महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-1, verse-10

गौतमी नाम कौन्तेय स्थविरा शमसंयुता ।
सर्पेण दष्टं स्वं पुत्रमपश्यद्गतचेतनम् ॥१०॥

10. gautamī nāma kaunteya sthavirā śamasaṁyutā ,
sarpeṇa daṣṭaṁ svaṁ putramapaśyadgatacetanam.

10. gautamī nāma kaunteya sthavirā śamasaṃyutā
sarpeṇa daṣṭam svam putram apaśyat gatacetanam

10. kaunteya nāma gautamī sthavirā śamasaṃyutā
sarpeṇa daṣṭam svam gatacetanam putram apaśyat

10. O son of Kuntī, there was an old woman named Gautamī, endowed with tranquility, who saw her own son, bitten by a serpent, lying unconscious.

Words meanings summery:

• गौतमी (gautamī) - a woman named Gautamī (a female descendant of Gotama, a woman named Gautamī)

• नाम (nāma) - named (by name, indeed, namely)

• कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kuntī (addressing Arjuna) (O son of Kuntī (Arjuna))

• स्थविरा (sthavirā) - an old woman (old, aged, ancient)

• शमसंयुता (śamasaṁyutā) - endowed with tranquility (endowed with tranquility, possessed of calmness)

• सर्पेण (sarpeṇa) - by a serpent (by a serpent, by a snake)

• दष्टम् (daṣṭam) - bitten (bitten, stung)

• स्वम् (svam) - her own (own, one's own)

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son (son, child)

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - she saw (she saw, he saw)

• गतचेतनम् (gatacetanam) - unconscious, lifeless (unconscious, deprived of consciousness, lifeless)

Words meanings and morphology

गौतमी (gautamī) - a woman named Gautamī (a female descendant of Gotama, a woman named Gautamī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gautamī

gautamī - a female descendant of Gotama, a woman named Gautamī

नाम (nāma) - named (by name, indeed, namely)

(indeclinable)

कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kuntī (addressing Arjuna) (O son of Kuntī (Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - descendant of Kuntī, son of Kuntī (specifically Arjuna or Karṇa)

Derived from Kuntī.

स्थविरा (sthavirā) - an old woman (old, aged, ancient)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthavira

sthavira - old, aged, firm, steady

Root: sthā (class 1)

शमसंयुता (śamasaṁyutā) - endowed with tranquility (endowed with tranquility, possessed of calmness)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śamasaṃyuta

śamasaṁyuta - connected with peace, endowed with tranquility

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śama+saṃyuta)

• śama – tranquility, calmness, quietude, cessation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śam (class 4)
• saṃyuta – joined, connected, endowed with, united
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From `sam-yu` (to join, unite).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yu (class 2)

सर्पेण (sarpeṇa) - by a serpent (by a serpent, by a snake)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - serpent, snake

From root sṛp (to creep, crawl).

Root: sṛp (class 1)

दष्टम् (daṣṭam) - bitten (bitten, stung)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of daṣṭa

daṣṭa - bitten, stung, afflicted

Past Passive Participle

From root daṃś (to bite).

Root: daṃś (class 1)

स्वम् (svam) - her own (own, one's own)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self, own property

पुत्रम् (putram) - son (son, child)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - she saw (she saw, he saw)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paś

Imperfect active 3rd singular

Root dṛś (seen as paśyati in present)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

गतचेतनम् (gatacetanam) - unconscious, lifeless (unconscious, deprived of consciousness, lifeless)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gatacetana

gatacetana - having lost consciousness, lifeless, senseless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+cetana)

• gata – gone, departed, lost, past
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)
• cetana – consciousness, intelligence, soul, living being
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit (class 1)

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