महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-171, verse-8

तान्भृगूणां तदा दारान्कश्चिन्नाभ्यवपद्यत ।
यदा तदा दधारेयमूरुणैकेन मां शुभा ॥८॥

8. tānbhṛgūṇāṁ tadā dārānkaścinnābhyavapadyata ,
yadā tadā dadhāreyamūruṇaikena māṁ śubhā.

8. tān bhṛgūṇām tadā dārān kaścit na abhyavapadyata
yadā tadā dadhāra iyam ūruṇā ekena mām śubhā

8. When no one came forward to protect those Bhrigu wives at that time, then this auspicious mother (śubhā) bore me concealed in her thigh.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - those

• भृगूणाम् (bhṛgūṇām) - of the Bhrigus

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• दारान् (dārān) - wives

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone

• न (na) - not, no

• अभ्यवपद्यत (abhyavapadyata) - protected, supported, obtained, reached

• यदा (yadā) - when

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• दधार (dadhāra) - bore, held, supported

• इयम् (iyam) - this one (feminine)

• ऊरुणा (ūruṇā) - on the thigh, by the thigh

• एकेन (ekena) - on one, by one

• माम् (mām) - me

• शुभा (śubhā) - the auspicious one, beautiful one

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to `dārān`.

भृगूणाम् (bhṛgūṇām) - of the Bhrigus

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhṛgu

bhṛgu - Bhrigu (name of a sage and a lineage)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

derived from the pronoun `tad`

दारान् (dārān) - wives

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dāra

dāra - wife, wives (often used in plural as a masculine noun)

Often treated as plural masculine, even though semantically singular or feminine.

Root: dṝ (class 1)

Note: Object of `abhyavapadyata`.

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, something, anything

`ka` (who/what) + `cid` (particle of indefiniteness)

Note: Subject of `abhyavapadyata`.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

अभ्यवपद्यत (abhyavapadyata) - protected, supported, obtained, reached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect past (laṅ) of abhyavapad

root `pad` with prefixes `abhi` and `ava`

Prefixes: abhi+ava

Root: pad (class 4)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

derived from the pronoun `yad`

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

derived from the pronoun `tad`

दधार (dadhāra) - bore, held, supported

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (lit) of dhṛ

Reduplicated root, perfect tense

Root: dhṛ (class 3)

इयम् (iyam) - this one (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to the mother.

ऊरुणा (ūruṇā) - on the thigh, by the thigh

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ūru

ūru - thigh

`u`-ending masculine noun

Note: `ūruṇā` (instrumental) can also mean "on the thigh" in context.

एकेन (ekena) - on one, by one

(numeral/adjective)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

First person pronoun

Note: Object of `dadhāra`.

शुभा (śubhā) - the auspicious one, beautiful one

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śubha

śubha - auspicious, bright, beautiful, good fortune

Feminine form of `śubha`

Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `iyam` (the mother).