महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-218, verse-43

अयं तस्याः पतिर्नूनं विहितो ब्रह्मणा स्वयम् ।
इति चिन्त्यानयामास देवसेनां स्वलंकृताम् ॥४३॥

43. ayaṁ tasyāḥ patirnūnaṁ vihito brahmaṇā svayam ,
iti cintyānayāmāsa devasenāṁ svalaṁkṛtām.

43. ayam tasyāḥ patiḥ nūnam vihitaḥ brahmaṇā svayam
iti cintyānayāmāsa devasenām svalaṅkṛtām

43. He caused the beautifully adorned Devī Senā to think, 'This man is certainly her husband, ordained by Brahmā himself.'

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her

• पतिः (patiḥ) - husband, lord, master

• नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, indeed, surely

• विहितः (vihitaḥ) - ordained, appointed, arranged, made

• ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by the deity Brahmā (by Brahmā, by the absolute (brahman))

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, himself

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way, so (introducing or concluding direct speech or thought)

• चिन्त्यानयामास (cintyānayāmāsa) - he caused (her) to think/consider, he led (her) to think

• देवसेनाम् (devasenām) - Devī Senā (accusative)

• स्वलङ्कृताम् (svalaṅkṛtām) - well-adorned, beautifully decorated

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

पतिः (patiḥ) - husband, lord, master

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - husband, lord, master

नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

विहितः (vihitaḥ) - ordained, appointed, arranged, made

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vihita

vihita - ordained, appointed, arranged, made

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √dhā with upasarga vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by the deity Brahmā (by Brahmā, by the absolute (brahman))

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator deity), absolute reality (brahman), prayer

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, himself

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, in this way, so (introducing or concluding direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

चिन्त्यानयामास (cintyānayāmāsa) - he caused (her) to think/consider, he led (her) to think

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of cintyānayāmāsa

Periphrastic Perfect, causative sense

An uncommon periphrastic perfect verbal form (from root √nī with prefix ā-) used with a sense of causing to think, possibly related to an instrumental 'cintyā' (by thought) or a gerundive 'cintya' (to be thought). It implies 'he led her to think'.

Prefix: ā

Root: cint, nī (class 10)

देवसेनाम् (devasenām) - Devī Senā (accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of devasenā

devasenā - Devī Senā (name of Skanda's wife)

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+senā)

• deva – god, divine
  noun (masculine)
• senā – army, host
  noun (feminine)

स्वलङ्कृताम् (svalaṅkṛtām) - well-adorned, beautifully decorated

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of svalaṅkṛta

svalaṅkṛta - well-adorned, beautifully decorated

Past Passive Participle

Formed from su- (well) + alaṅkṛta (adorned).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+alaṅkṛta)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• alaṅkṛta – adorned, decorated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √kṛ with upasarga alam-
  Prefix: alam
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Adjective modifying `devasenām`.