महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-66, verse-15

एवं दुहितरं विद्धि मम सौम्य शकुन्तलाम् ।
शकुन्तला च पितरं मन्यते मामनिन्दिता ॥१५॥

15. evaṁ duhitaraṁ viddhi mama saumya śakuntalām ,
śakuntalā ca pitaraṁ manyate māmaninditā.

15. evam duhitaram viddhi mama saumya śakuntalām
śakuntalā ca pitaram manyate mām aninditā

15. O gentle one, know this Shakuntala as my daughter. And the blameless Shakuntala considers me her father.

15. כך דע, הו אדם נעים הליכות, ששַׁקוּנְטַלָה היא בתי. והיא, חסרת הפגם, רואה בי את אביה.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way (thus, in this manner, so)

• दुहितरम् (duhitaram) - daughter (daughter (accusative))

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know (know, understand, recognize)

• मम (mama) - my (my, mine, of me)

• सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one (O gentle one, O gracious one, O mild one)

• शकुन्तलाम् (śakuntalām) - Shakuntala (Shakuntala (accusative))

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

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father (father (accusative))

• मन्यते (manyate) - considers (considers, thinks, believes, esteems)

• माम् (mām) - me (me (accusative))

• अनिन्दिता (aninditā) - blameless (blameless, faultless, irreproachable)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

दुहितरम् (duhitaram) - daughter (daughter (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of duhitṛ

duhitṛ - daughter

Root: duh (class 2)

विद्धि (viddhi) - know (know, understand, recognize)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid

imperative, second person singular

Root 'vid' (2nd class, Parasmaipada), imperative form.

Root: vid (class 2)

मम (mama) - my (my, mine, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I (first person pronoun)

सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one (O gentle one, O gracious one, O mild one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumya

saumya - gentle, mild, gracious, benevolent, descendant of Soma

शकुन्तलाम् (śakuntalām) - Shakuntala (Shakuntala (accusative))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śakuntalā

śakuntalā - Shakuntala (name of a female character)

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

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakuntalā

śakuntalā - Shakuntala (name of a female character)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

पितरम् (pitaram) - father (father (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, progenitor, ancestor

मन्यते (manyate) - considers (considers, thinks, believes, esteems)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of man

present, 3rd person singular

Root 'man' (4th class, Atmanepada), present indicative.

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Atmanepada form.

माम् (mām) - me (me (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person pronoun)

अनिन्दिता (aninditā) - blameless (blameless, faultless, irreproachable)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anindita

anindita - blameless, faultless, irreproachable, not blamed

Past Passive Participle (negated)

Compound of 'a' (negation) + 'nindita' (P.P.P. of 'nind' to blame).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+nindita)

• a – not, un-, without (negation)
  indeclinable
• nindita – blamed, reproached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'nind'.
  Root: nind (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Shakuntala.

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