महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-144, verse-2

नाहं ते विप्रियं कान्त कदाचिदपि संस्मरे ।
सर्वा वै विधवा नारी बहुपुत्रापि खेचर ।
शोच्या भवति बन्धूनां पतिहीना मनस्विनी ॥२॥

2. nāhaṁ te vipriyaṁ kānta kadācidapi saṁsmare ,
sarvā vai vidhavā nārī bahuputrāpi khecara ,
śocyā bhavati bandhūnāṁ patihīnā manasvinī.

2. na aham te vipriyam kānta kadācid
api saṃsmare sarvā vai vidhavā
nārī bahuputrā api khecara śocyā
bhavati bandhūnām patihīnā manasvinī

2. kānta! aham te vipriyam kadācid api na saṃsmare.
khecara! vai sarvā nārī vidhavā bahuputrā api manasvinī patihīnā bandhūnām śocyā bhavati.

2. My beloved (kānta)! I never recall having done anything disagreeable to you. O sky-dweller (khecara)! Indeed, any woman (nārī) who is a widow (vidhavā), even if she has many children (bahubhutrā) and is high-minded (manasvinī), becomes pitiable (śocyā) to her relatives when she is without her husband (patihīnā).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• अहम् (aham) - I

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

• विप्रियम् (vipriyam) - something disagreeable, unpleasantness, unkindness

• कान्त (kānta) - Used as an address to her departed husband. (beloved, dear one)

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - In combination with 'na' and 'api', it means 'never ever'. (ever, at any time, sometimes)

• अपि (api) - In combination with 'na' and 'kadācit', it means 'never ever'. (even, also, too)

• संस्मरे (saṁsmare) - Expresses a strong assertion of not remembering any wrong-doing. (I might remember, I should remember, I recall)

• सर्वा (sarvā) - all, every, entire

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• विधवा (vidhavā) - widow

• नारी (nārī) - woman, female

• बहुपुत्रा (bahuputrā) - having many sons/children

• अपि (api) - Here it means 'even if' or 'although'. (even if, also, too)

• खेचर (khecara) - Used as an address to her departed bird-husband. (sky-dweller, bird)

• शोच्या (śocyā) - pitiable, lamentable, to be pitied

• भवति (bhavati) - she becomes, she is

• बन्धूनाम् (bandhūnām) - of relatives, of kinsmen

• पतिहीना (patihīnā) - without a husband, husband-less

• मनस्विनी (manasvinī) - high-minded, spirited, intelligent, proud

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Note: Can also be genitive singular or nominative/accusative dual.

विप्रियम् (vipriyam) - something disagreeable, unpleasantness, unkindness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vipriya

vipriya - disagreeable, unpleasant, hostile, unkindness (as a noun)

कान्त (kānta) - Used as an address to her departed husband. (beloved, dear one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kānta

kānta - desired, beloved, dear, lovely; husband, lover (as a noun)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √kam (to desire, love)

Root: kam (class 1)

कदाचित् (kadācit) - In combination with 'na' and 'api', it means 'never ever'. (ever, at any time, sometimes)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - In combination with 'na' and 'kadācit', it means 'never ever'. (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

संस्मरे (saṁsmare) - Expresses a strong assertion of not remembering any wrong-doing. (I might remember, I should remember, I recall)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of saṃsmṛ

Optative mood, 1st person singular, active voice of sam-√smṛ

Prefix: sam

Root: smṛ (class 1)

सर्वा (sarvā) - all, every, entire

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire, whole

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

विधवा (vidhavā) - widow

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidhavā

vidhavā - widow, a woman without a husband

नारी (nārī) - woman, female

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nārī

nārī - woman, female, wife

बहुपुत्रा (bahuputrā) - having many sons/children

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bahuputra

bahuputra - having many sons, prolific

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+putra)

• bahu – many, much, abundant
  adjective (neuter)
• putra – son, child, offspring
  noun (masculine)

अपि (api) - Here it means 'even if' or 'although'. (even if, also, too)

(indeclinable)

खेचर (khecara) - Used as an address to her departed bird-husband. (sky-dweller, bird)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of khecara

khecara - sky-dweller, moving in the air; a bird, an aerial spirit

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kha+cara)

• kha – sky, heaven, atmosphere, space, emptiness
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, going, walking; a mover, walker
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root √car (to move, go)
  Root: car (class 1)

शोच्या (śocyā) - pitiable, lamentable, to be pitied

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śocya

śocya - pitiable, lamentable, to be grieved for

Gerundive (Passive Future Participle)

Derived from root √śuc (to grieve, lament)

Root: śuc (class 1)

भवति (bhavati) - she becomes, she is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

बन्धूनाम् (bandhūnām) - of relatives, of kinsmen

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bandhu

bandhu - relative, kinsman, friend, connection

पतिहीना (patihīnā) - without a husband, husband-less

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of patihīna

patihīna - husband-less, deprived of a husband

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pati+hīna)

• pati – master, lord, husband, owner
  noun (masculine)
• hīna – deprived of, destitute of, without, inferior, abandoned
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √hā (to abandon, quit)
  Root: hā (class 3)

मनस्विनी (manasvinī) - high-minded, spirited, intelligent, proud

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of manasvinī

manasvin - high-minded, spirited, intelligent, wise, proud, resolute

Feminine form of manasvin