महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-16, verse-51

शिरः कायेन संधाय प्रेक्षमाणा विचेतसः ।
अपश्यन्त्यो परं तत्र नेदमस्येति दुःखिताः ॥५१॥

51. śiraḥ kāyena saṁdhāya prekṣamāṇā vicetasaḥ ,
apaśyantyo paraṁ tatra nedamasyeti duḥkhitāḥ.

51. śiraḥ kāyena saṃdhāya prekṣamāṇāḥ vicetasaḥ
apaśyantyaḥ param tatra na idam asya iti duḥkhitāḥ

51. vicetasaḥ prekṣamāṇāḥ śiraḥ kāyena saṃdhāya,
tatra param apaśyantyaḥ,
na idam asya iti duḥkhitāḥ

51. Distraught, looking on and trying to rejoin a head with its body, these women, unable to find the correct match there, are distressed, thinking, "This head (or body) does not belong to this one."

Words meanings summery:

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

• कायेन (kāyena) - with the body

• संधाय (saṁdhāya) - having joined, having united

• प्रेक्षमाणाः (prekṣamāṇāḥ) - looking at, observing

• विचेतसः (vicetasaḥ) - distraught, bewildered

• अपश्यन्त्यः (apaśyantyaḥ) - not seeing, not finding

• परम् (param) - another, the other

• तत्र (tatra) - there

• न (na) - not

• इदम् (idam) - this

• अस्य (asya) - of this one, his

• इति (iti) - thus, so (introducing direct speech or thought)

• दुःखिताः (duḥkhitāḥ) - distressed, sorrowful

Words meanings and morphology

शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head

कायेन (kāyena) - with the body

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāya

kāya - body, mass, collection

संधाय (saṁdhāya) - having joined, having united

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Prefix: sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

प्रेक्षमाणाः (prekṣamāṇāḥ) - looking at, observing

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prekṣamāṇa

prekṣamāṇa - looking at, observing, perceiving

Present Middle Participle

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

विचेतसः (vicetasaḥ) - distraught, bewildered

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vicetas

vicetas - out of one's mind, bewildered, distraught

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (vi+cetas)

• vi – apart, dis-, without
  indeclinable
• cetas – mind, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)

अपश्यन्त्यः (apaśyantyaḥ) - not seeing, not finding

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of apaśyantī

apaśyantī - not seeing, unable to find

Present Active Participle

Feminine form of the negative present active participle from the root 'dṛś'.

Prefix: a

Root: dṛś (class 1)

परम् (param) - another, the other

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, another, superior, supreme

तत्र (tatra) - there

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अस्य (asya) - of this one, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

इति (iti) - thus, so (introducing direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

दुःखिताः (duḥkhitāḥ) - distressed, sorrowful

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of duḥkhita

duḥkhita - distressed, sorrowful, grieved

Past Passive Participle

Root: duḥkh

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