महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-90, verse-58

स तस्याः पुरतः
स्थितः किं करवाणीति ॥५८॥

58. sa tasyāḥ purataḥ
sthitaḥ kiṁ karavāṇīti.

58. saḥ tasyāḥ purataḥ
sthitaḥ kim karavāṇi iti

58. He appeared before her and asked, "What shall I do?"

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - before her (of her, her)

• पुरतः (purataḥ) - in front of, before

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - having stood, appeared (stood, standing, situated)

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• करवाणि (karavāṇi) - should I do, may I do

• इति (iti) - introduces direct speech (thus, so, in this manner)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - before her (of her, her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

पुरतः (purataḥ) - in front of, before

(indeclinable)

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - having stood, appeared (stood, standing, situated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, existing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what, why

(indeclinable)

करवाणि (karavāṇi) - should I do, may I do

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperative/optative (lot) of kṛ

Imperative (Lot) / Optative (Vidhi-liṅ)

1st person singular

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इति (iti) - introduces direct speech (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)