महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-68, verse-69

सा मां हिमवतः पृष्ठे सुषुवे मेनकाप्सराः ।
अवकीर्य च मां याता परात्मजमिवासती ॥६९॥

69. sā māṁ himavataḥ pṛṣṭhe suṣuve menakāpsarāḥ ,
avakīrya ca māṁ yātā parātmajamivāsatī.

69. sā mām himavataḥ pṛṣṭhe suṣuve menakāpsarāḥ
avakīrya ca mām yātā parātmajam iva asatī

69. The apsara Menaka gave birth to me on the peak of the Himalayas. She then abandoned me and departed, just like an unchaste woman abandoning a child not her own.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she (referring to Menaka) (she, that (feminine singular))

• माम् (mām) - me

• हिमवतः (himavataḥ) - of the Himalayas, of the snowy mountain

• पृष्ठे (pṛṣṭhe) - on the peak (on the back, on the surface, on the summit)

• सुषुवे (suṣuve) - gave birth

• मेनकाप्सराः (menakāpsarāḥ) - Menaka, the apsara (celestial nymph)

• अवकीर्य (avakīrya) - having abandoned (having scattered, having abandoned)

• च (ca) - and, also

• माम् (mām) - me

• याता (yātā) - gone, departed (feminine singular)

• परात्मजम् (parātmajam) - another's son, another's offspring

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• असती (asatī) - unvirtuous woman, unchaste woman

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she (referring to Menaka) (she, that (feminine singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

हिमवतः (himavataḥ) - of the Himalayas, of the snowy mountain

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of himavat

himavat - having snow, snowy, the Himalaya mountains

पृष्ठे (pṛṣṭhe) - on the peak (on the back, on the surface, on the summit)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pṛṣṭha

pṛṣṭha - back, surface, top, peak, summit

सुषुवे (suṣuve) - gave birth

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of √sū

Root: sū (class 2)

मेनकाप्सराः (menakāpsarāḥ) - Menaka, the apsara (celestial nymph)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of menakāpsarā

menakāpsarā - Menaka, the celestial nymph

Compound type : tatpurusha (menakā+apsarā)

• menakā – Menaka (proper name of an Apsara)
  proper noun (feminine)
• apsarā – celestial nymph, apsara
  noun (feminine)

अवकीर्य (avakīrya) - having abandoned (having scattered, having abandoned)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from prefix ava + root kīr (to scatter, throw) with suffix -ya (for absolutive in compounds).

Prefix: ava

Root: kīr (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

याता (yātā) - gone, departed (feminine singular)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, departed, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yā (to go) with suffix -ta.

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Used here as a substantive or participle agreeing with 'sā'.

परात्मजम् (parātmajam) - another's son, another's offspring

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parātmaja

parātmaja - son of another, another's offspring

Compound type : tatpurusha (para+ātmaja)

• para – other, another, alien
  adjective
• ātmaja – self-born, son, offspring
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

असती (asatī) - unvirtuous woman, unchaste woman

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asatī

asatī - unvirtuous, unfaithful, unchaste woman

Feminine form of 'asat' (not existing, untrue, bad).