महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-142, verse-6

पतिधर्मरता साध्वी प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसी ।
सा हि श्रान्तं क्षुधार्तं च जानीते मां तपस्विनी ॥६॥

6. patidharmaratā sādhvī prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasī ,
sā hi śrāntaṁ kṣudhārtaṁ ca jānīte māṁ tapasvinī.

6. pati-dharma-ratā sādhvī prāṇebhyaḥ api garīyasī sā
hi śrāntam kṣudhā-ārtam ca jānīte mām tapasvinī

6. She, the virtuous and chaste wife, devoted to her husband's natural law (dharma), is dearer even than life itself. For that suffering woman truly knows me, how I am tired and hungry.

Words meanings summery:

• पति-धर्म-रता (pati-dharma-ratā) - devoted to the natural law (dharma) of her husband, devoted to her husband's duty

• साध्वी (sādhvī) - chaste and virtuous wife (virtuous woman, chaste wife, honest woman)

• प्राणेभ्यः (prāṇebhyaḥ) - than life itself (than lives, than vital breaths)

• अपि (api) - even (more than life) (also, even, too)

• गरीयसी (garīyasī) - dearer (to me) (dearer, more weighty, superior (feminine))

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine singular)

• हि (hi) - for, truly (indeed, for, because)

• श्रान्तम् (śrāntam) - tired (referring to the speaker) (tired, weary, exhausted)

• क्षुधा-आर्तम् (kṣudhā-ārtam) - hungry (referring to the speaker) (afflicted by hunger, hungry)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• जानीते (jānīte) - she knows (my state) (she knows)

• माम् (mām) - me (the speaker) (me)

• तपस्विनी (tapasvinī) - that suffering woman (due to speaker's condition or separation) (ascetic woman, suffering woman, pitiable woman)

Words meanings and morphology

पति-धर्म-रता (pati-dharma-ratā) - devoted to the natural law (dharma) of her husband, devoted to her husband's duty

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pati-dharma-rata

pati-dharma-rata - devoted to husband's duty/dharma

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (pati+dharma+rata)

• pati – husband, lord, master
  noun (masculine)
• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• rata – delighted, pleased, attached to, devoted to
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ram (to rejoice, delight in) + kta suffix.
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'sādhvī'.

साध्वी (sādhvī) - chaste and virtuous wife (virtuous woman, chaste wife, honest woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sādhvī

sādhvī - virtuous woman, chaste wife

Feminine form of sādhu (good, virtuous).

Note: Subject of asti (implied).

प्राणेभ्यः (prāṇebhyaḥ) - than life itself (than lives, than vital breaths)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, spirit

From pra-an (to breathe forth).

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Used with garīyasī in a comparison, meaning "dearer than".

अपि (api) - even (more than life) (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

गरीयसी (garīyasī) - dearer (to me) (dearer, more weighty, superior (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of garīyas

guru - heavy, weighty, important, venerable, dear. garīyas is the comparative form, meaning "heavier, more important, dearer". garīyasī is its feminine form.

Comparative adjective

Comparative of guru.

Note: Modifies 'sādhvī'.

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

हि (hi) - for, truly (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing affirmation or cause.

श्रान्तम् (śrāntam) - tired (referring to the speaker) (tired, weary, exhausted)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śrānta

śrānta - tired, weary, rested

Past Passive Participle

From root śram (to be weary, to strive) + kta suffix.

Root: śram (class 4)

क्षुधा-आर्तम् (kṣudhā-ārtam) - hungry (referring to the speaker) (afflicted by hunger, hungry)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣudhā-ārta

kṣudhā-ārta - hungry, afflicted by hunger

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kṣudhā+ārta)

• kṣudhā – hunger
  noun (feminine)
• ārta – afflicted, distressed, tormented
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ṛ (to go, to move) or ṛcch (to go, to obtain) with ā prefix and kta suffix.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

जानीते (jānīte) - she knows (my state) (she knows)

(verb)

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

Present middle indicative

From root jñā (class 9 verb). 3rd person singular.

Root: jñā (class 9)

माम् (mām) - me (the speaker) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Object of jānīte.

तपस्विनी (tapasvinī) - that suffering woman (due to speaker's condition or separation) (ascetic woman, suffering woman, pitiable woman)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tapasvin

tapasvin - performing austerities, ascetic, poor, suffering, pitiable. tapasvinī is the feminine form.

From tapas (austerity, penance) + vin suffix.