महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-12, verse-22

अथ सा तान्सुतान्गृह्य पूर्वपुत्रानभाषत ।
पुरुषत्वे सुता यूयं स्त्रीत्वे चेमे शतं सुताः ॥२२॥

22. atha sā tānsutāngṛhya pūrvaputrānabhāṣata ,
puruṣatve sutā yūyaṁ strītve ceme śataṁ sutāḥ.

22. atha sā tān sutān gṛhya pūrvaputrān abhāṣata
puruṣatve sutāḥ yūyam strītve ca ime śatam sutāḥ

22. atha sā tān sutān gṛhya pūrvaputrān abhāṣata
yūyam puruṣatve sutāḥ ca ime strītve śatam sutāḥ

22. Then she, having acquired those (new) sons, spoke to her former sons: "You are sons from (my) masculine state, and these hundred are sons from (my) feminine state."

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

• सा (sā) - she (she, that (feminine))

• तान् (tān) - those (new) (those (masculine))

• सुतान् (sutān) - sons (sons, children)

• गृह्य (gṛhya) - having acquired (or embraced/taken charge of) (having taken, having seized, having accepted)

• पूर्वपुत्रान् (pūrvaputrān) - to her former sons (former sons, previous sons)

• अभाषत (abhāṣata) - she spoke (she spoke, addressed)

• पुरुषत्वे (puruṣatve) - in (my) masculine state (in manhood, in the masculine state)

• सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons (sons, children)

• यूयम् (yūyam) - you (plural)

• स्त्रीत्वे (strītve) - in (my) feminine state (in womanhood, in the feminine state)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• इमे (ime) - these (hundred sons) (these (feminine/masculine dual/neuter plural))

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred (sons) (a hundred)

• सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons (sons, children)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks sequence of events.

सा (sā) - she (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Subject of `abhāṣata`.

तान् (tān) - those (new) (those (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the sons born of the ascetic.

सुतान् (sutān) - sons (sons, children)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, child

Past Passive Participle

From root SŪ (to give birth)

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Object of `gṛhya`.

गृह्य (gṛhya) - having acquired (or embraced/taken charge of) (having taken, having seized, having accepted)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root GRAH (to take, seize), absolutives can be formed with -ya

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Indicates prior action.

पूर्वपुत्रान् (pūrvaputrān) - to her former sons (former sons, previous sons)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pūrvaputra

pūrvaputra - former son, previous son

Compound: pūrva (former) + putra (son)

Compound type : tatpurusha (pūrva+putra)

• pūrva – former, earlier, prior
  adjective (masculine)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

Note: Direct object of `abhāṣata` (often 'to speak to' takes acc.).

अभाषत (abhāṣata) - she spoke (she spoke, addressed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhāṣ

Imperfect Middle

Root BHĀṢ, class 1 (ā), imperfect 3rd singular middle voice

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

पुरुषत्वे (puruṣatve) - in (my) masculine state (in manhood, in the masculine state)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of puruṣatva

puruṣatva - manhood, masculine state, virility

Derived from puruṣa (man) with suffix -tva

Note: Indicates the state or condition.

सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons (sons, children)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, child

Past Passive Participle

From root SŪ (to give birth)

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Predicate nominative for `yūyam`.

यूयम् (yūyam) - you (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of the implied verb "are".

स्त्रीत्वे (strītve) - in (my) feminine state (in womanhood, in the feminine state)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of strītva

strītva - womanhood, feminine state, female nature

Derived from strī (woman) with suffix -tva

Note: Indicates the state or condition.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two parts of the sentence.

इमे (ime) - these (hundred sons) (these (feminine/masculine dual/neuter plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Refers to the new hundred sons.

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred (sons) (a hundred)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śata

śata - hundred

Note: Qualifies `sutāḥ`.

सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons (sons, children)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, child

Past Passive Participle

From root SŪ (to give birth)

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Predicate nominative for `ime`.