महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-68, verse-34

किमर्थं मां प्राकृतवदुपप्रेक्षसि संसदि ।
न खल्वहमिदं शून्ये रौमि किं न शृणोषि मे ॥३४॥

34. kimarthaṁ māṁ prākṛtavadupaprekṣasi saṁsadi ,
na khalvahamidaṁ śūnye raumi kiṁ na śṛṇoṣi me.

34. kimartham mām prākṛtavat upaprekṣasi saṃsadi na
khalu aham idam śūnye raumi kim na śṛṇoṣi me

34. Why do you disregard me like a common woman in this assembly? Indeed, I am not crying out this in an empty place. Why do you not hear my words?

Words meanings summery:

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - why (for what purpose, why, wherefore)

• माम् (mām) - me

• प्राकृतवत् (prākṛtavat) - like a common woman (like an ordinary person, like a common person)

• उपप्रेक्षसि (upaprekṣasi) - you disregard (you look upon, you observe, you disregard)

• संसदि (saṁsadi) - in this assembly (in the assembly, in the council, in the court)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• खलु (khalu) - indeed, certainly (indeed, certainly, surely (often an emphatic particle))

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इदम् (idam) - this (matter/statement) (this, this (matter/statement))

• शून्ये (śūnye) - in an empty place (in an empty place, in a desolate place)

• रौमि (raumi) - I am crying out (I roar, I cry out, I shout)

• किम् (kim) - why? (what? why?)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• शृणोषि (śṛṇoṣi) - you hear

• मे (me) - my (words) (my, of me, to me)

Words meanings and morphology

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - why (for what purpose, why, wherefore)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which, why
  pronoun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

प्राकृतवत् (prākṛtavat) - like a common woman (like an ordinary person, like a common person)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat indicating 'like, as if'

उपप्रेक्षसि (upaprekṣasi) - you disregard (you look upon, you observe, you disregard)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of īkṣ

Prefixes: upa+pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: `upa` implies closeness or disregard, `pra` intensification. Combined, "look closely at" or "disregard".

संसदि (saṁsadi) - in this assembly (in the assembly, in the council, in the court)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of saṃsad

saṁsad - assembly, council, court

Prefix: sam

Root: sad (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

खलु (khalu) - indeed, certainly (indeed, certainly, surely (often an emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

इदम् (idam) - this (matter/statement) (this, this (matter/statement))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: Can also be nominative neuter singular, but here it's object of `raumi`.

शून्ये (śūnye) - in an empty place (in an empty place, in a desolate place)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, desolate

Note: Adjective agreeing with an implied noun like `sthāne` (place).

रौमि (raumi) - I am crying out (I roar, I cry out, I shout)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ru

Root: ru (class 2)

किम् (kim) - why? (what? why?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an interrogative particle here.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

शृणोषि (śṛṇoṣi) - you hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

मे (me) - my (words) (my, of me, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Equivalent to `mama`.