महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-146, verse-12

उत्सृष्टमामिषं भूमौ प्रार्थयन्ति यथा खगाः ।
प्रार्थयन्ति जनाः सर्वे वीरहीनां तथा स्त्रियम् ॥१२॥

12. utsṛṣṭamāmiṣaṁ bhūmau prārthayanti yathā khagāḥ ,
prārthayanti janāḥ sarve vīrahīnāṁ tathā striyam.

12. utsṛṣṭam āmiṣam bhūmau prārthayanti yathā khagāḥ
prārthayanti janāḥ sarve vīrahīnām tathā striyam

12. Just as birds desire meat (āmiṣa) thrown on the ground, all people similarly desire a woman who is without a protector.

Words meanings summery:

• उत्सृष्टम् (utsṛṣṭam) - thrown, cast off, abandoned, discarded, offered

• आमिषम् (āmiṣam) - meat, flesh, prey, object of enjoyment, sensual object

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth, in the world

• प्रार्थयन्ति (prārthayanti) - they desire, they pray for, they request

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

• खगाः (khagāḥ) - birds, those moving in the sky

• प्रार्थयन्ति (prārthayanti) - they desire, they pray for, they request

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men, folk

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every, whole

• वीरहीनाम् (vīrahīnām) - bereft of a hero, without a protector

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

• स्त्रियम् (striyam) - woman, female

Words meanings and morphology

उत्सृष्टम् (utsṛṣṭam) - thrown, cast off, abandoned, discarded, offered

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of utsṛṣṭa

utsṛṣṭa - thrown, cast off, abandoned, discarded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root sṛj (to create, to abandon) with the prefix ut-.

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

आमिषम् (āmiṣam) - meat, flesh, prey, object of enjoyment, sensual object

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āmiṣa

āmiṣa - meat, flesh, prey, object of enjoyment

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth, in the world

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

प्रार्थयन्ति (prārthayanti) - they desire, they pray for, they request

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of prārthay

Denominative verb from prārthā

From pra-√arth, originally causative of √arth (to seek, to ask)

Prefix: pra

Root: arth (class 10)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

खगाः (khagāḥ) - birds, those moving in the sky

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of khaga

khaga - bird, one moving in the sky

Compound of kha (sky) + ga (going)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kha+ga)

• kha – sky, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

प्रार्थयन्ति (prārthayanti) - they desire, they pray for, they request

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of prārthay

Denominative verb from prārthā

From pra-√arth, originally causative of √arth (to seek, to ask)

Prefix: pra

Root: arth (class 10)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men, folk

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, people, creature

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every, whole

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

वीरहीनाम् (vīrahīnām) - bereft of a hero, without a protector

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vīrahīna

vīrahīna - bereft of a hero, without a protector, deserted by a husband/hero

Compound of vīra (hero, husband) and hīna (devoid of, abandoned)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vīra+hīna)

• vīra – hero, brave man, husband
  noun (masculine)
• hīna – abandoned, devoid of, deprived, inferior
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root hā (to abandon, leave)
  Root: hā (class 3)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

स्त्रियम् (striyam) - woman, female

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, wife, female