महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-149, verse-5

इह पुंसां सहस्राणि स्त्रीसहस्राणि चैव हि ।
समानीतानि कालेन किं ते वै जात्वबान्धवाः ॥५॥

5. iha puṁsāṁ sahasrāṇi strīsahasrāṇi caiva hi ,
samānītāni kālena kiṁ te vai jātvabāndhavāḥ.

5. iha puṃsām sahasrāṇi strīsahasrāṇi ca eva hi
samānītāni kālena kim te vai jātu abāndhavāḥ

5. iha puṃsām sahasrāṇi ca eva strīsahasrāṇi hi
kālena samānītāni kim te vai jātu abāndhavāḥ

5. In this world, thousands of men and thousands of women are indeed brought together by time (kāla). Were they ever truly without relatives?

Words meanings summery:

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

• पुंसाम् (puṁsām) - of men, of persons

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• स्त्रीसहस्राणि (strīsahasrāṇi) - thousands of women

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• समानीतानि (samānītāni) - brought together, assembled

• कालेन (kālena) - by time, by fate

• किम् (kim) - what? (interrogative)

• ते (te) - they

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time

• अबान्धवाः (abāndhavāḥ) - without relatives, without kinsmen

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

पुंसाम् (puṁsām) - of men, of persons

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of puṃs

puṁs - man, male, person, soul

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

स्त्रीसहस्राणि (strīsahasrāṇi) - thousands of women

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of strīsahasra

strīsahasra - thousands of women

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (strī+sahasra)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

समानीतानि (samānītāni) - brought together, assembled

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of samānīta

samānīta - brought together, collected, assembled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √nī ('to lead, to carry') with prefixes sam- and ā-.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: nī (class 1)

कालेन (kālena) - by time, by fate

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, fate, death

किम् (kim) - what? (interrogative)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative particle.

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time

(indeclinable)

अबान्धवाः (abāndhavāḥ) - without relatives, without kinsmen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abāndhava

abāndhava - without kinsmen or relatives

Compound formed with the negation prefix a- and the noun bāndhava.

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+bāndhava)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix.
• bāndhava – relative, kinsman, friend
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from bandhu ('relative').