महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-146, verse-9

मम हि त्वद्विहीनायाः सर्वकामा न आपदः ।
कथं स्यातां सुतौ बालौ भवेयं च कथं त्वहम् ॥९॥

9. mama hi tvadvihīnāyāḥ sarvakāmā na āpadaḥ ,
kathaṁ syātāṁ sutau bālau bhaveyaṁ ca kathaṁ tvaham.

9. mama hi tvad-vihīnāyāḥ sarva-kāmāḥ na āpadaḥ |
katham syātām sutau bālau bhaveyam ca katham tu aham

9. Indeed, for me, deprived of you, all desires will vanish, and only misfortunes will arise. How will the two young children survive? And how will I fare?

Words meanings summery:

• मम (mama) - my, for me, of me

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• त्वद्-विहीनायाः (tvad-vihīnāyāḥ) - of her who is deprived of you, separated from you

• सर्व-कामाः (sarva-kāmāḥ) - all desires, all wishes

• न (na) - will cease to exist, will be no more (not, no)

• आपदः (āpadaḥ) - calamities, misfortunes, distresses

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

• स्याताम् (syātām) - how will they be/fare (may they be, should they be, will they be)

• सुतौ (sutau) - the son and daughter (the two children, the two sons)

• बालौ (bālau) - the two young ones, the two infants

• भवेयम् (bhaveyam) - how will I fare/manage (may I be, should I be, will I be)

• च (ca) - and, also

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

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

मम (mama) - my, for me, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

त्वद्-विहीनायाः (tvad-vihīnāyāḥ) - of her who is deprived of you, separated from you

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tvad-vihīna

tvad-vihīna - deprived of you, separated from you

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tvad+vihīna)

• tvad – you (ablative stem)
  pronoun
• vihīna – deprived of, separated from, abandoned
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from vi-hā (to abandon, leave).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: hā (class 3)

सर्व-कामाः (sarva-kāmāḥ) - all desires, all wishes

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva-kāma

sarva-kāma - all desires, all wishes

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+kāma)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun/adjective
• kāma – desire, wish, love, object of desire
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Refers to the desires of the feminine speaker.

न (na) - will cease to exist, will be no more (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Here, 'na' implies negation of existence or fulfillment for 'sarva-kāmāḥ'.

आपदः (āpadaḥ) - calamities, misfortunes, distresses

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of āpad

āpad - calamity, misfortune, distress, danger

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

स्याताम् (syātām) - how will they be/fare (may they be, should they be, will they be)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

सुतौ (sutau) - the son and daughter (the two children, the two sons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of suta

suta - son, child, born

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root sū (to bear, bring forth).

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Refers to the pair of children mentioned in the previous verse.

बालौ (bālau) - the two young ones, the two infants

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bāla

bāla - young, child, infant, boy, ignorant

भवेयम् (bhaveyam) - how will I fare/manage (may I be, should I be, will I be)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me