महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-146, verse-15

कथं शक्ष्यामि बालेऽस्मिन्गुणानाधातुमीप्षितान् ।
अनाथे सर्वतो लुप्ते यथा त्वं धर्मदर्शिवान् ॥१५॥

15. kathaṁ śakṣyāmi bāle'sminguṇānādhātumīpṣitān ,
anāthe sarvato lupte yathā tvaṁ dharmadarśivān.

15. katham śakṣyāmi bāle asmin guṇān ādhātum īpsitān
anāthe sarvataḥ lupte yathā tvam dharmadarśivān

15. How will I be able to implant desired qualities (guṇa) in this child who is orphaned and completely deprived, just as you, who perceive natural law (dharma), would?

15. איך אוכל להקנות לילדה הזאת את התכונות הרצויות, כשהיא חסרת מגן וכל תמיכה אבודה לה, כפי שאתה, הרואה את דרך היושר, היית עושה?

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• शक्ष्यामि (śakṣyāmi) - I will be able

• बाले (bāle) - in the child, in the boy

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, virtues, attributes

• आधातुम् (ādhātum) - to place, to implant, to establish

• ईप्सितान् (īpsitān) - desired, wished for, sought after

• अनाथे (anāthe) - in the orphaned, in the unprotected

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, completely, everywhere

• लुप्ते (lupte) - in the deprived, in the lost

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

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• धर्मदर्शिवान् (dharmadarśivān) - one who perceives (dharma), one who sees the natural law

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

शक्ष्यामि (śakṣyāmi) - I will be able

(verb)

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

Root: śak (class 5)

बाले (bāle) - in the child, in the boy

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young, youthful

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, virtues, attributes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, attribute, constituent of nature

आधातुम् (ādhātum) - to place, to implant, to establish

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root dhā with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

ईप्सितान् (īpsitān) - desired, wished for, sought after

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of īpsita

īpsita - desired, wished for, sought after

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the desiderative stem of root āp (to obtain)

Root: āp (class 5)

अनाथे (anāthe) - in the orphaned, in the unprotected

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of anātha

anātha - unprotected, helpless, orphaned, without a master

Compound of a- (negation) and nātha (protector, lord)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+nātha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• nātha – protector, lord, master
  noun (masculine)

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, completely, everywhere

(indeclinable)

लुप्ते (lupte) - in the deprived, in the lost

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of lupta

lupta - deprived, lost, cut off, hidden, disappeared

Past Passive Participle

From root lup (to break, to cut off)

Root: lup (class 6)

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

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

धर्मदर्शिवान् (dharmadarśivān) - one who perceives (dharma), one who sees the natural law

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmadarśivant

dharmadarśivant - one who sees/perceives dharma (natural law)

Agent noun with possessive suffix

Compound of dharma (natural law) and darśivant (one who sees/possesses sight)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+darśivant)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
• darśivant – one who sees, having sight
  adjective (masculine)
  Possessive adjective from agent noun darśin
  From root dṛś (to see) with suffix -vin and possessive suffix -mat
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

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