महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-217, verse-6

समालिङ्ग्य सुतानन्ये पितॄन्मातॄंस्तथापरे ।
त्यक्तुं न शेकुः स्नेहेन तथैव निधनं गताः ॥६॥

6. samāliṅgya sutānanye pitṝnmātṝṁstathāpare ,
tyaktuṁ na śekuḥ snehena tathaiva nidhanaṁ gatāḥ.

6. samāliṅgya sutān anye pitṝn mātṝn tathā apare
tyaktum na śekuḥ snehena tathā eva nidhanam gatāḥ

6. Some embraced their sons, while others similarly held their fathers and mothers. Unable to abandon them due to their affection, they met their death in the same way.

Words meanings summery:

• समालिङ्ग्य (samāliṅgya) - having embraced, after embracing

• सुतान् (sutān) - sons

• अन्ये (anye) - others, some

• पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers

• मातॄन् (mātṝn) - mothers

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way, thus

• अपरे (apare) - others

• त्यक्तुम् (tyaktum) - to abandon, to leave

• न (na) - not, no

• शेकुः (śekuḥ) - they were able

• स्नेहेन (snehena) - by affection, due to love

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• निधनम् (nidhanam) - death, destruction, demise

• गताः (gatāḥ) - they went, they attained, they reached (death)

Words meanings and morphology

समालिङ्ग्य (samāliṅgya) - having embraced, after embracing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root liṅg with upasarga sam- and ā-, suffix -ya.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: liṅg (class 1)

सुतान् (sutān) - sons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, born, produced

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

From root sū (to give birth).

Root: sū (class 2)

अन्ये (anye) - others, some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different, another

पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

मातॄन् (mātṝn) - mothers

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way, thus

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent

त्यक्तुम् (tyaktum) - to abandon, to leave

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Formed from root tyaj with suffix -tum.

Root: tyaj (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शेकुः (śekuḥ) - they were able

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of śak

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural

Perfect active form of root śak.

Root: śak (class 5)

स्नेहेन (snehena) - by affection, due to love

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sneha

sneha - affection, love, tenderness, oil, fat

From root snih (to be sticky, to love).

Root: snih (class 4)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

An emphatic particle.

निधनम् (nidhanam) - death, destruction, demise

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nidhana

nidhana - death, destruction, end, repository

From ni- + dhā (to place).

Prefix: ni

Root: dhā (class 3)

गताः (gatāḥ) - they went, they attained, they reached (death)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, arrived, attained, dead

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agreement with the implied subject (anye, apare).