महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-39, verse-2

अत्र मे संशयस्तीव्रो हृदि संपरिवर्तते ।
कथमासां नराः सङ्गं कुर्वते कुरुनन्दन ।
स्त्रियो वा तेषु रज्यन्ते विरज्यन्तेऽथ वा पुनः ॥२॥

2. atra me saṁśayastīvro hṛdi saṁparivartate ,
kathamāsāṁ narāḥ saṅgaṁ kurvate kurunandana ,
striyo vā teṣu rajyante virajyante'tha vā punaḥ.

2. atra me saṃśayaḥ tīvraḥ hṛdi
saṃparivartate katham āsām narāḥ saṅgam
kurvate kurunandana striyaḥ vā teṣu
rajyante virajyante atha vā punaḥ

2. atra me tīvraḥ saṃśayaḥ hṛdi
saṃparivartate he kurunandana katham narāḥ
āsām saṅgam kurvate vā striyaḥ teṣu
rajyante atha vā punaḥ virajyante

2. Here, a fierce doubt churns in my heart, O Kuru's delight: how do men associate with these women? And do women become attached to those men, or do they again become detached from them?

Words meanings summery:

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• मे (me) - to me, my

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

• तीव्रः (tīvraḥ) - fierce, intense, strong

• हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart

• संपरिवर्तते (saṁparivartate) - revolves, turns around, churns

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• आसाम् (āsām) - of these (feminine plural)

• नराः (narāḥ) - men

• सङ्गम् (saṅgam) - association, contact

• कुर्वते (kurvate) - they do, they make, they associate

• कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - Addressed to Arjuna (O delight of the Kurus)

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• वा (vā) - or

• तेषु (teṣu) - in them, towards them (masculine plural)

• रज्यन्ते (rajyante) - they are attached, they are pleased, they are colored (with affection)

• विरज्यन्ते (virajyante) - they become detached, they lose interest, they are discolored

• अथ (atha) - then, now, or, further

• वा (vā) - or

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

Words meanings and morphology

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

Prefix: sam

Root: śi (class 5)

तीव्रः (tīvraḥ) - fierce, intense, strong

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tīvra

tīvra - fierce, intense, keen, sharp, violent

हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛd

hṛd - heart, mind, soul

संपरिवर्तते (saṁparivartate) - revolves, turns around, churns

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Prefixes: sam+pari

Root: vṛt (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

आसाम् (āsām) - of these (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

नराः (narāḥ) - men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human, person

सङ्गम् (saṅgam) - association, contact

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṅga

saṅga - attachment, union, association, contact

Prefix: sam

Root: gam (class 1)

कुर्वते (kurvate) - they do, they make, they associate

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - Addressed to Arjuna (O delight of the Kurus)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurunandana

kurunandana - descendant of Kuru, joy of the Kurus

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+nandana)

• kuru – name of an ancient royal dynasty and region; a progenitor
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, child, delight
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nand (class 1)

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

तेषु (teṣu) - in them, towards them (masculine plural)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

रज्यन्ते (rajyante) - they are attached, they are pleased, they are colored (with affection)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of rañj

Root: rañj (class 1)

विरज्यन्ते (virajyante) - they become detached, they lose interest, they are discolored

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of rañj

Prefix: vi

Root: rañj (class 1)

अथ (atha) - then, now, or, further

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)