महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-144, verse-8

न कार्यमिह मे नाथ जीवितेन त्वया विना ।
पतिहीनापि का नारी सती जीवितुमुत्सहेत् ॥८॥

8. na kāryamiha me nātha jīvitena tvayā vinā ,
patihīnāpi kā nārī satī jīvitumutsahet.

8. na kāryam iha me nātha jīvitena tvayā vinā
patihīnā api kā nārī satī jīvitum utsahet

8. nātha,
iha tvayā vinā jīvitena me kāryam na (asti) patihīnā api satī kā nārī jīvitum utsahet?

8. O lord (nātha), there is no purpose for me in this life without you. What devoted woman (satī), deprived of her husband, would even dare to live?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - purpose, task, business, to be done

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

• मे (me) - for me, my

• नाथ (nātha) - O lord, O protector

• जीवितेन (jīvitena) - with life, by life

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you, with you

• विना (vinā) - without, except for

• पतिहीना (patihīnā) - deprived of husband, husband-less

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• का (kā) - what (feminine), which

• नारी (nārī) - woman, wife

• सती (satī) - virtuous woman, devoted wife

• जीवितुम् (jīvitum) - to live

• उत्सहेत् (utsahet) - would dare, would venture, would be able to

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - purpose, task, business, to be done

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, action, business, purpose

gerundive/future passive participle

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do) with suffix '-ya'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this case

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - for me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Can also be genitive singular.

नाथ (nātha) - O lord, O protector

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nātha

nātha - lord, master, protector

Root: nāth (class 1)

जीवितेन (jīvitena) - with life, by life

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, lived

past passive participle

From root 'jīv' (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you, with you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

विना (vinā) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

पतिहीना (patihīnā) - deprived of husband, husband-less

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of patihīna

patihīna - deprived of husband, without a husband

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pati+hīna)

• pati – husband, lord, master
  noun (masculine)
• hīna – lacking, deprived of, inferior
  adjective (feminine)
  Root: hā (class 3)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

का (kā) - what (feminine), which

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

नारी (nārī) - woman, wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nārī

nārī - woman, wife, female

सती (satī) - virtuous woman, devoted wife

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous, devoted wife

present active participle

Derived from root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

जीवितुम् (jīvitum) - to live

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of the root 'jīv'

Root: jīv (class 1)

उत्सहेत् (utsahet) - would dare, would venture, would be able to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of ut-sah

optative mood, active voice

3rd person singular optative active from root 'sah' with prefix 'ut-'

Prefix: ut

Root: sah (class 1)