महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-16, verse-18

पश्यैताः पुण्डरीकाक्ष स्नुषा मे निहतेश्वराः ।
प्रकीर्णकेशाः क्रोशन्तीः कुररीरिव माधव ॥१८॥

18. paśyaitāḥ puṇḍarīkākṣa snuṣā me nihateśvarāḥ ,
prakīrṇakeśāḥ krośantīḥ kurarīriva mādhava.

18. paśya etāḥ puṇḍarīkākṣa snuṣāḥ me nihateśvarāḥ
prakīrṇakeśāḥ krośantīḥ kurarīḥ iva mādhava

18. mādhava puṇḍarīkākṣa me nihateśvarāḥ prakīrṇakeśāḥ
kurarīḥ iva krośantīḥ etāḥ snuṣāḥ paśya

18. O Lotus-eyed one (puṇḍarīkākṣa), O Mādhava, behold these my daughters-in-law, whose husbands have been slain, with dishevelled hair, crying out like ospreys.

Words meanings summery:

• पश्य (paśya) - see, behold

• एताः (etāḥ) - these

• पुण्डरीकाक्ष (puṇḍarīkākṣa) - A name for Kṛṣṇa (O lotus-eyed one)

• स्नुषाः (snuṣāḥ) - daughters-in-law

• मे (me) - my, to me

• निहतेश्वराः (nihateśvarāḥ) - Referring to the widowed daughters-in-law. (whose husbands have been slain)

• प्रकीर्णकेशाः (prakīrṇakeśāḥ) - with dishevelled hair

• क्रोशन्तीः (krośantīḥ) - crying out, wailing

• कुररीः (kurarīḥ) - ospreys, curlews (birds known for their plaintive cries)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• माधव (mādhava) - A name for Kṛṣṇa. (O Mādhava)

Words meanings and morphology

पश्य (paśya) - see, behold

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

imperative 2nd person singular

From root √dṛś, class 10 (pashy as stem)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

एताः (etāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this

पुण्डरीकाक्ष (puṇḍarīkākṣa) - A name for Kṛṣṇa (O lotus-eyed one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puṇḍarīkākṣa

puṇḍarīkākṣa - lotus-eyed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (puṇḍarīka+akṣi)

• puṇḍarīka – white lotus
  noun (neuter)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

स्नुषाः (snuṣāḥ) - daughters-in-law

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of snuṣā

snuṣā - daughter-in-law

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Note: Can also be dative singular. Context implies genitive.

निहतेश्वराः (nihateśvarāḥ) - Referring to the widowed daughters-in-law. (whose husbands have been slain)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of nihateśvara

nihateśvara - having a slain lord/husband

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+īśvara)

• hata – slain, killed, destroyed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From ni-√han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)
• īśvara – lord, master, husband, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Qualifies `snuṣāḥ`.

प्रकीर्णकेशाः (prakīrṇakeśāḥ) - with dishevelled hair

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prakīrṇakeśa

prakīrṇakeśa - having dishevelled hair

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prakīrṇa+keśa)

• prakīrṇa – scattered, spread out, dishevelled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From pra-√kīr (to scatter)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kīr (class 6)
• keśa – hair
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies `snuṣāḥ`.

क्रोशन्तीः (krośantīḥ) - crying out, wailing

(participle)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kruś

krośat - crying, screaming

Present Active Participle

From root √kruś (to cry out), class 1P. Feminine form `krośantī`.

Root: kruś (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `snuṣāḥ`.

कुररीः (kurarīḥ) - ospreys, curlews (birds known for their plaintive cries)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kurarī

kurarī - osprey, curlew (a bird)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

माधव (mādhava) - A name for Kṛṣṇa. (O Mādhava)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mādhava

mādhava - descendant of Madhu; lord of Lakṣmī; a name of Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu