महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-190, verse-22

अथाब्रुवंस्ताः स्त्रियः ।
अपूर्वमिव पश्याम उदकं नात्र नीयतेति ॥२२॥

22. athābruvaṁstāḥ striyaḥ ,
apūrvamiva paśyāma udakaṁ nātra nīyateti.

22. atha abruvan tāḥ striyaḥ apūrvam iva
paśyāma udakam na atra nīyate iti

22. Then those women said, "We see something unusual: water is not being brought here."

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said, they spoke

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine)

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• अपूर्वम् (apūrvam) - unprecedented, unusual, not seen before

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• पश्याम (paśyāma) - we see, we look

• उदकम् (udakam) - water

• न (na) - not, no

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• नीयते (nīyate) - is being brought (water) (is being led, is being brought, is carried)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks direct speech)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said, they spoke

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, she, it

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

अपूर्वम् (apūrvam) - unprecedented, unusual, not seen before

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apūrva

apūrva - unprecedented, not seen before, new, unusual

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+pūrva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• pūrva – former, previous, before
  adjective

Note: Can also be adverbial, 'unusually'.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

पश्याम (paśyāma) - we see, we look

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

root dṛś takes 'paśya' stem in present tense

Root: dṛś (class 1)

उदकम् (udakam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udaka

udaka - water

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

नीयते (nīyate) - is being brought (water) (is being led, is being brought, is carried)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of nī

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: The passive form of nī.

इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks direct speech)

(indeclinable)