महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-12, verse-14

पौरुषं विप्रनष्टं मे स्त्रीत्वं केनापि मेऽभवत् ।
स्त्रीभावात्कथमश्वं तु पुनरारोढुमुत्सहे ॥१४॥

14. pauruṣaṁ vipranaṣṭaṁ me strītvaṁ kenāpi me'bhavat ,
strībhāvātkathamaśvaṁ tu punarāroḍhumutsahe.

14. pauruṣam vipranaṣṭam me strītvam kena api me abhavat
strībhāvāt katham aśvam tu punaḥ āroḍhum utsahe

14. me pauruṣam vipranaṣṭam kena api me strītvam abhavat
tu strībhāvāt katham aśvam punaḥ āroḍhum utsahe

14. My manliness is utterly lost, and femininity has come upon me by some means. How, then, in this state of being a woman, can I again dare to mount a horse?

Words meanings summery:

• पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - manliness, virility, strength, human effort

• विप्रनष्टम् (vipranaṣṭam) - utterly lost, entirely destroyed, gone astray

• मे (me) - my (genitive) (my, to me, for me)

• स्त्रीत्वम् (strītvam) - femininity, womanhood, state of being a woman

• केन (kena) - by whom, by what, by some

• अपि (api) - (with 'kena') by some (means) (also, even; (with interrogative) some, any)

• मे (me) - to me (dative) (to me, for me, my)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - it happened, it became, it was

• स्त्रीभावात् (strībhāvāt) - from the state of being a woman, due to womanhood

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• अश्वम् (aśvam) - horse

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

• आरोढुम् (āroḍhum) - to mount, to ascend

• उत्सहे (utsahe) - I dare, I am able, I endeavor

Words meanings and morphology

पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - manliness, virility, strength, human effort

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - manliness, virility, male potency, human effort, strength

Derived from 'puruṣa' (man) with suffix -a.

विप्रनष्टम् (vipranaṣṭam) - utterly lost, entirely destroyed, gone astray

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vipranaṣṭa

vipranaṣṭa - utterly lost, entirely destroyed, gone astray

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'naś' (to perish) with prefixes 'vi' and 'pra'.

Prefixes: vi+pra

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'pauruṣam'.

मे (me) - my (genitive) (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Enclitic form of the 1st person pronoun asmad.

स्त्रीत्वम् (strītvam) - femininity, womanhood, state of being a woman

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of strītva

strītva - femininity, womanhood, state of being a woman

Derived from 'strī' (woman) with the abstract suffix '-tva'.

केन (kena) - by whom, by what, by some

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ka

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

अपि (api) - (with 'kena') by some (means) (also, even; (with interrogative) some, any)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me (dative) (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Enclitic form of the 1st person pronoun asmad.

अभवत् (abhavat) - it happened, it became, it was

(verb)

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

Imperfect Tense

Root 'bhū', Imperfect tense, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्त्रीभावात् (strībhāvāt) - from the state of being a woman, due to womanhood

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of strībhāva

strībhāva - state of being a woman, womanhood, female nature

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (strī+bhāva)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• bhāva – state, condition, nature, being
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

अश्वम् (aśvam) - horse

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aśva

aśva - horse

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

(indeclinable)

आरोढुम् (āroḍhum) - to mount, to ascend

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root 'ruh' with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Functions as an indeclinable.

उत्सहे (utsahe) - I dare, I am able, I endeavor

(verb)

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

Present Tense

Root 'sah' with prefix 'ut', Present tense, Ātmanepada, 1st person singular.

Prefix: ut

Root: sah (class 1)