महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-29, verse-7

सा च देवी महाभागा गान्धारी हतबान्धवा ।
पतिमन्धं कथं वृद्धमन्वेति विजने वने ॥७॥

7. sā ca devī mahābhāgā gāndhārī hatabāndhavā ,
patimandhaṁ kathaṁ vṛddhamanveti vijane vane.

7. sā ca devī mahābhāgā gāndhārī hatabāndhavā
patim andham katham vṛddham anveti vijane vane

7. ca katham sā mahābhāgā hatabāndhavā devī
gāndhārī vijane vane andham vṛddham patim anveti

7. And how does that illustrious Queen Gandhari, having lost all her kinsmen, follow her blind, aged husband into a desolate forest?

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she (referring to Gandhari) (she, that)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• देवी (devī) - Queen (goddess, queen, lady)

• महाभागा (mahābhāgā) - illustrious (referring to Gandhari's noble character) (highly fortunate, illustrious, noble)

• गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Queen Gandhari (Gandhari (name of Dhritarashtra's wife))

• हतबान्धवा (hatabāndhavā) - having lost her kinsmen (her sons and other family members in the war) (whose relatives are slain, having lost her kinsmen)

• पतिम् (patim) - her husband (Dhritarashtra) (husband, lord, master)

• अन्धम् (andham) - blind (Dhritarashtra was born blind) (blind)

• कथम् (katham) - how? (how? in what manner?)

• वृद्धम् (vṛddham) - aged (old, aged, grown)

• अन्वेति (anveti) - follows, accompanies (her husband) (follows, accompanies, goes after)

• विजने (vijane) - desolate (implying lack of people and safety) (solitary, desolate, unfrequented)

• वने (vane) - in the forest (in the forest, in the wood)

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she (referring to Gandhari) (she, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Pronominal stem.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

देवी (devī) - Queen (goddess, queen, lady)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, queen, lady

Feminine of 'deva'.

महाभागा (mahābhāgā) - illustrious (referring to Gandhari's noble character) (highly fortunate, illustrious, noble)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahābhāga

mahābhāga - highly fortunate, illustrious, noble

Karmadhāraya compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+bhāga)

• mahat – great, large, noble
  adjective (masculine)
• bhāga – share, fortune, destiny
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhaj-' (to divide, partake).
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'gāndhārī'.

गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Queen Gandhari (Gandhari (name of Dhritarashtra's wife))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gāndhārī

gāndhārī - Gandhari, princess of Gandhara, wife of Dhritarashtra

Feminine adjective/noun derived from Gandhara.

Note: Subject of the sentence.

हतबान्धवा (hatabāndhavā) - having lost her kinsmen (her sons and other family members in the war) (whose relatives are slain, having lost her kinsmen)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hatabāndhava

hatabāndhava - whose relatives are slain, having lost her kinsmen

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+bāndhava)

• hata – slain, killed, destroyed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'han-' (to strike, kill).
  Root: han (class 2)
• bāndhava – relative, kinsman
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'gāndhārī'.

पतिम् (patim) - her husband (Dhritarashtra) (husband, lord, master)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - husband, lord, master

I-stem masculine noun.

Note: Object of 'anveti'.

अन्धम् (andham) - blind (Dhritarashtra was born blind) (blind)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of andha

andha - blind

Note: Modifies 'patim'.

कथम् (katham) - how? (how? in what manner?)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

वृद्धम् (vṛddham) - aged (old, aged, grown)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vṛdh-' (to grow).

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'patim'.

अन्वेति (anveti) - follows, accompanies (her husband) (follows, accompanies, goes after)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anvi

Conjugation of root 'i-' (to go) with prefix 'anu-'.

Prefix: anu

Root: i (class 2)

विजने (vijane) - desolate (implying lack of people and safety) (solitary, desolate, unfrequented)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vijana

vijana - solitary, desolate, unfrequented, without people

Compound with 'vi' (without).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+jana)

• vi – without, away, apart
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating separation or negation.
• jana – person, people, creature
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'jan-' (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'vane'.

वने (vane) - in the forest (in the forest, in the wood)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove