महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-66, verse-19

स्वसेति वा महाबाहो हतपुत्रेति वा पुनः ।
प्रपन्ना मामियं वेति दयां कर्तुमिहार्हसि ॥१९॥

19. svaseti vā mahābāho hataputreti vā punaḥ ,
prapannā māmiyaṁ veti dayāṁ kartumihārhasi.

19. svasā iti vā mahābāho hataputrā iti vā punaḥ
prapannā mām iyam vā iti dayām kartum iha arhasi

19. mahābāho iha dayām kartum arhasi svasā iti vā
hataputrā iti vā punaḥ iyam mām prapannā iti vā

19. O mighty-armed one, whether considering her as your sister, or again, as a mother whose sons have been slain, or (you know that) this one has sought refuge in me— you should show compassion here.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वसा (svasā) - sister

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking quotation

• वा (vā) - or

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

• हतपुत्रा (hataputrā) - mother whose sons have been slain (one whose sons are slain, sonless (feminine))

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking quotation

• वा (vā) - or

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but

• प्रपन्ना (prapannā) - having approached, taken refuge

• माम् (mām) - me (Gāndhārī, the speaker) (me (accusative))

• इयम् (iyam) - this woman (referring to Kuntī or Gāndhārī herself) (this (feminine))

• वा (vā) - or

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking quotation

• दयाम् (dayām) - compassion, mercy

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to show (compassion) (to do, to make, to perform)

• इह (iha) - in this situation/matter (here, in this world, in this matter)

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you deserve, you are able

Words meanings and morphology

स्वसा (svasā) - sister

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of svasṛ

svasṛ - sister

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking quotation

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, one with great arms

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Vocative used for addressing Kṛṣṇa.

हतपुत्रा (hataputrā) - mother whose sons have been slain (one whose sons are slain, sonless (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hataputra

hataputra - one whose sons are slain

Compound type : bahuvrihi (hata+putra)

• hata – slain, killed, destroyed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

Note: Feminine form, referring to a woman (like Kuntī or Gāndhārī).

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking quotation

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but

(indeclinable)

प्रपन्ना (prapannā) - having approached, taken refuge

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prapanna

prapanna - approached, resorted to, taken refuge in

Past Passive Participle

From pra-√pad (to approach, enter, resort to)

Prefix: pra

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Feminine participial form, referring to 'iyam'.

माम् (mām) - me (Gāndhārī, the speaker) (me (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Object of 'prapannā'.

इयम् (iyam) - this woman (referring to Kuntī or Gāndhārī herself) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Subject of the clause 'iyam mām prapannā'.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, marking quotation

(indeclinable)

दयाम् (dayām) - compassion, mercy

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dayā

dayā - compassion, pity, mercy, sympathy

Note: Object of 'kartum'.

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to show (compassion) (to do, to make, to perform)

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of kṛ

infinitive

Infinitive form from √kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इह (iha) - in this situation/matter (here, in this world, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you deserve, you are able

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)