महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-146, verse-10

कथं हि विधवानाथा बालपुत्रा विना त्वया ।
मिथुनं जीवयिष्यामि स्थिता साधुगते पथि ॥१०॥

10. kathaṁ hi vidhavānāthā bālaputrā vinā tvayā ,
mithunaṁ jīvayiṣyāmi sthitā sādhugate pathi.

10. katham hi vidhavā-anāthā bāla-putrā vinā tvayā
| mithunam jīvayisyāmi sthitā sādhu-gate pathi

10. Indeed, how shall I, a helpless widow with young children and without you, be able to sustain this pair (of children) while remaining on the path of the virtuous?

10. איך אפרנס את שני הילדים, הבן והבת, ואשאר בדרך הצדיקים, כשאני אלמנה חסרת מגן עם ילדים קטנים, בלעדיך?

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• विधवा-अनाथा (vidhavā-anāthā) - a helpless widow

• बाल-पुत्रा (bāla-putrā) - having young children, with young sons

• विना (vinā) - without, except for

• त्वया (tvayā) - without you (by you, with you)

• मिथुनम् (mithunam) - the pair of children (son and daughter) (pair, couple, twin, union)

• जीवयिस्यामि (jīvayisyāmi) - I shall cause to live, I shall maintain, I shall raise

• स्थिता (sthitā) - remaining, abiding (standing, remaining, situated, abiding)

• साधु-गते (sādhu-gate) - in the path of the virtuous, in the path of good conduct

• पथि (pathi) - in the path, on the way

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

विधवा-अनाथा (vidhavā-anāthā) - a helpless widow

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidhavā-anāthā

vidhavā-anāthā - a helpless widow

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vidhavā+anāthā)

• vidhavā – widow
  noun (feminine)
• anāthā – helpless, unprotected, without a protector
  adjective (feminine)

बाल-पुत्रा (bāla-putrā) - having young children, with young sons

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bāla-putra

bāla-putra - having young children/sons

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bāla+putra)

• bāla – young, child, infant
  adjective (masculine)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

विना (vinā) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

त्वया (tvayā) - without you (by you, with you)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Used with 'vinā' to mean 'without you'.

मिथुनम् (mithunam) - the pair of children (son and daughter) (pair, couple, twin, union)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mithuna

mithuna - pair, couple, two, twin, union

जीवयिस्यामि (jīvayisyāmi) - I shall cause to live, I shall maintain, I shall raise

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of jīv

Causative

Future tense, 1st person singular of the causative verb from root jīv.

Root: jīv (class 1)

स्थिता (sthitā) - remaining, abiding (standing, remaining, situated, abiding)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, remaining, situated, abiding, firm

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root sthā (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

साधु-गते (sādhu-gate) - in the path of the virtuous, in the path of good conduct

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sādhu-gata

sādhu-gata - gone by the virtuous, righteous path

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sādhu+gata)

• sādhu – virtuous, good, holy, righteous
  adjective
• gata – gone, reached, passed, followed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Describes 'pathi'.

पथि (pathi) - in the path, on the way

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, way, road, course

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