महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-26, verse-3

श्रुत्वा च वीरहीनानामपुत्राणां च योषिताम् ।
परिदेवयमानानां शान्तिं नोपलभे मुने ॥३॥

3. śrutvā ca vīrahīnānāmaputrāṇāṁ ca yoṣitām ,
paridevayamānānāṁ śāntiṁ nopalabhe mune.

3. śrutvā ca vīrahīnānām aputrāṇām ca yoṣitām
paridevayamānānām śāntim na upalabhe mune

3. mune vīrahīnānām ca aputrāṇām yoṣitām
paridevayamānānām śrutvā śāntim na upalabhe

3. O Sage, hearing of women deprived of their heroes and of childless women who are lamenting, I do not find peace (śānti).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, after hearing)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वीरहीनानाम् (vīrahīnānām) - of women deprived of heroes (of those deprived of heroes, of hero-less ones)

• अपुत्राणाम् (aputrāṇām) - of childless women (of childless ones, of those without sons)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• योषिताम् (yoṣitām) - of women

• परिदेवयमानानाम् (paridevayamānānām) - of those lamenting (of those lamenting, weeping)

• शान्तिम् (śāntim) - peace (śānti) (peace, tranquility, cessation)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• उपलभे (upalabhe) - I find (I obtain, I find, I perceive)

• मुने (mune) - O Sage (O sage, O ascetic)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, after hearing)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive (gerund) of √śru

Root: śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects `vīrahīnānām` to the preceding implicit object.

वीरहीनानाम् (vīrahīnānām) - of women deprived of heroes (of those deprived of heroes, of hero-less ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of vīrahīna

vīrahīna - deprived of heroes, hero-less

Compound formed with 'vīra' (hero) and 'hīna' (deprived)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vīra+hīna)

• vīra – hero, brave man, warrior
  noun (masculine)
• hīna – deprived of, destitute of, deficient
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of √hā (to abandon, lose)
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with `yoṣitām`.

अपुत्राणाम् (aputrāṇām) - of childless women (of childless ones, of those without sons)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of aputra

aputra - childless, without sons

Negative compound with 'a' and 'putra' (son)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+putra)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
  Negative prefix
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with `yoṣitām`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects `aputrāṇām` with `vīrahīnānām`.

योषिताम् (yoṣitām) - of women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of yoṣit

yoṣit - woman, wife

Root: yu (class 2)

Note: Object of `śrutvā`.

परिदेवयमानानाम् (paridevayamānānām) - of those lamenting (of those lamenting, weeping)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of paridevayamāna

paridevayamāna - lamenting, weeping bitterly

Present Middle Participle

Present Middle Participle of √div (to lament) with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Agrees with `yoṣitām`.

शान्तिम् (śāntim) - peace (śānti) (peace, tranquility, cessation)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śānti

śānti - peace, tranquility, quietude, cessation

Derived from √śam (to be calm)

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Object of `upalabhe`.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates `upalabhe`.

उपलभे (upalabhe) - I find (I obtain, I find, I perceive)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of labh

Present middle

1st person singular Present middle of √labh with prefix upa-

Prefix: upa

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: The speaker is Yudhiṣṭhira.

मुने (mune) - O Sage (O sage, O ascetic)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, recluse

Vocative singular of muni

Note: Address to Vyāsa.