महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-67, verse-20

सहितास्तास्तदा जग्मुरसुखार्ताः पितामहम् ।
अनीश्वरा विनश्यामो भगवन्नीश्वरं दिश ॥२०॥

20. sahitāstāstadā jagmurasukhārtāḥ pitāmaham ,
anīśvarā vinaśyāmo bhagavannīśvaraṁ diśa.

20. sahitāḥ tāḥ tadā jagmuḥ asukhārtāḥ pitāmaham
anīśvarāḥ vinaśyāmaḥ bhagavan īśvaram diśa

20. sahitāḥ asukhārtāḥ tāḥ tadā pitāmaham jagmuḥ bhagavan,
anīśvarāḥ (vayam) vinaśyāmaḥ; īśvaram diśa (naḥ).

20. United, and afflicted by unhappiness, they then went to the Grandfather (Brahma), saying, "O Lord (Bhagavan), without a ruler, we are perishing. Please appoint a sovereign."

Words meanings summery:

• सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - united, accompanied, endowed with

• ताः (tāḥ) - those women (those, they)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went, they proceeded

• असुखार्ताः (asukhārtāḥ) - afflicted by unhappiness, suffering from sorrow

• पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - to Brahma, the creator god (to the Grandfather (Brahma))

• अनीश्वराः (anīśvarāḥ) - we who are without a ruler (without a ruler, without a lord, powerless)

• विनश्यामः (vinaśyāmaḥ) - we are perishing, we shall perish

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord (Brahma) (O Lord, O Blessed One, O Venerable One)

• ईश्वरम् (īśvaram) - a ruler, a lord, a master

• दिश (diśa) - appoint (a ruler) (appoint, show, direct, indicate)

Words meanings and morphology

सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - united, accompanied, endowed with

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sahita

sahita - accompanied by, joined with, united, together

Past Passive Participle

From 'sa-' (with) and 'hita' (placed, from root 'dhā'). Literally 'placed with'.

Prefix: sa

Root: dhā (class 3)

ताः (tāḥ) - those women (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Derived from the pronominal stem 'tad' with the suffix '-dā'.

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went, they proceeded

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Perfect (Lit) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

असुखार्ताः (asukhārtāḥ) - afflicted by unhappiness, suffering from sorrow

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of asukhārta

asukhārta - distressed by unhappiness, pained by sorrow

Compound type : Tatpurusha (asukha+ārta)

• asukha – unhappiness, sorrow, pain (noun); unhappy, sorrowful (adjective)
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of 'a-' (negation) and 'sukha' (happiness).
• ārta – afflicted, distressed, suffering, pained
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'ṛ' (to go, to suffer).
  Root: ṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tāḥ'.

पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - to Brahma, the creator god (to the Grandfather (Brahma))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather; a name of Brahma

अनीश्वराः (anīśvarāḥ) - we who are without a ruler (without a ruler, without a lord, powerless)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anīśvara

anīśvara - without a lord or master, without a ruler, powerless, independent

Compound of 'an-' (negation) and 'īśvara' (lord, ruler).

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (an+īśvara)

• an – not, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler, controller (īśvara)
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'īś' (to rule, to be master of).
  Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Implies 'we who are without a ruler'.

विनश्यामः (vinaśyāmaḥ) - we are perishing, we shall perish

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, Present (Laṭ) of naś

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord (Brahma) (O Lord, O Blessed One, O Venerable One)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, glorious, divine, venerable; Lord, God (bhagavat)

Possessive adjective from 'bhaga' (fortune, prosperity).

ईश्वरम् (īśvaram) - a ruler, a lord, a master

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, ruler, powerful, capable (īśvara)

From root 'īś' (to rule, to be master of).

Root: īś (class 2)

दिश (diśa) - appoint (a ruler) (appoint, show, direct, indicate)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, Imperative (Loṭ) of diś

Root: diś (class 6)