महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-12, verse-45

स्त्र्युवाच ।
स्त्रीत्वमेव वृणे शक्र प्रसन्ने त्वयि वासव ॥४५॥

45. stryuvāca ,
strītvameva vṛṇe śakra prasanne tvayi vāsava.

45. strī uvāca strītvaṃ eva vṛṇe
śakra prasanne tvayi vāsava

45. strī uvāca he śakra he vāsava,
tvayi prasanne (sati),
strītvaṃ eva vṛṇe

45. The woman replied: 'O Śakra, O Vāsava, when you are pleased, I choose womanhood (strītva) alone.'

Words meanings summery:

• स्त्री (strī) - The woman (who was addressed by Indra) (woman, female)

• उवाच (uvāca) - The woman spoke (spoke, said)

• स्त्रीत्वं (strītvaṁ) - the state of being a woman (strītva), which she chooses (womanhood, femininity)

• एव (eva) - womanhood *only* (only, indeed, just, quite)

• वृणे (vṛṇe) - I (the woman) choose (I choose, I ask for)

• शक्र (śakra) - O Indra (a name of Indra) (O powerful one, O Indra)

• प्रसन्ने (prasanne) - when you (Indra) are pleased (when pleased, in a pleased state)

• त्वयि (tvayi) - when you (Indra) are (in you, on you, at you, you (locative))

• वासव (vāsava) - O Indra (addressed by name) (O Vāsava (another name for Indra))

Words meanings and morphology

स्त्री (strī) - The woman (who was addressed by Indra) (woman, female)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female, wife

Note: Refers to the woman from the previous context.

उवाच (uvāca) - The woman spoke (spoke, said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect tense active

Root vac (ब्रूञ्) in perfect tense, third person singular, active voice. The perfect stem is often irregular, with reduplication.

Root: vac (class 2)

स्त्रीत्वं (strītvaṁ) - the state of being a woman (strītva), which she chooses (womanhood, femininity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of strītva

strītva - womanhood, femininity, the state of being a woman

Derived from strī (woman) with the suffix -tva, forming an abstract noun.

एव (eva) - womanhood *only* (only, indeed, just, quite)

(indeclinable)

Particle for emphasis.

वृणे (vṛṇe) - I (the woman) choose (I choose, I ask for)

(verb)

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

present tense middle

Root vṛ (वृ) (class 9, vṛṇ-) in present tense, first person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada).

Root: vṛ (class 9)

Note: The speaker is the woman.

शक्र (śakra) - O Indra (a name of Indra) (O powerful one, O Indra)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - powerful, mighty; a name of Indra

From root śak (शक्) 'to be able'.

Root: śak (class 5)

प्रसन्ने (prasanne) - when you (Indra) are pleased (when pleased, in a pleased state)

(participle)

Locative, masculine, singular of prasanna

prasanna - clear, bright, pleased, propitious, gracious

Past Passive Participle

From root sad (सद्) with prefix pra (प्र) and sam (सम्).

Prefixes: pra+sam

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Used in a locative absolute with tvayi.

त्वयि (tvayi) - when you (Indra) are (in you, on you, at you, you (locative))

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Locative singular of the second person pronoun.

वासव (vāsava) - O Indra (addressed by name) (O Vāsava (another name for Indra))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vāsava

vāsava - belonging to the Vasus; a name of Indra

Derived from Vasu, referring to Indra as the chief of the Vasus.

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