महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-9, verse-16

परस्परं सुसूक्ष्मेषु शोकेष्वाश्वासयन्स्म याः ।
ताः शोकविह्वला राजन्नुपैक्षन्त परस्परम् ॥१६॥

16. parasparaṁ susūkṣmeṣu śokeṣvāśvāsayansma yāḥ ,
tāḥ śokavihvalā rājannupaikṣanta parasparam.

16. parasparam susūkṣmeṣu śokeṣu āśvāsayan sma yāḥ
tāḥ śokavihvalāḥ rājan upaikṣanta parasparam

16. rājan yāḥ parasparam susūkṣmeṣu śokeṣu āśvāsayan
sma tāḥ śokavihvalāḥ parasparam upaikṣanta

16. O King, those women who used to comfort each other even in very subtle sorrows—they, overwhelmed by grief, neglected each other.

Words meanings summery:

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, each other

• सुसूक्ष्मेषु (susūkṣmeṣu) - in very subtle, in extremely fine

• शोकेषु (śokeṣu) - in sorrows, in griefs

• आश्वासयन् (āśvāsayan) - comforting (referring to the women, despite masculine singular form) (comforting, reassuring, consoling)

• स्म (sma) - used to (particle indicating past habit or repeated action)

• याः (yāḥ) - who, those who (feminine plural)

• ताः (tāḥ) - they, those (feminine plural)

• शोकविह्वलाः (śokavihvalāḥ) - overwhelmed by grief, distressed by sorrow

• राजन् (rājan) - O King!

• उपैक्षन्त (upaikṣanta) - they neglected, they disregarded, they overlooked

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, each other

Words meanings and morphology

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, each other

(indeclinable)

सुसूक्ष्मेषु (susūkṣmeṣu) - in very subtle, in extremely fine

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of susūkṣma

susūkṣma - very subtle, extremely fine

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+sūkṣma)

• su – good, excellent, well, very
  indeclinable
• sūkṣma – subtle, minute, fine, delicate
  adjective (masculine)

शोकेषु (śokeṣu) - in sorrows, in griefs

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of śoka

śoka - sorrow, grief, lamentation

Root: śuc (class 1)

आश्वासयन् (āśvāsayan) - comforting (referring to the women, despite masculine singular form) (comforting, reassuring, consoling)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśvāsaya

āśvāsaya - to comfort, to reassure, to console (causative verb stem)

Causative stem for verbal derivatives

Causative stem from root śvas 'to breathe', with prefix ā; literally 'to make breathe freely', hence 'to comfort'.

Prefix: ā

Root: śvas (class 2)

Note: Grammatically masculine singular, but contextually refers to the actions of the feminine plural 'yāḥ'.

स्म (sma) - used to (particle indicating past habit or repeated action)

(indeclinable)

याः (yāḥ) - who, those who (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what (relative pronoun)

ताः (tāḥ) - they, those (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

शोकविह्वलाः (śokavihvalāḥ) - overwhelmed by grief, distressed by sorrow

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śokavihvala

śokavihvala - overwhelmed by grief

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoka+vihvala)

• śoka – sorrow, grief
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• vihvala – agitated, confused, overwhelmed, distressed
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: hvṛ (class 1)

राजन् (rājan) - O King!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

उपैक्षन्त (upaikṣanta) - they neglected, they disregarded, they overlooked

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of upaikṣ

Derived from root īkṣ with upasarga upa.

Prefix: upa

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, each other

(indeclinable)