महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-12, verse-33

स्त्रियाश्च मे पुत्रशतं तापसेन महात्मना ।
आश्रमे जनितं ब्रह्मन्नीतास्ते नगरं मया ॥३३॥

33. striyāśca me putraśataṁ tāpasena mahātmanā ,
āśrame janitaṁ brahmannītāste nagaraṁ mayā.

33. striyāḥ ca me putraśatam tāpasena mahātmanā
āśrame janitam brahman nītāḥ te nagaram mayā

33. brahman ca striyāḥ me tāpasena mahātmanā āśrame
putraśatam janitam mayā te nagaram nītāḥ

33. And to me, while I was a woman, a hundred sons were born in the hermitage (āśrama) by a great-souled (mahātman) ascetic, O brahmin. I led them to the city.

Words meanings summery:

• स्त्रियाः (striyāḥ) - of me, the woman (referring to the speaker's state) (of a woman, by a woman, from a woman)

• च (ca) - and, also

• मे (me) - to me (as the recipient of the sons) (to me, for me, by me, my)

• पुत्रशतम् (putraśatam) - a hundred sons (referring to the speaker's offspring in her female form) (a hundred sons)

• तापसेन (tāpasena) - by an ascetic, by a hermit

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled one, by the noble one

• आश्रमे (āśrame) - in the hermitage, in the (āśrama)

• जनितम् (janitam) - born, produced, generated

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O brahmin, O (brahman)

• नीताः (nītāḥ) - led, brought

• ते (te) - those (sons) (they, those)

• नगरम् (nagaram) - to the city, city

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

स्त्रियाः (striyāḥ) - of me, the woman (referring to the speaker's state) (of a woman, by a woman, from a woman)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female

Note: Often takes an instrumental or agentive sense in passive constructions, here referring to the speaker's state of being a woman.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me (as the recipient of the sons) (to me, for me, by me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Enclitic form of `aham`, here used as a dative/genitive with an implied agentive sense in the passive construction.

पुत्रशतम् (putraśatam) - a hundred sons (referring to the speaker's offspring in her female form) (a hundred sons)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of putraśata

putraśata - a hundred sons

Compound type : dvigu (putra+śata)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• śata – a hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of the passive verb `janitam`.

तापसेन (tāpasena) - by an ascetic, by a hermit

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tāpasa

tāpasa - ascetic, hermit, one who performs austerities

Derived from `tapas` (austerity).

Note: Agent of the passive verb `janitam`.

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled one, by the noble one

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, (referring to a) great personality

Compound: `mahā` (great) + `ātman` (self, soul).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with `tāpasena`.

आश्रमे (āśrame) - in the hermitage, in the (āśrama)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, monastic retreat, a stage of life

From root `śram` (to toil) with prefix `ā`.

Prefix: ā

Root: śram (class 4)

Note: Locative of place where the sons were born.

जनितम् (janitam) - born, produced, generated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of janita

janita - born, produced, caused

Past Passive Participle

From causative root `jan` (to be born, produce).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with `putraśatam`.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O brahmin, O (brahman)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - brahmin, priest, the Absolute Reality

नीताः (nītāḥ) - led, brought

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nīta

nīta - led, carried, brought, guided

Past Passive Participle

From root `nī` (to lead, carry).

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `te` (meaning 'them', here in nominative case as subject of passive verb).

ते (te) - those (sons) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Subject of the passive verb `nītāḥ`, referring to the sons.

नगरम् (nagaram) - to the city, city

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nagara

nagara - city, town

Note: Direction of motion for `nītāḥ`.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Agent of the passive verb `nītāḥ`.