महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-93, verse-48

षष्ठे काले व्रतवतीं शीलशौचसमन्विताम् ।
कृच्छ्रवृत्तिं निराहारां द्रक्ष्यामि त्वां कथं न्वहम् ॥४८॥

48. ṣaṣṭhe kāle vratavatīṁ śīlaśaucasamanvitām ,
kṛcchravṛttiṁ nirāhārāṁ drakṣyāmi tvāṁ kathaṁ nvaham.

48. ṣaṣṭhe kāle vratavatīm śīlaśaucasamanvitām
kṛcchravṛttim nirāhārām drakṣyāmi tvām katham nu aham

48. aham tvām ṣaṣṭhe kāle vratavatīm śīlaśaucasamanvitām
kṛcchravṛttim nirāhārām katham nu drakṣyāmi

48. How can I possibly see you, observing a vow (vrata), endowed with good conduct and purity, leading an austere life, and fasting during the sixth period?

Words meanings summery:

• षष्ठे (ṣaṣṭhe) - in the sixth

• काले (kāle) - during the sixth period (of the day, implying a fast) (in the time, in the period)

• व्रतवतीम् (vratavatīm) - one observing a vow, one having a vow

• शीलशौचसमन्विताम् (śīlaśaucasamanvitām) - endowed with good conduct and purity

• कृच्छ्रवृत्तिम् (kṛcchravṛttim) - living with difficulty, having an austere livelihood

• निराहाराम् (nirāhārām) - without food, fasting

• द्रक्ष्यामि (drakṣyāmi) - I shall see

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, certainly (particle)

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

षष्ठे (ṣaṣṭhe) - in the sixth

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ṣaṣṭha

ṣaṣṭha - sixth

काले (kāle) - during the sixth period (of the day, implying a fast) (in the time, in the period)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

व्रतवतीम् (vratavatīm) - one observing a vow, one having a vow

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vratavat

vratavat - observing a vow, having a religious observance

Derived from 'vrata' with possessive suffix 'matup'.

शीलशौचसमन्विताम् (śīlaśaucasamanvitām) - endowed with good conduct and purity

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śīlaśaucasamanvita

śīlaśaucasamanvita - endowed with good conduct and purity

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa-Bahuvrīhi (śīla+śauca+samanvita)

• śīla – conduct, character, good disposition
  noun (neuter)
• śauca – purity, cleanliness
  noun (neuter)
• samanvita – endowed with, accompanied by, possessed of
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of verb 'sam-an-√i'
  Prefixes: sam+an
  Root: i (class 2)

कृच्छ्रवृत्तिम् (kṛcchravṛttim) - living with difficulty, having an austere livelihood

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛcchravṛtti

kṛcchravṛtti - austere livelihood, difficult subsistence

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kṛcchra+vṛtti)

• kṛcchra – difficult, painful, hardship, distress
  adjective (neuter)
• vṛtti – livelihood, mode of life, existence
  noun (feminine)

निराहाराम् (nirāhārām) - without food, fasting

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nirāhāra

nirāhāra - without food, fasting, abstaining from food

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (nis+āhāra)

• nis – without, out, free from
  indeclinable
• āhāra – food, eating, consumption
  noun (masculine)

द्रक्ष्यामि (drakṣyāmi) - I shall see

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of dṛś

Future tense form of root 'dṛś'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, now, certainly (particle)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my