महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-76, verse-21

कथं नु मे मनस्विन्याः पाणिमन्यः पुमान्स्पृशेत् ।
गृहीतमृषिपुत्रेण स्वयं वाप्यृषिणा त्वया ॥२१॥

21. kathaṁ nu me manasvinyāḥ pāṇimanyaḥ pumānspṛśet ,
gṛhītamṛṣiputreṇa svayaṁ vāpyṛṣiṇā tvayā.

21. katham nu me manasvinyāḥ pāṇim anyaḥ pumān spṛśet
gṛhītam ṛṣi-putreṇa svayam vā api ṛṣiṇā tvayā

21. How indeed could any other man touch the hand of me, a high-minded woman, a hand that has already been taken by you, whether as a sage or as the son of a sage?

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then

• मे (me) - of me, my, to me

• मनस्विन्याः (manasvinyāḥ) - of a high-minded/intelligent woman

• पाणिम् (pāṇim) - hand

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, another

• पुमान् (pumān) - man, male

• स्पृशेत् (spṛśet) - should touch, would touch

• गृहीतम् (gṛhītam) - taken (her hand) (taken, grasped)

• ऋषि-पुत्रेण (ṛṣi-putreṇa) - by the son of a sage

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, yourself

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - also, even

• ऋषिणा (ṛṣiṇā) - by a sage

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - of me, my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

मनस्विन्याः (manasvinyāḥ) - of a high-minded/intelligent woman

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of manasvin

manasvin - high-minded, intelligent, spirited, wise

पाणिम् (pāṇim) - hand

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, another

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

पुमान् (pumān) - man, male

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puṃs

puṁs - man, male, human being

स्पृशेत् (spṛśet) - should touch, would touch

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of spṛś

optative mood

3rd person singular active optative of root spṛś

Root: spṛś (class 6)

गृहीतम् (gṛhītam) - taken (her hand) (taken, grasped)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gṛhīta

gṛhīta - taken, grasped, seized

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root grah

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Agrees with pāṇi (neuter as implied here for the action of 'hand-taking') or possibly understood as an adverbial participle.

ऋषि-पुत्रेण (ṛṣi-putreṇa) - by the son of a sage

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ṛṣi-putra

ṛṣi-putra - son of a sage

Compound type : tatpurusha (ṛṣi+putra)

• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, yourself

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

ऋषिणा (ṛṣiṇā) - by a sage

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you