śāradaṇḍāyanīm) - concerning Śāradaṇḍāyanī

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śāradaṇḍāyanī

śāradaṇḍāyanī - name of a woman

प्रति (prati) - towards, concerning, about

(indeclinable)

या (yā) - who (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

वीरपत्नी (vīrapatnī) - wife of a hero, heroic wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vīrapatnī

vīrapatnī - wife of a hero, heroic wife

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vīra+patnī)

• vīra – hero, brave man, warrior
  noun (masculine)
• patnī – wife, mistress
  noun (feminine)

गुरुभिः (gurubhiḥ) - by elders, by superiors, by preceptors

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of guru

guru - teacher, preceptor, elder, heavy, important

नियुक्ता (niyuktā) - appointed, enjoined, engaged (feminine)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niyukta

niyukta - appointed, engaged, employed, fixed, assigned

Past Passive Participle

from ni-√yuj (to appoint, engage)

Prefix: ni

Root: yuj (class 7)

अपत्यजन्मनि (apatyajanmani) - for the birth of offspring, concerning the procreation of children

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of apatyajanman

apatyajanman - birth of offspring, progeny

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (apatya+janman)

• apatya – offspring, progeny, child
  noun (neuter)
• janman – birth, origin, existence, life
  noun (neuter)
  Agent Noun
  from root √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)