महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-123, verse-9

असमर्थं परित्राणे पोषणे च शुचिस्मिते ।
साधु च्यवनमुत्सृज्य वरयस्वैकमावयोः ।
पत्यर्थं देवगर्भाभे मा वृथा यौवनं कृथाः ॥९॥

9. asamarthaṁ paritrāṇe poṣaṇe ca śucismite ,
sādhu cyavanamutsṛjya varayasvaikamāvayoḥ ,
patyarthaṁ devagarbhābhe mā vṛthā yauvanaṁ kṛthāḥ.

9. asamartham paritrāṇe poṣaṇe ca
śucismite sādhu cyavanam utsṛjya
varayasva ekam āvayoḥ patyartham
devagarbhābhe mā vṛthā yauvanam kṛthāḥ

9. O lady with a pure smile, he is incapable of providing protection or sustenance. Therefore, O goddess-like one, it is proper that you abandon Chyavana and choose one of us two as your husband. Do not waste your youth (yauvanam) in vain.

Words meanings summery:

• असमर्थम् (asamartham) - incapable, unable, impotent

• परित्राणे (paritrāṇe) - in protection, in saving

• पोषणे (poṣaṇe) - in maintenance, in nourishment

• च (ca) - and, also

• शुचिस्मिते (śucismite) - O pure-smiled one, O lady with a radiant smile

• साधु (sādhu) - it is proper (properly, well, rightly, indeed, good)

• च्यवनम् (cyavanam) - Chyavana (proper name)

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having given up

• वरयस्व (varayasva) - choose, select

• एकम् (ekam) - one, a single one

• आवयोः (āvayoḥ) - of us two, among us two

• पत्यर्थम् (patyartham) - for a husband, for the sake of a husband

• देवगर्भाभे (devagarbhābhe) - O goddess-like one, O one having the splendor of a divine embryo

• मा (mā) - do not, not

• वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

• यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth, prime of life

• कृथाः (kṛthāḥ) - you make, you do

Words meanings and morphology

असमर्थम् (asamartham) - incapable, unable, impotent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asamartha

asamartha - incapable, unable, impotent

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+samartha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• samartha – capable, able, competent
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: sam

परित्राणे (paritrāṇe) - in protection, in saving

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of paritrāṇa

paritrāṇa - protection, saving, deliverance

Prefix: pari

Root: trā (class 2)

पोषणे (poṣaṇe) - in maintenance, in nourishment

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of poṣaṇa

poṣaṇa - maintenance, nourishment, cherishing

Root: puṣ (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शुचिस्मिते (śucismite) - O pure-smiled one, O lady with a radiant smile

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of śucismitā

śucismitā - pure-smiled, having a radiant smile

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (śuci+smita)

• śuci – pure, bright, radiant
  adjective (feminine)
• smita – smile, smiling
  noun (neuter)
  Root: smi (class 1)

साधु (sādhu) - it is proper (properly, well, rightly, indeed, good)

(indeclinable)

Used here as an adverb meaning 'rightly' or 'properly'

च्यवनम् (cyavanam) - Chyavana (proper name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of cyavana

cyavana - Chyavana (name of a sage)

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Absolutive from root 'sṛj' (to create, emit) with prefix 'ut'

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

वरयस्व (varayasva) - choose, select

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of vṛ

Present Middle

Second person singular, imperative, ātmanepada, of root 'vṛ' (class 9, sometimes 5). Derived from causative stem 'varaya'

Root: vṛ (class 9)

एकम् (ekam) - one, a single one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

आवयोः (āvayoḥ) - of us two, among us two

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of asmad

asmad - I, we

पत्यर्थम् (patyartham) - for a husband, for the sake of a husband

(indeclinable)

Compound with 'artha' meaning 'for the sake of'

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (pati+artha)

• pati – husband, lord
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, meaning, sake
  noun (masculine)

देवगर्भाभे (devagarbhābhe) - O goddess-like one, O one having the splendor of a divine embryo

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of devagarbhābhā

devagarbhābhā - resembling a divine embryo, splendid as a god's offspring

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (deva+garbha+ābhā)

• deva – god, divine
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• garbha – embryo, fetus, womb, interior
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gṛbh
• ābhā – splendor, light, resemblance
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhā (class 2)

मा (mā) - do not, not

(indeclinable)

Particle used with the aorist (luṅ) to form a prohibitive

वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth, prime of life

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yauvana

yauvana - youth, prime of life, adolescence

Derived from 'yuvan' (young)

कृथाः (kṛthāḥ) - you make, you do

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, aorist injunctive (luṅ) of kṛ

Aorist Injunctive Middle

Second person singular, aorist, injunctive, ātmanepada

Root: kṛ (class 8)