महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-33, verse-7

का नु तासां वरस्त्रीणामवस्थाद्य भविष्यति ।
विहीनानां स्वतनयैः पतिभिर्भ्रातृभिस्तथा ॥७॥

7. kā nu tāsāṁ varastrīṇāmavasthādya bhaviṣyati ,
vihīnānāṁ svatanayaiḥ patibhirbhrātṛbhistathā.

7. kā nu tāsām varastrīṇām avasthā adya bhaviṣyati
vihīnānām sva-tanayaiḥ patibhiḥ bhrātṛbhiḥ tathā

7. kā nu avasthā adya bhaviṣyati tāsām vara-strīṇām
vihīnānām sva-tanayaiḥ patibhiḥ bhrātṛbhiḥ tathā

7. What indeed will be the state today of those noble women, who are bereft of their own sons, husbands, and brothers as well?

Words meanings summery:

• का (kā) - who, what

• नु (nu) - now, indeed, pray

• तासाम् (tāsām) - of those

• वरस्त्रीणाम् (varastrīṇām) - of noble women, of excellent women

• अवस्था (avasthā) - state, condition, situation

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will happen

• विहीनानाम् (vihīnānām) - of those who are bereft of, of those who are deprived of

• स्व-तनयैः (sva-tanayaiḥ) - by their own sons, with their own sons

• पतिभिः (patibhiḥ) - by husbands, with husbands

• भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - by brothers, with brothers

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, and, likewise

Words meanings and morphology

का (kā) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ka

ka - who, which, what

नु (nu) - now, indeed, pray

(indeclinable)

तासाम् (tāsām) - of those

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, this

वरस्त्रीणाम् (varastrīṇām) - of noble women, of excellent women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of varastrī

varastrī - noble woman, excellent woman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vara+strī)

• vara – best, noble, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
• strī – woman, wife
  noun (feminine)

अवस्था (avasthā) - state, condition, situation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avasthā

avasthā - state, condition, position

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will happen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (luṭ) of bhū

future tense active

From the root bhū (bhvādi), future tense (luṭ), 3rd person singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

विहीनानाम् (vihīnānām) - of those who are bereft of, of those who are deprived of

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of vihīna

vihīna - abandoned, deprived of, bereft

Past Passive Participle

From vi + hā, past passive participle.

Prefix: vi

Root: hā (class 3)

स्व-तनयैः (sva-tanayaiḥ) - by their own sons, with their own sons

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of svatanaya

svatanaya - one's own son

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sva+tanaya)

• sva – own, one's own
  adjective (masculine)
• tanaya – son, offspring
  noun (masculine)

पतिभिः (patibhiḥ) - by husbands, with husbands

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pati

pati - lord, master, husband

भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - by brothers, with brothers

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, and, likewise

(indeclinable)

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