महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-66, verse-14

निर्जने च वने यस्माच्छकुन्तैः परिरक्षिता ।
शकुन्तलेति नामास्याः कृतं चापि ततो मया ॥१४॥

14. nirjane ca vane yasmācchakuntaiḥ parirakṣitā ,
śakuntaleti nāmāsyāḥ kṛtaṁ cāpi tato mayā.

14. nirjane ca vane yasmāt śakuntaiḥ parirakṣitā
śakuntalā iti nāma asyāḥ kṛtam ca api tataḥ mayā

14. Because she was protected by birds in a desolate forest, I therefore named her Shakuntala.

Words meanings summery:

• निर्जने (nirjane) - in a desolate place (in a lonely place, in a desolate place)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• वने (vane) - in the forest (in the forest, in the woods)

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because, since (because, since, from which)

• शकुन्तैः (śakuntaiḥ) - by birds

• परिरक्षिता (parirakṣitā) - protected (protected, guarded, preserved)

• शकुन्तला (śakuntalā) - Shakuntala (Shakuntala (proper noun))

• इति (iti) - thus (introducing the name) (thus, in this manner, so saying)

• नाम (nāma) - name (name, appellation)

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her (of her, to her, by her)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - given (made) (made, done, performed)

• च (ca) - also (and, also, moreover)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too, moreover)

• ततः (tataḥ) - therefore (therefore, thence, from that)

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

निर्जने (nirjane) - in a desolate place (in a lonely place, in a desolate place)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of nirjana

nirjana - solitary, desolate, lonely, uninhabited, devoid of people

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

वने (vane) - in the forest (in the forest, in the woods)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, cluster

Root: van (class 8)

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because, since (because, since, from which)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Used here as an indeclinable conjunction 'because'.

शकुन्तैः (śakuntaiḥ) - by birds

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śakunta

śakunta - bird, a kind of bird

Root: śak (class 5)

परिरक्षिता (parirakṣitā) - protected (protected, guarded, preserved)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parirakṣita

parirakṣita - protected, guarded, preserved

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'rakṣ' with prefix 'pari'.

Prefix: pari

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies an implied feminine subject (Shakuntala).

शकुन्तला (śakuntalā) - Shakuntala (Shakuntala (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakuntalā

śakuntalā - Shakuntala (name of a female character)

इति (iti) - thus (introducing the name) (thus, in this manner, so saying)

(indeclinable)

नाम (nāma) - name (name, appellation)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, noun, reputation

Note: Or accusative, as it's the object of 'kṛtam'.

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her (of her, to her, by her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, that

कृतम् (kṛtam) - given (made) (made, done, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, performed, action, deed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'kṛ'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'nāma'.

च (ca) - also (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too, moreover)

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - therefore (therefore, thence, from that)

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable form of 'tad'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I (first person pronoun)