महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-2, verse-59

तस्मै प्रतिवचः सा तु भर्त्रे न प्रददौ तदा ।
कराभ्यां तेन विप्रेण स्पृष्टा भर्तृव्रता सती ॥५९॥

59. tasmai prativacaḥ sā tu bhartre na pradadau tadā ,
karābhyāṁ tena vipreṇa spṛṣṭā bhartṛvratā satī.

59. tasmai prativacaḥ sā tu bhartre na pradadau tadā
karābhyāṃ tena vipreṇa spṛṣṭā bhartṛvratā satī

59. But she, being a woman devoted to her husband (bhartṛvratā), did not give him a reply then, having been touched by the hands of that brahmin.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मै (tasmai) - to him

• प्रतिवचः (prativacaḥ) - a reply, an answer

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed

• भर्त्रे (bhartre) - to the husband

• न (na) - not

• प्रददौ (pradadau) - gave, offered

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• कराभ्यां (karābhyāṁ) - by hands (dual)

• तेन (tena) - by him, by that (masculine)

• विप्रेण (vipreṇa) - by the brahmin (Pavaki) (by the brahmin)

• स्पृष्टा (spṛṣṭā) - touched

• भर्तृव्रता (bhartṛvratā) - devoted to her husband, observing vows for her husband

• सती (satī) - being (a virtuous woman) (being, existing, a virtuous woman)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मै (tasmai) - to him

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रतिवचः (prativacaḥ) - a reply, an answer

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prativacas

prativacas - a reply, an answer, rejoinder

Compound type : praadi-tatpuruṣa (prati+vacas)

• prati – against, towards, in return
  indeclinable
• vacas – speech, word, sound
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तु (tu) - but, indeed

(indeclinable)

भर्त्रे (bhartre) - to the husband

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, supporter, master

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

प्रददौ (pradadau) - gave, offered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of dā

Perfect

3rd person singular perfect of root dā with upasarga pra

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

कराभ्यां (karābhyāṁ) - by hands (dual)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of kara

kara - hand, ray

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तेन (tena) - by him, by that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विप्रेण (vipreṇa) - by the brahmin (Pavaki) (by the brahmin)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - brahmin, sage, inspired, learned

Root: vip (class 6)

स्पृष्टा (spṛṣṭā) - touched

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of spṛṣṭa

spṛṣṭa - touched, contacted, affected

Past Passive Participle

From root spṛś (to touch)

Root: spṛś (class 6)

भर्तृव्रता (bhartṛvratā) - devoted to her husband, observing vows for her husband

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhartṛvratā

bhartṛvratā - a woman devoted to her husband, observing vows for her husband's well-being

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhartṛ+vrata)

• bhartṛ – husband, supporter
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)
• vrata – vow, sacred observance, religious practice
  noun (neuter)

सती (satī) - being (a virtuous woman) (being, existing, a virtuous woman)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of satī

satī - being, existing, chaste woman, virtuous wife

Present Participle (feminine)

Feminine form of sat (being), from root as

Root: as (class 2)