महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-38, verse-15

स्त्रियं हि यः प्रार्थयते संनिकर्षं च गच्छति ।
ईषच्च कुरुते सेवां तमेवेच्छन्ति योषितः ॥१५॥

15. striyaṁ hi yaḥ prārthayate saṁnikarṣaṁ ca gacchati ,
īṣacca kurute sevāṁ tamevecchanti yoṣitaḥ.

15. striyam hi yah prārthayate sannikarṣam ca gacchati
īṣat ca kurute sevām tam eva icchanti yoṣitah

15. Indeed, the man who woos a woman and approaches her, and offers even a little service, him alone women desire.

Words meanings summery:

• स्त्रियम् (striyam) - woman (accusative)

• हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

• यह् (yah) - the man who (who, which (masculine))

• प्रार्थयते (prārthayate) - he woos, he desires, he requests

• सन्निकर्षम् (sannikarṣam) - proximity, approach

• च (ca) - and

• गच्छति (gacchati) - he goes, he approaches

• ईषत् (īṣat) - even a little (a little, slightly, somewhat)

• च (ca) - and

• कुरुते (kurute) - he offers (service) (he does, he makes, he performs)

• सेवाम् (sevām) - service, homage

• तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine)

• एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed (emphatic particle)

• इच्छन्ति (icchanti) - they desire, they wish

• योषितह् (yoṣitah) - women

Words meanings and morphology

स्त्रियम् (striyam) - woman (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female

Note: Object of `prārthayate`.

हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

यह् (yah) - the man who (who, which (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Subject of the relative clause.

प्रार्थयते (prārthayate) - he woos, he desires, he requests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of prārth

Present Middle Indicative

3rd person singular present middle indicative of root 'arth' (to request) with prefix 'pra-'. Dhatupatha 10.134, 'arthayate'.

Prefix: pra

Root: arth (class 10)

सन्निकर्षम् (sannikarṣam) - proximity, approach

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sannikarṣa

sannikarṣa - proximity, nearness, approach

From root 'kṛṣ' (to draw) with prefixes 'sam-ni-'.

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Object of `gacchati`.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - he goes, he approaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of gam

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular present active indicative of root 'gam'.

Root: gam (class 1)

ईषत् (īṣat) - even a little (a little, slightly, somewhat)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies `kurute sevām`.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कुरुते (kurute) - he offers (service) (he does, he makes, he performs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Middle Indicative

3rd person singular present middle indicative of root 'kṛ'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सेवाम् (sevām) - service, homage

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sevā

sevā - service, attendance, homage, worship

Note: Object of `kurute`.

तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative/correlative pronoun)

Note: Object of `icchanti`.

एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

इच्छन्ति (icchanti) - they desire, they wish

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of iṣ

Present Active Indicative

3rd person plural present active indicative of root 'iṣ'.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

योषितह् (yoṣitah) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yoṣit

yoṣit - woman, female

Note: Subject of `icchanti`.