महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-41, verse-20

तस्माल्लम्बामहे गर्ते नष्टसंज्ञा ह्यनाथवत् ।
स वक्तव्यस्त्वया दृष्ट्वा अस्माकं नाथवत्तया ॥२०॥

20. tasmāllambāmahe garte naṣṭasaṁjñā hyanāthavat ,
sa vaktavyastvayā dṛṣṭvā asmākaṁ nāthavattayā.

20. tasmāt lambāmahe garte naṣṭasaṃjñā hi anāthavat
saḥ vaktavyaḥ tvayā dṛṣṭvā asmākam nāthavattayā

20. Thus, we hang in this pit, deprived of our senses, truly like orphans. When you see him, you must tell him to act as our protector.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, thus (therefore, from that)

• लम्बामहे (lambāmahe) - we hang, we are suspended

• गर्ते (garte) - in this pit (in the pit, in the hole)

• नष्टसंज्ञा (naṣṭasaṁjñā) - deprived of senses, unconscious, senseless

• हि (hi) - truly, indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - like orphans (like one without a protector, like an orphan)

• सः (saḥ) - he (Jaratkāru) (he, that)

• वक्तव्यः (vaktavyaḥ) - must be told (to be spoken, to be told)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - when you see (him) (having seen)

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our (our, of us)

• नाथवत्तया (nāthavattayā) - about our need for a protector/for our protection (by the state of having a protector, for our protection)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, thus (therefore, from that)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

लम्बामहे (lambāmahe) - we hang, we are suspended

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of lamb

Root: lamb (class 1)

गर्ते (garte) - in this pit (in the pit, in the hole)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of garta

garta - pit, hole, cavity, ditch

नष्टसंज्ञा (naṣṭasaṁjñā) - deprived of senses, unconscious, senseless

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of naṣṭasaṃjñā

naṣṭasaṁjñā - deprived of consciousness/senses, senseless, unconscious

Compound type : bahuvrihi (naṣṭa+saṃjñā)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, vanished
  adjective (neuter)
  past participle
  Derived from root naś (to perish)
  Root: naś (class 4)
• saṃjñā – consciousness, understanding, name, sign
  noun (feminine)

हि (hi) - truly, indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - like orphans (like one without a protector, like an orphan)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat added to anātha

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+nātha)

• a – not, without, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• nātha – lord, protector, master, refuge
  noun (masculine)

सः (saḥ) - he (Jaratkāru) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वक्तव्यः (vaktavyaḥ) - must be told (to be spoken, to be told)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaktavya

vaktavya - to be said, to be spoken, to be told

future passive participle (kṛtya)

Derived from root vac (to speak) with suffix -tavya

Root: vac (class 2)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - when you see (him) (having seen)

(indeclinable)

gerund (ktvā)

Derived from root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our (our, of us)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

नाथवत्तया (nāthavattayā) - about our need for a protector/for our protection (by the state of having a protector, for our protection)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of nāthavattā

nāthavattā - state of having a lord/protector, protection

Derived from nāthavat (having a lord) + suffix -tā (state of being)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāthavat+tā)

• nāthavat – having a lord/protector
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from nātha (lord/protector) + suffix -vat (possessive)
• tā – state, condition, quality of being
  suffix (feminine)
  Feminine abstract suffix