महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-110, verse-32

ता राजभयभीताश्च शापभीताश्च योषितः ।
अशक्यमूचुस्तत्कार्यं विवर्णा गतचेतसः ॥३२॥

32. tā rājabhayabhītāśca śāpabhītāśca yoṣitaḥ ,
aśakyamūcustatkāryaṁ vivarṇā gatacetasaḥ.

32. tāḥ rājabhayabhītāḥ ca śāpabhītāḥ ca yoṣitaḥ
aśakyam ūcuḥ tat kāryam vivarṇāḥ gatacetasaḥ

32. Those women, afraid of the king's wrath and also of a curse, became pale and disheartened, and declared that task impossible.

Words meanings summery:

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine)

• राजभयभीताः (rājabhayabhītāḥ) - afraid of the king's fear, afraid of the king's anger

• च (ca) - and

• शापभीताः (śāpabhītāḥ) - afraid of a curse

• च (ca) - and

• योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women

• अशक्यम् (aśakyam) - impossible, not possible

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

• तत् (tat) - that

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - task, deed, thing to be done

• विवर्णाः (vivarṇāḥ) - discolored, pale, changed in color

• गतचेतसः (gatacetasaḥ) - with lost senses, disheartened, bewildered

Words meanings and morphology

ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राजभयभीताः (rājabhayabhītāḥ) - afraid of the king's fear, afraid of the king's anger

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rājabhayabhīta

rājabhayabhīta - afraid of the king's fear/wrath

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+bhaya+bhīta)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
• bhaya – fear, danger
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• bhīta – frightened, afraid
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √bhī + kta
  Root: bhī (class 3)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

शापभीताः (śāpabhītāḥ) - afraid of a curse

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śāpabhīta

śāpabhīta - afraid of a curse

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śāpa+bhīta)

• śāpa – curse, imprecation
  noun (masculine)
• bhīta – frightened, afraid
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √bhī + kta
  Root: bhī (class 3)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yoṣit

yoṣit - woman, female

अशक्यम् (aśakyam) - impossible, not possible

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aśakya

aśakya - impossible, impracticable, not to be done

Gerundive

from a- + √śak + ya

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śakya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• śakya – possible, capable, practicable
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from √śak + ya
  Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Also accusative singular. Functions as predicate here.

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect 3rd plural active

Root: vac (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Also nominative singular. Agrees with kāryam.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - task, deed, thing to be done

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, task, action

Gerundive

from √kṛ + ṇyat

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Also nominative singular. Object of 'declared'.

विवर्णाः (vivarṇāḥ) - discolored, pale, changed in color

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vivarṇa

vivarṇa - discolored, pale, changed in color

from vi- + varṇa

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (vi+varṇa)

• vi – apart, asunder, without
  indeclinable
• varṇa – color, caste, letter
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with yoṣitaḥ.

गतचेतसः (gatacetasaḥ) - with lost senses, disheartened, bewildered

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of gatacetas

gatacetas - with lost senses, disheartened, bewildered

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+cetas)

• gata – gone, lost, departed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √gam + kta
  Root: gam (class 1)
• cetas – mind, consciousness, intellect
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with yoṣitaḥ.