महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-13, verse-16

न स पुत्राञ्जनयितुं दारान्मूढश्चिकीर्षति ।
तेन लम्बामहे गर्ते संतानप्रक्षयादिह ॥१६॥

16. na sa putrāñjanayituṁ dārānmūḍhaścikīrṣati ,
tena lambāmahe garte saṁtānaprakṣayādiha.

16. na saḥ putrān janayitum dārān mūḍhaḥ cikīrṣati
tena lambāmahe garte saṃtāna-pra-kṣayāt iha

16. That foolish man does not desire to beget sons or marry wives. Therefore, because our lineage is perishing, we are suspended here in a pit.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• सः (saḥ) - that (Jaratkāru) (he, that (masculine nominative singular))

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons (sons, children)

• जनयितुम् (janayitum) - to beget (sons) (to beget, to produce, to cause to be born)

• दारान् (dārān) - wives (to marry) (wives)

• मूढः (mūḍhaḥ) - foolish, deluded (foolish, deluded, stupid)

• चिकीर्षति (cikīrṣati) - desires (to beget/marry) (desires to do, wishes to make, intends to perform)

• तेन (tena) - therefore, by him (as a cause) (by him, with that, therefore)

• लम्बामहे (lambāmahe) - we are suspended (in a pit) (we hang, we are suspended)

• गर्ते (garte) - in the pit (of hell for ancestors) (in a pit, in a hole)

• संतान-प्र-क्षयात् (saṁtāna-pra-kṣayāt) - due to the perishing of our lineage (from the destruction/cessation of progeny)

• इह (iha) - here (in this world / in this situation) (here, in this world, now)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that (Jaratkāru) (he, that (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons (sons, children)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Object of janayitum

जनयितुम् (janayitum) - to beget (sons) (to beget, to produce, to cause to be born)

(infinitive)

Note: Infinitive of purpose.

दारान् (dārān) - wives (to marry) (wives)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dāra

dāra - wife (always masculine plural in this sense)

Note: Object of cikīrṣati (implied, meaning to acquire wives).

मूढः (mūḍhaḥ) - foolish, deluded (foolish, deluded, stupid)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, stupid, deluded, bewildered

past passive participle

from root muh (to be bewildered)

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with saḥ

चिकीर्षति (cikīrṣati) - desires (to beget/marry) (desires to do, wishes to make, intends to perform)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of cikīrṣati

desiderative verb

desiderative of root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तेन (tena) - therefore, by him (as a cause) (by him, with that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Jaratkāru, implying 'because of him'.

लम्बामहे (lambāmahe) - we are suspended (in a pit) (we hang, we are suspended)

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (lat) of lamb

Root: lamb (class 1)

गर्ते (garte) - in the pit (of hell for ancestors) (in a pit, in a hole)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of garta

garta - pit, hole, abyss, ditch

संतान-प्र-क्षयात् (saṁtāna-pra-kṣayāt) - due to the perishing of our lineage (from the destruction/cessation of progeny)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃtāna-pra-kṣaya

saṁtāna-pra-kṣaya - destruction of progeny, cessation of lineage

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃtāna+prakṣaya)

• saṃtāna – continuation, progeny, offspring, lineage
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  from sam-tan
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tan (class 8)
• prakṣaya – destruction, decay, cessation, perishing
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  from pra-kṣi
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Ablative case, indicating cause ('from' or 'due to').

इह (iha) - here (in this world / in this situation) (here, in this world, now)

(indeclinable)