महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-22, verse-5

जिज्ञासेयं प्रयुक्ता मे स्थिरीकर्तुं तवानघ ।
स्थविराणामपि स्त्रीणां बाधते मैथुनज्वरः ॥५॥

5. jijñāseyaṁ prayuktā me sthirīkartuṁ tavānagha ,
sthavirāṇāmapi strīṇāṁ bādhate maithunajvaraḥ.

5. jijñāsā iyam prayuktā me sthirīkartum tava anagha
sthavirāṇām api strīṇām bādhate maithunajvaraḥ

5. anagha iyam jijñāsā me tava sthirīkartum prayuktā
sthavirāṇām strīṇām api maithunajvaraḥ bādhate

5. This inquiry was initiated by me to confirm your steadfastness, O sinless one. For even among aged women, the fever of carnal desire (maithunajvara) remains troubling.

Words meanings summery:

• जिज्ञासा (jijñāsā) - inquiry (desire to know, inquiry, curiosity)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (this, this one)

• प्रयुक्ता (prayuktā) - initiated (employed, used, applied, initiated)

• मे (me) - by me (by me, my)

• स्थिरीकर्तुम् (sthirīkartum) - to confirm (to make firm, to establish, to confirm)

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one! (sinless, faultless, pure)

• स्थविराणाम् (sthavirāṇām) - among aged (of old, of aged, of elders)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - among women (of women)

• बाधते (bādhate) - remains troubling (afflicts, troubles, harasses)

• मैथुनज्वरः (maithunajvaraḥ) - fever of carnal desire (maithunajvara) (fever of sexual desire, lust for copulation)

Words meanings and morphology

जिज्ञासा (jijñāsā) - inquiry (desire to know, inquiry, curiosity)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jijñāsā

jijñāsā - desire to know, inquiry, curiosity

Desiderative noun

Derived from desiderative stem of root 'jñā' (to know) + suffix -ā.

Root: jñā (class 9)

इयम् (iyam) - this (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with 'jijñāsā'.

प्रयुक्ता (prayuktā) - initiated (employed, used, applied, initiated)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prayukta

prayukta - employed, used, applied, initiated, performed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'yuj' (to join) with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'jijñāsā'.

मे (me) - by me (by me, my)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, myself

Note: Functions as agent for the passive 'prayuktā'.

स्थिरीकर्तुम् (sthirīkartum) - to confirm (to make firm, to establish, to confirm)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From 'sthirīkṛ' (to make firm) + infinitive suffix -tum.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one! (sinless, faultless, pure)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+agha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• agha – sin, fault, evil
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the person being addressed.

स्थविराणाम् (sthavirāṇām) - among aged (of old, of aged, of elders)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of sthavira

sthavira - old, aged, elderly, venerable

Note: Agrees with 'strīṇām'.

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - among women (of women)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

बाधते (bādhate) - remains troubling (afflicts, troubles, harasses)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of bādh

3rd person singular present, Ātmanepada, from root 'bādh' (1st class).

Root: bādh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'maithunajvaraḥ'.

मैथुनज्वरः (maithunajvaraḥ) - fever of carnal desire (maithunajvara) (fever of sexual desire, lust for copulation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maithunajvara

maithunajvara - fever of sexual desire, lust, carnal fever

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maithuna+jvara)

• maithuna – copulation, sexual intercourse, pairing
  noun (neuter)
• jvara – fever, burning heat (physical or mental)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jvar (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'bādhate'.