महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-213, verse-46

नैताः शक्या मया द्रष्टुं स्प्रष्टुं वाप्यनिमित्ततः ।
गार्हपत्यं समाविश्य तस्मात्पश्याम्यभीक्ष्णशः ॥४६॥

46. naitāḥ śakyā mayā draṣṭuṁ spraṣṭuṁ vāpyanimittataḥ ,
gārhapatyaṁ samāviśya tasmātpaśyāmyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ.

46. na etāḥ śakyāḥ mayā draṣṭum spraṣṭum vā api a-nimitta-taḥ
gārhapatyam samāviśya tasmāt paśyāmi abhīkṣṇaśaḥ

46. It is not possible for me to see or even touch these women without a valid pretext. Therefore, I will constantly see them by entering into the domestic fire (gārhapatya).

46. אין לי אפשרות לראות את הנשים האלה או לגעת בהן בלי סיבה. לכן אכנס אל אש הגָארְהַפַּטְיַה ומשם אביט בהן שוב ושוב.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• एताः (etāḥ) - these women (the wives) (these (fem. pl.))

• शक्याः (śakyāḥ) - possible, capable (fem. pl.)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see

• स्प्रष्टुम् (spraṣṭum) - to touch

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• अ-निमित्त-तः (a-nimitta-taḥ) - without a cause, without a reason, without a pretext

• गार्हपत्यम् (gārhapatyam) - the domestic fire, the householder's fire

• समाविश्य (samāviśya) - having entered, having resorted to

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I look

• अभीक्ष्णशः (abhīkṣṇaśaḥ) - repeatedly, constantly, frequently

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: negation

एताः (etāḥ) - these women (the wives) (these (fem. pl.))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: subject of 'śakyāḥ'

शक्याः (śakyāḥ) - possible, capable (fem. pl.)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śakya

śakya - possible, practicable, capable of

Gerundive

from root śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: agreeing with 'etāḥ'

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my (first person pronoun)

Note: agent in passive construction ('śakyāḥ')

द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

from root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: expresses purpose/capability

स्प्रष्टुम् (spraṣṭum) - to touch

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

from root spṛś (to touch)

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: expresses purpose/capability

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Note: conjunction

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: emphasizes the preceding word

अ-निमित्त-तः (a-nimitta-taḥ) - without a cause, without a reason, without a pretext

(indeclinable)

derived with suffix -tas from a-nimitta

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+nimitta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• nimitta – cause, reason, pretext, sign
  noun (neuter)

Note: -tas suffix indicates 'from' or 'by reason of'

गार्हपत्यम् (gārhapatyam) - the domestic fire, the householder's fire

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gārhapatya

gārhapatya - relating to the householder, the domestic fire

derived from gṛhapati (householder)

Note: object of 'samāviśya'

समाविश्य (samāviśya) - having entered, having resorted to

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

from root viś (to enter) with prefixes sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: gerund (absolutive)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Note: used adverbially as 'therefore'

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I look

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of dṛś

Present tense, first person singular, active voice (from root dṛś, with secondary stem paśya)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अभीक्ष्णशः (abhīkṣṇaśaḥ) - repeatedly, constantly, frequently

(indeclinable)

derived with suffix -śaḥ from abhīkṣṇa (repeated)

Note: adverbial suffix -śaḥ

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