महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-146, verse-11

अहंकृतावलिप्तैश्च प्रार्थ्यमानामिमां सुताम् ।
अयुक्तैस्तव संबन्धे कथं शक्ष्यामि रक्षितुम् ॥११॥

11. ahaṁkṛtāvaliptaiśca prārthyamānāmimāṁ sutām ,
ayuktaistava saṁbandhe kathaṁ śakṣyāmi rakṣitum.

11. ahaṃkṛta-avaliptaiḥ ca prārthyamānām imām sutām |
ayuktaiḥ tava sambandhe katham śakṣyāmi rakṣitum

11. And how shall I be able to protect this daughter, who will be courted by arrogant, conceited, and unworthy men desiring an alliance with your family?

11. ואיך אוכל לשמור על בתך זו, כשאנשים יהירים וגסי רוח, שאינם ראויים להתקשר אליך, מבקשים אותה?

Words meanings summery:

• अहंकृत-अवलिप्तैः (ahaṁkṛta-avaliptaiḥ) - by men who are arrogant and full of pride (by the arrogant and conceited)

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्रार्थ्यमानाम् (prārthyamānām) - being requested, being courted, being desired

• इमाम् (imām) - this

• सुताम् (sutām) - daughter

• अयुक्तैः (ayuktaiḥ) - by the unworthy, by the unsuitable, by the unrighteous

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• सम्बन्धे (sambandhe) - for an alliance with your family/lineage (in connection, in relation, for alliance)

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

• शक्ष्यामि (śakṣyāmi) - I shall be able

• रक्षितुम् (rakṣitum) - to protect, to guard

Words meanings and morphology

अहंकृत-अवलिप्तैः (ahaṁkṛta-avaliptaiḥ) - by men who are arrogant and full of pride (by the arrogant and conceited)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ahaṃkṛta-avalipta

ahaṁkṛta-avalipta - arrogant and conceited

Compound type : dvandva (ahaṃkṛta+avalipta)

• ahaṃkṛta – arrogant, proud (literally 'ego-made')
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root kṛ preceded by ahaṃ (ego/I), meaning 'to have developed ego' or 'to be full of pride'.
  Prefix: aham
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• avalipta – conceited, haughty, arrogant, smeared with pride
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from ava-lip (to smear, to be proud or arrogant).
  Prefix: ava
  Root: lip (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्रार्थ्यमानाम् (prārthyamānām) - being requested, being courted, being desired

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prārthyamāna

prārthyamāna - being requested, being courted, being desired

Present Passive Participle

Derived from pra-arth (to request, desire).

Prefix: pra

Root: arth (class 10)

इमाम् (imām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

सुताम् (sutām) - daughter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sutā

sutā - daughter

अयुक्तैः (ayuktaiḥ) - by the unworthy, by the unsuitable, by the unrighteous

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ayukta

ayukta - unworthy, unsuitable, unrighteous, not connected

Compound type : abhijātatatpuruṣa (a+yukta)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
• yukta – joined, connected, proper, suitable, righteous
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root yuj (to join, connect, apply).
  Root: yuj (class 7)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

सम्बन्धे (sambandhe) - for an alliance with your family/lineage (in connection, in relation, for alliance)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sambandha

sambandha - connection, relation, alliance, bond, kinship

Prefix: sam

Root: bandh (class 9)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

शक्ष्यामि (śakṣyāmi) - I shall be able

(verb)

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

Root: śak (class 5)

रक्षितुम् (rakṣitum) - to protect, to guard

(verb)

active, infinitive of rakṣ

Infinitive

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

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