महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-20, verse-73

देवतेयं गृहस्यास्य शापान्नूनं विरूपिता ।
अस्याश्च कारणं वेत्तुं न युक्तं सहसा मया ॥७३॥

73. devateyaṁ gṛhasyāsya śāpānnūnaṁ virūpitā ,
asyāśca kāraṇaṁ vettuṁ na yuktaṁ sahasā mayā.

73. devatā iyaṃ gṛhasya asya śāpāt nūnaṃ virūpitā
| asyāḥ ca kāraṇaṃ vettuṃ na yuktaṃ sahasā mayā

73. iyaṃ asya gṛhasya devatā nūnaṃ śāpāt virūpitā
ca asyāḥ kāraṇaṃ vettuṃ mayā sahasā na yuktaṃ

73. This deity of this house has certainly been disfigured by a curse. And it is not proper for me to hastily ascertain the cause of her condition.

Words meanings summery:

• देवता (devatā) - deity, goddess

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• गृहस्य (gṛhasya) - of the house

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• शापात् (śāpāt) - from a curse

• नूनं (nūnaṁ) - surely, certainly, indeed

• विरूपिता (virūpitā) - disfigured, deformed, made ugly

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her

• च (ca) - and, also

• कारणं (kāraṇaṁ) - cause, reason, motive

• वेत्तुं (vettuṁ) - to know, to ascertain

• न (na) - not

• युक्तं (yuktaṁ) - proper, right, appropriate

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, rashly, hastily

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

देवता (devatā) - deity, goddess

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devatā

devatā - deity, divinity, god, goddess

Note: Subject of the first clause, implicitly linking with 'virūpitā'.

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, agreeing with 'devatā'.

गृहस्य (gṛhasya) - of the house

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, dwelling, home

Note: Possessive, modifying 'devatā'.

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, agreeing with 'gṛhasya'.

शापात् (śāpāt) - from a curse

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śāpa

śāpa - curse, imprecation, malediction

Note: Indicates the cause of the disfigurement.

नूनं (nūnaṁ) - surely, certainly, indeed

(indeclinable)

विरूपिता (virūpitā) - disfigured, deformed, made ugly

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of virūpita

virūpita - disfigured, deformed, made ugly

Past Passive Participle

From the causative of root √rūp (to form) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: rūp (class 10)

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Possessive, referring to the deity.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कारणं (kāraṇaṁ) - cause, reason, motive

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, motive, instrument

Note: Object of 'vettuṃ'.

वेत्तुं (vettuṁ) - to know, to ascertain

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form from root √vid (class 2 or 6).

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Functions adverbially, meaning 'in order to know'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

युक्तं (yuktaṁ) - proper, right, appropriate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, proper, right, suitable

Past Passive Participle

From root √yuj, 'to join'.

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Predicate adjective in the passive construction 'na yuktaṃ mayā'.

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, rashly, hastily

(indeclinable)

Instrumental case form used adverbially.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Agent in the passive-like construction 'na yuktaṃ mayā'.