महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-142, verse-9

ततो वृतो मया भर्ता तव पुत्रो महाबलः ।
अपनेतुं च यतितो न चैव शकितो मया ॥९॥

9. tato vṛto mayā bhartā tava putro mahābalaḥ ,
apanetuṁ ca yatito na caiva śakito mayā.

9. tataḥ vṛtaḥ mayā bhartā tava putraḥ mahābalaḥ
apanetuṃ ca yatitaḥ na ca eva śakitaḥ mayā

9. Then, your immensely powerful son was chosen by me as my husband. I tried to take him away, but I was simply unable to do so.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - chosen (as husband) (chosen, selected, surrounded, covered)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• भर्ता (bhartā) - husband (husband, maintainer, lord)

• तव (tava) - your

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - immensely powerful, mighty, great strength

• अपनेतुं (apanetuṁ) - to take away, to remove

• च (ca) - and

• यतितः (yatitaḥ) - attempted, strived, endeavored

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - simply (indeed, only, just)

• शकितः (śakitaḥ) - able (to do so) (able, capable)

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

From pronominal base 'tad' with suffix '-tas'

वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - chosen (as husband) (chosen, selected, surrounded, covered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛta

vṛta - chosen, selected, surrounded, covered

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vṛ' (to choose, to cover) + 'kta' (ta)

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Refers to 'putraḥ'

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

भर्ता (bhartā) - husband (husband, maintainer, lord)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, maintainer, supporter, lord

Agent noun from root 'bhṛ' (to bear, maintain)

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'putraḥ'

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

Note: Subject of the first clause

महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - immensely powerful, mighty, great strength

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābala

mahābala - having great strength, mighty, immensely powerful

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bala – strength, power, might
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective for 'putraḥ'

अपनेतुं (apanetuṁ) - to take away, to remove

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root 'nī' (to lead) with upasarga 'apa' and infinitive suffix 'tumun'

Prefix: apa

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Infinitive of purpose

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses

यतितः (yatitaḥ) - attempted, strived, endeavored

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yatita

yatita - attempted, strived, endeavored

Past Passive Participle

From root 'yat' (to strive) + 'kta' (ta)

Root: yat (class 1)

Note: Refers implicitly to the speaker ('ahaṃ' understood as the one who attempted)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle or conjunction

एव (eva) - simply (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

शकितः (śakitaḥ) - able (to do so) (able, capable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakita

śakita - able, capable, empowered

Past Passive Participle

From root 'śak' (to be able) + 'kta' (ta)

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Refers implicitly to the speaker ('ahaṃ' understood as the one who was not able)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I