महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-197, verse-20

क्षन्तुमर्हसि मे विप्र भर्ता मे दैवतं महत् ।
स चापि क्षुधितः श्रान्तः प्राप्तः शुश्रूषितो मया ॥२०॥

20. kṣantumarhasi me vipra bhartā me daivataṁ mahat ,
sa cāpi kṣudhitaḥ śrāntaḥ prāptaḥ śuśrūṣito mayā.

20. kṣantum arhasi me vipra bhartā me daivatam mahat
saḥ ca api kṣudhitaḥ śrāntaḥ prāptaḥ śuśrūṣitaḥ mayā

20. O brahmin, you should forgive me. My husband is like a great god to me. He has arrived, hungry and tired, and I have served him.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षन्तुम् (kṣantum) - to forgive, to pardon

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• विप्र (vipra) - O brahmin, O priest

• भर्ता (bhartā) - husband, supporter, lord

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

• दैवतम् (daivatam) - deity, god, divine being

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

• क्षुधितः (kṣudhitaḥ) - hungry, famished

• श्रान्तः (śrāntaḥ) - tired, weary, exhausted

• प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - arrived, attained, obtained

• शुश्रूषितः (śuśrūṣitaḥ) - served, attended, waited upon

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

क्षन्तुम् (kṣantum) - to forgive, to pardon

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Derived from root kṣam (to forgive) with suffix -tum

Root: kṣam (class 1)

Note: Although derived from a verb, infinitives are indeclinable.

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Present tense form (laṭ) of root arh

Root: arh (class 1)

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Alternative form for dative/genitive singular of asmad

विप्र (vipra) - O brahmin, O priest

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - brahmin, priest

भर्ता (bhartā) - husband, supporter, lord

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, supporter, lord

Agent noun from root bhṛ (to bear, support)

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Alternative form for genitive singular of asmad

दैवतम् (daivatam) - deity, god, divine being

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of daivata

daivata - deity, god, divine being

From deva (god) + -ta (suffix forming abstract nouns or collective nouns)

महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

Present active participle of root mah (to be great), but often treated as an adjective

Root: mah (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

Masculine nominative singular of tad

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

(indeclinable)

Particle

क्षुधितः (kṣudhitaḥ) - hungry, famished

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣudhita

kṣudhita - hungry, famished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṣudh (to be hungry) with suffix -ita

Root: kṣudh (class 4)

Note: Acts as an adjective here.

श्रान्तः (śrāntaḥ) - tired, weary, exhausted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrānta

śrānta - tired, weary, exhausted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śram (to be weary) with suffix -ta

Root: śram (class 4)

Note: Acts as an adjective here.

प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - arrived, attained, obtained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - arrived, attained, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root āp (to obtain) with prefix pra- and suffix -ta

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

शुश्रूषितः (śuśrūṣitaḥ) - served, attended, waited upon

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuśrūṣita

śuśrūṣita - served, attended, waited upon

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the desiderative root śuśrūṣ (to serve) of śru (to hear) with suffix -ita

Root: śuśrūṣ (class 1)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Instrumental singular of asmad