महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-23, verse-37

प्रेतकृत्ये च यतते कृपी कृपणमातुरा ।
हतस्य समरे भर्तुः सुकुमारी यशस्विनी ॥३७॥

37. pretakṛtye ca yatate kṛpī kṛpaṇamāturā ,
hatasya samare bhartuḥ sukumārī yaśasvinī.

37. pretakṛtye ca yatate kṛpī kṛpaṇamāturā
hatasya samare bhartuḥ sukumārī yaśasvinī

37. ca sukumārī yaśasvinī kṛpaṇamāturā kṛpī
samare hatasya bhartuḥ pretakṛtye yatate

37. And Kṛpī, delicate and glorious, greatly distressed, endeavors for the funeral rites of her husband, who was slain in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रेतकृत्ये (pretakṛtye) - in the funeral rites, for the rites of the dead

• च (ca) - and

• यतते (yatate) - endeavors, strives, tries

• कृपी (kṛpī) - Kṛpī

• कृपणमातुरा (kṛpaṇamāturā) - greatly distressed, pitifully afflicted, miserable and suffering

• हतस्य (hatasya) - of the slain one

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in combat

• भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of the husband, of the master

• सुकुमारी (sukumārī) - delicate, tender, very soft

• यशस्विनी (yaśasvinī) - glorious, famous, renowned

Words meanings and morphology

प्रेतकृत्ये (pretakṛtye) - in the funeral rites, for the rites of the dead

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pretakṛtya

pretakṛtya - funeral rites, rites for the dead

Compound type : tatpurusha (preta+kṛtya)

• preta – departed spirit, deceased
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root i with upasarga pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: i (class 2)
• kṛtya – act, deed, duty, rite
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यतते (yatate) - endeavors, strives, tries

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of yat

Present tense

From root yat

Root: yat (class 1)

Note: The middle voice ending -te.

कृपी (kṛpī) - Kṛpī

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛpī

kṛpī - Kṛpī (Drona's wife, sister of Kṛpa)

कृपणमातुरा (kṛpaṇamāturā) - greatly distressed, pitifully afflicted, miserable and suffering

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛpaṇamātura

kṛpaṇamātura - greatly distressed, grievously afflicted

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛpaṇa+ātura)

• kṛpaṇa – pitiable, wretched, miserable
  adjective
• ātura – afflicted, distressed, sick
  adjective

Note: Qualifies Kṛpī.

हतस्य (hatasya) - of the slain one

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of hata

hata - slain, killed, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root han

Root: han (class 2)

समरे (samare) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

Note: Refers to the location of slaying.

भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of the husband, of the master

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, master, supporter

Agent Noun

From root bhṛ

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Refers to Droṇa.

सुकुमारी (sukumārī) - delicate, tender, very soft

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sukumāra

sukumāra - very tender, delicate, soft

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+kumāra)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• kumāra – young, tender, boy
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies Kṛpī.

यशस्विनी (yaśasvinī) - glorious, famous, renowned

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yaśasvin

yaśasvin - famous, glorious, renowned

Derived from yaśas + vinī (feminine suffix)

Note: Qualifies Kṛpī.