महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-149, verse-2

एकस्तव सुतो बालः कन्या चैका तपस्विनी ।
न ते तयोस्तथा पत्न्या गमनं तत्र रोचये ॥२॥

2. ekastava suto bālaḥ kanyā caikā tapasvinī ,
na te tayostathā patnyā gamanaṁ tatra rocaye.

2. ekaḥ tava sutaḥ bālaḥ kanyā ca ekā tapasvinī |
na te tayoḥ tathā patnyā gamanam tatra rocaye

2. You have only one young son and one ascetic daughter. I do not approve of their going there, nor of your wife's going.

Words meanings summery:

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

• तव (tava) - your

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

• बालः (bālaḥ) - boy, child, young

• कन्या (kanyā) - daughter, girl, virgin

• च (ca) - and, also

• एका (ekā) - one, a single

• तपस्विनी (tapasvinī) - ascetic woman, pious woman

• न (na) - not, no

• ते (te) - to you, for you

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of the son and the daughter (of those two, their)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also

• पत्न्या (patnyā) - by the wife, of the wife (variant interpretation)

• गमनम् (gamanam) - going, departure

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• रोचये (rocaye) - I approve, I like, I desire

Words meanings and morphology

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive pronoun

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, child

Past Passive Participle

from sū (to bear, beget) + kta

Root: sū (class 2)

बालः (bālaḥ) - boy, child, young

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young, innocent

कन्या (kanyā) - daughter, girl, virgin

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - daughter, girl, virgin

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एका (ekā) - one, a single

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

Note: Agrees with 'kanyā'

तपस्विनी (tapasvinī) - ascetic woman, pious woman

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tapasvinī

tapasvinī - ascetic woman, pious woman

Feminine form of tapasvin (from tapas)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of the son and the daughter (of those two, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Refers to the son ('sutaḥ') and daughter ('kanyā')

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used as 'and so' or 'similarly'

पत्न्या (patnyā) - by the wife, of the wife (variant interpretation)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of patnī

patnī - wife, mistress

Note: Here instrumental implying 'wife's going' as part of the action 'gamanam'

गमनम् (gamanam) - going, departure

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gamana

gamana - going, moving, journey

Action Noun

from gam + lyuṭ

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of 'rocaye'

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

रोचये (rocaye) - I approve, I like, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ruc

Present Middle

Present 1st person singular middle voice

Root: ruc (class 1)

Note: With dative 'te' ('to you'), implies 'I do not wish for you to approve'