महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-33, verse-8

कच्चित्स्त्रीबालवृद्धं ते न शोचति न याचते ।
जामयः पूजिताः कच्चित्तव गेहे नरर्षभ ॥८॥

8. kaccitstrībālavṛddhaṁ te na śocati na yācate ,
jāmayaḥ pūjitāḥ kaccittava gehe nararṣabha.

8. kaccit strī-bāla-vṛddham te na śocati na yācate
jāmayaḥ pūjitāḥ kaccit tava gehe nararṣabha

8. nararṣabha kaccit te strī-bāla-vṛddham na śocati
na yācate kaccit tava gehe jāmayaḥ pūjitāḥ

8. O best of men, I hope that your women, children, and elders do not experience grief or have to beg, and that your female relatives are honored in your home.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - Is it indeed that? (a questioning particle implying hope) (I hope that, is it that?)

• स्त्री-बाल-वृद्धम् (strī-bāla-vṛddham) - the collective of women, children, and old people (women, children, and old people (collective))

• ते (te) - your (women, children, and elders) (your, by you)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• शोचति (śocati) - grieves, laments

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• याचते (yācate) - begs (begs, asks, requests)

• जामयः (jāmayaḥ) - female relatives (plural) (female relatives, sisters)

• पूजिताः (pūjitāḥ) - honored (honored, worshipped)

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - Is it indeed that? (a questioning particle implying hope) (I hope that, is it that?)

• तव (tava) - your (home) (your, of you)

• गेहे (gehe) - in your home (in the house, in the home)

• नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O best of men (O best of men, O bull among men)

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - Is it indeed that? (a questioning particle implying hope) (I hope that, is it that?)

(indeclinable)

स्त्री-बाल-वृद्धम् (strī-bāla-vṛddham) - the collective of women, children, and old people (women, children, and old people (collective))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of strī-bāla-vṛddha

strī-bāla-vṛddha - women, children, and old people (as a group)

Dvandva compound functioning as a collective singular.

Compound type : dvandva (strī+bāla+vṛddha)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• bāla – child, young, immature
  noun (masculine)
• vṛddha – old, aged, grown
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √vṛdh (to grow, increase) + -ta.
  Root: √vṛdh (class 1)

Note: This is a collective singular used with a singular verb.

ते (te) - your (women, children, and elders) (your, by you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun.

Note: This is the genitive singular form of yuṣmad.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

शोचति (śocati) - grieves, laments

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √śuc

Present Active Indicative

From √śuc.

Root: √śuc (class 1)

Note: Subject is strī-bāla-vṛddham.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

याचते (yācate) - begs (begs, asks, requests)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of √yāc

Present Middle Indicative

From √yāc.

Root: √yāc (class 1)

Note: Subject is strī-bāla-vṛddham.

जामयः (jāmayaḥ) - female relatives (plural) (female relatives, sisters)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jāmi

jāmi - a female relative, sister, kinswoman

पूजिताः (pūjitāḥ) - honored (honored, worshipped)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pūjita

pūjita - honored, revered, worshipped

Past Passive Participle

From √pūj (to honor, worship) + -ita.

Root: √pūj (class 10)

कच्चित् (kaccit) - Is it indeed that? (a questioning particle implying hope) (I hope that, is it that?)

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your (home) (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun.

गेहे (gehe) - in your home (in the house, in the home)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of geha

geha - house, dwelling, home

From √gṛh (to seize, take), perhaps related to gṛha.

Root: √gṛh

नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O best of men (O best of men, O bull among men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nararṣabha

nararṣabha - best of men, foremost man, bull among men

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+ṛṣabha)

• nara – man, person, human being
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, excellent, best
  noun (masculine)
  From √ṛṣ (to go, move quickly).
  Root: √ṛṣ