महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-68, verse-72

दुःषन्त उवाच ।
न पुत्रमभिजानामि त्वयि जातं शकुन्तले ।
असत्यवचना नार्यः कस्ते श्रद्धास्यते वचः ॥७२॥

72. duḥṣanta uvāca ,
na putramabhijānāmi tvayi jātaṁ śakuntale ,
asatyavacanā nāryaḥ kaste śraddhāsyate vacaḥ.

72. duḥṣanta uvāca na putram abhijānāmi tvayi jātam
śakuntale asatyavacanā nāryaḥ kaḥ te śraddhāsyate vacaḥ

72. Duṣyanta said: 'Shakuntala, I do not recognize any son born of you. Women are prone to untruthful speech; who will believe your words?'

Words meanings summery:

• दुःषन्त (duḥṣanta) - Duṣyanta (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• अभिजानामि (abhijānāmi) - I recognize, I know

• त्वयि (tvayi) - born of you (in you, on you)

• जातम् (jātam) - born, produced

• शकुन्तले (śakuntale) - O Shakuntala!

• असत्यवचना (asatyavacanā) - prone to untruthful speech (of untrue speech, untruthful)

• नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women

• कः (kaḥ) - who?, which?

• ते (te) - your (words) (your, to you)

• श्रद्धास्यते (śraddhāsyate) - will believe, will have faith in

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, saying

Words meanings and morphology

दुःषन्त (duḥṣanta) - Duṣyanta (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of duḥṣanta

duḥṣanta - Duṣyanta (name of a king)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child, offspring

अभिजानामि (abhijānāmi) - I recognize, I know

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of √abhijñā

Prefix: abhi

Root: jñā (class 9)

त्वयि (tvayi) - born of you (in you, on you)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

जातम् (jātam) - born, produced

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jan (to be born, produced) with suffix -ta.

Root: jan (class 4)

शकुन्तले (śakuntale) - O Shakuntala!

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of śakuntalā

śakuntalā - Shakuntala (proper name, 'bird-reared')

असत्यवचना (asatyavacanā) - prone to untruthful speech (of untrue speech, untruthful)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of asatyavacana

asatyavacana - of untrue speech, untruthful in words

Compound type : bahuvrihi (asatya+vacana)

• asatya – untrue, false, unreal
  adjective
• vacana – speech, word, saying
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)

नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nārī

nārī - woman, wife, female

कः (kaḥ) - who?, which?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

ते (te) - your (words) (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Enclitic form of 'tava'.

श्रद्धास्यते (śraddhāsyate) - will believe, will have faith in

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of √śrad-dhā

Prefix: śrad

Root: dhā (class 3)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, saying

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, voice, saying

Root: vac (class 2)