महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-258, verse-49

हत्वा साध्वीं च नारीं च व्यसनित्वाच्च शासिताम् ।
भर्तव्यत्वेन भार्यां च को नु मां तारयिष्यति ॥४९॥

49. hatvā sādhvīṁ ca nārīṁ ca vyasanitvācca śāsitām ,
bhartavyatvena bhāryāṁ ca ko nu māṁ tārayiṣyati.

49. hatvā sādhvīm ca nārīm ca vyasanitvāt ca śāsitām
bhartavyatvena bhāryām ca kaḥ nu mām tārayiṣyati

49. vyasanitvāt hatvā sādhvīm ca nārīm ca śāsitām ca
bhartavyatvena bhāryām ca kaḥ nu mām tārayiṣyati

49. Having killed a virtuous woman, who was both disciplined and a wife meant to be supported, and all this due to my vice—who indeed will save me?

Words meanings summery:

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed (having killed, having struck)

• साध्वीम् (sādhvīm) - a virtuous (woman) (virtuous, chaste, righteous (feminine))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• नारीम् (nārīm) - a woman (woman, wife, female)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• व्यसनित्वात् (vyasanitvāt) - due to my vice (because of vice, due to addiction, from misfortune)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• शासिताम् (śāsitām) - (a woman) who was disciplined (disciplined, instructed, punished, ruled (feminine accusative))

• भर्तव्यत्वेन (bhartavyatvena) - by virtue of being supported (by virtue of being supported/maintained, as one to be cherished)

• भार्याम् (bhāryām) - a wife (wife, one who is to be maintained)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

• नु (nu) - indeed (indeed, pray, now, then)

• माम् (mām) - me (the speaker) (me)

• तारयिष्यति (tārayiṣyati) - will save (will cause to cross over, will save, will deliver)

Words meanings and morphology

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed (having killed, having struck)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with suffix tvā from root han.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

साध्वीम् (sādhvīm) - a virtuous (woman) (virtuous, chaste, righteous (feminine))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sādhvī

sādhvī - virtuous woman, chaste woman, righteous female

Feminine form of sādhu.

Note: Modifies 'nārīm'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

नारीम् (nārīm) - a woman (woman, wife, female)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nārī

nārī - woman, female, wife

Root: nṛ

Note: Object of 'hatvā'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

व्यसनित्वात् (vyasanitvāt) - due to my vice (because of vice, due to addiction, from misfortune)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vyasanitva

vyasanitva - viciousness, being addicted, condition of being a vice

Derived from vyasana + suffix tva (abstract noun).

Note: Indicates cause or reason.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

शासिताम् (śāsitām) - (a woman) who was disciplined (disciplined, instructed, punished, ruled (feminine accusative))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śāsita

śāsita - instructed, ruled, disciplined, punished

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root śās (to rule, instruct, punish).

Root: śās (class 2)

भर्तव्यत्वेन (bhartavyatvena) - by virtue of being supported (by virtue of being supported/maintained, as one to be cherished)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bhartavyatva

bhartavyatva - the state of being worthy of support/maintenance/cherishing

From bhartavya (gerundive) + tva (abstract noun suffix).

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: bhartavya is a gerundive meaning "to be supported/maintained/cherished".

भार्याम् (bhāryām) - a wife (wife, one who is to be maintained)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, one who is to be supported/maintained

Gerundive (feminine)

Gerundive of root bhṛ (to bear, support, maintain).

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Object of 'hatvā'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'tārayiṣyati'.

नु (nu) - indeed (indeed, pray, now, then)

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me (the speaker) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)

Note: Object of 'tārayiṣyati'.

तारयिष्यति (tārayiṣyati) - will save (will cause to cross over, will save, will deliver)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of tār

Future Active Indicative

Causative of root tṛ (to cross), conjugated in 3rd person singular future.

Root: tṛ (class 1)