महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-16, chapter-8, verse-18

तं देवकी च भद्रा च रोहिणी मदिरा तथा ।
अन्वारोढुं व्यवसिता भर्तारं योषितां वराः ॥१८॥

18. taṁ devakī ca bhadrā ca rohiṇī madirā tathā ,
anvāroḍhuṁ vyavasitā bhartāraṁ yoṣitāṁ varāḥ.

18. tam devakī ca bhadrā ca rohiṇī madirā tathā
anvāroḍhum vyavasitāḥ bhartāram yoṣitām varāḥ

18. devakī ca bhadrā ca rohiṇī tathā madirā yōṣitām
varāḥ tam bhartāram anvāroḍhum vyavasitāḥ

18. Devaki, Bhadrā, Rohiṇī, and Madirā, who were the foremost among women, resolved to follow their husband (onto the funeral pyre).

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (Vasudeva) (him, that (person))

• देवकी (devakī) - Devaki (wife of Vasudeva) (Devaki)

• च (ca) - and

• भद्रा (bhadrā) - Bhadrā (one of Vasudeva's wives) (Bhadrā)

• च (ca) - and

• रोहिणी (rohiṇī) - Rohiṇī (one of Vasudeva's wives, mother of Balarama) (Rohiṇī)

• मदिरा (madirā) - Madirā (one of Vasudeva's wives) (Madirā)

• तथा (tathā) - and, thus, also, in that manner

• अन्वारोढुम् (anvāroḍhum) - to ascend (the funeral pyre of) or follow (in death) (to ascend, to follow, to climb upon)

• व्यवसिताः (vyavasitāḥ) - resolved, determined, prepared

• भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - their husband (Vasudeva) (husband, supporter, maintainer)

• योषिताम् (yoṣitām) - of women

• वराः (varāḥ) - foremost among women (excellent, best, foremost)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (Vasudeva) (him, that (person))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of anvāroḍhum.

देवकी (devakī) - Devaki (wife of Vasudeva) (Devaki)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devakī

devakī - Devaki (mother of Krishna, wife of Vasudeva)

Note: One of the subjects of vyavasitāḥ.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects names.

भद्रा (bhadrā) - Bhadrā (one of Vasudeva's wives) (Bhadrā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhadrā

bhadrā - Bhadrā (name of a woman, often auspicious)

Note: One of the subjects of vyavasitāḥ.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects names.

रोहिणी (rohiṇī) - Rohiṇī (one of Vasudeva's wives, mother of Balarama) (Rohiṇī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rohiṇī

rohiṇī - Rohiṇī (name of a woman)

Note: One of the subjects of vyavasitāḥ.

मदिरा (madirā) - Madirā (one of Vasudeva's wives) (Madirā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of madirā

madirā - Madirā (name of a woman)

Note: One of the subjects of vyavasitāḥ.

तथा (tathā) - and, thus, also, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects Madirā to the list of names.

अन्वारोढुम् (anvāroḍhum) - to ascend (the funeral pyre of) or follow (in death) (to ascend, to follow, to climb upon)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive form from anu-ā-ruh.

Prefixes: anu+ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Indicates purpose.

व्यवसिताः (vyavasitāḥ) - resolved, determined, prepared

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vyavasita

vyavasita - resolved, determined, undertaken, prepared

Past Passive Participle

from vi-ava-√sā (to determine, resolve)

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sā (class 4)

Note: Qualifies the wives as having resolved.

भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - their husband (Vasudeva) (husband, supporter, maintainer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - supporter, maintainer, husband, master

Agent noun

from √bhṛ (to bear, to support) + -tṛ suffix

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Object of anvāroḍhum.

योषिताम् (yoṣitām) - of women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of yoṣit

yoṣit - woman, female

from √yuṣ (to unite, to embrace)

Root: yuṣ (class 4)

Note: Possessive for varāḥ.

वराः (varāḥ) - foremost among women (excellent, best, foremost)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vara

vara - best, excellent, foremost, choice