महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-90, verse-56

ततः सत्यवती चिन्तयामास ।
दौःषन्तो वंश उच्छिद्यते इति ॥५६॥

56. tataḥ satyavatī cintayāmāsa ,
dauḥṣanto vaṁśa ucchidyate iti.

56. tataḥ satyavatī cintayām-āsa |
dauḥṣantaḥ vaṃśaḥ ucchidyate iti

56. Then Satyavatī pondered, 'The lineage of Duṣyanta is being extinguished!'

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

• सत्यवती (satyavatī) - Satyavatī (proper name)

• चिन्तयाम्-आस (cintayām-āsa) - she thought, she pondered

• दौःषन्तः (dauḥṣantaḥ) - the lineage of Duṣyanta (belonging to Duṣyanta, of Duṣyanta)

• वंशः (vaṁśaḥ) - lineage, family, race

• उच्छिद्यते (ucchidyate) - is being cut off, is being destroyed, is being extinguished

• इति (iti) - thus, so (marks a quotation)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

(indeclinable)

सत्यवती (satyavatī) - Satyavatī (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of satyavatī

satyavatī - Satyavatī (proper name, 'truthful')

Feminine form of satyavat.

चिन्तयाम्-आस (cintayām-āsa) - she thought, she pondered

(verb)

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

Periphrastic perfect form (cintayām- + āsa from √as). Causative stem of √cit (to perceive).

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Literally cintayām (gerund of causative stem) + āsa (perfect of √as, 'to be').

दौःषन्तः (dauḥṣantaḥ) - the lineage of Duṣyanta (belonging to Duṣyanta, of Duṣyanta)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dauḥṣanta

dauḥṣanta - descendant of Duṣyanta, belonging to Duṣyanta

Vr̥ddhi derivative from duṣyanta with aṇ suffix, indicating 'belonging to' or 'descendant of'.

वंशः (vaṁśaḥ) - lineage, family, race

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaṃśa

vaṁśa - bamboo, race, lineage, family, dynasty, flute

Note: Subject of ucchidyate.

उच्छिद्यते (ucchidyate) - is being cut off, is being destroyed, is being extinguished

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of √chid

From ud-√chid (to cut off, destroy). Passive voice, present tense.

Prefix: ud

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: The passive form indicates that the lineage is being cut off.

इति (iti) - thus, so (marks a quotation)

(indeclinable)