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.

2. יש לך בן אחד קטן ובת אחת, מסכנה. איני רוצה שתלך לשם, לא אתה ולא אשתך ולא שני ילדיך.

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'

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