महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-38, verse-7

भीष्म उवाच ।
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य देवर्षेरप्सरोत्तमा ।
प्रत्युवाच न शक्ष्यामि स्त्री सती निन्दितुं स्त्रियः ॥७॥

7. bhīṣma uvāca ,
etacchrutvā vacastasya devarṣerapsarottamā ,
pratyuvāca na śakṣyāmi strī satī nindituṁ striyaḥ.

7. bhīṣma uvāca etat śrutvā vacaḥ tasya devarṣeḥ apsaras
uttamā pratyuvāca na śakṣyāmi strī satī ninditum striyaḥ

7. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca (yat) tasya devarṣeḥ
vacaḥ etat śrutvā apsarasām uttamā
pratyuvāca (abravīt yat) aham strī
satī striyaḥ ninditum na śakṣyāmi

7. Bhīṣma said: "Having heard these words of that divine sage, the foremost celestial nymph replied: 'As I am a woman myself, I will not be able to criticize other women.'"

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma (name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एतत् (etat) - this, these

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, of that

• देवर्षेः (devarṣeḥ) - of the divine sage

• अप्सरस् (apsaras) - celestial nymph, apsaras

• उत्तमा (uttamā) - best, foremost, excellent

• प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied, answered

• न (na) - not, no

• शक्ष्यामि (śakṣyāmi) - I shall be able, I will be capable

• स्त्री (strī) - woman

• सती (satī) - being, existing (feminine participle)

• निन्दितुम् (ninditum) - to blame, to censure, to criticize

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women (accusative plural)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma (name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma, a character in the Mahābhārata

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this, these

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

देवर्षेः (devarṣeḥ) - of the divine sage

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of devarṣi

devarṣi - divine sage (a class of ṛṣis who are also devas)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (deva+ṛṣi)

• deva – god, divine being
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

अप्सरस् (apsaras) - celestial nymph, apsaras

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of apsaras

apsaras - celestial nymph, apsaras

Note: Used as the first part of a compound with 'uttamā'

उत्तमा (uttamā) - best, foremost, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uttama

uttama - best, highest, foremost, excellent

Note: Forms a compound 'apsarottamā' with 'apsaras'

प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied, answered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of prati-vac

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शक्ष्यामि (śakṣyāmi) - I shall be able, I will be capable

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, Future (Lṛṭ) of śak

Root: śak (class 5)

स्त्री (strī) - woman

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female

सती (satī) - being, existing (feminine participle)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of as

as - to be, to exist

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Present Active Participle

निन्दितुम् (ninditum) - to blame, to censure, to criticize

(indeclinable)

Root: nind (class 1)

Note: Infinitive form

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women (accusative plural)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female