महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-219, verse-16

मातर ऊचुः ।
यास्तु ता मातरः पूर्वं लोकस्यास्य प्रकल्पिताः ।
अस्माकं तद्भवेत्स्थानं तासां चैव न तद्भवेत् ॥१६॥

16. mātara ūcuḥ ,
yāstu tā mātaraḥ pūrvaṁ lokasyāsya prakalpitāḥ ,
asmākaṁ tadbhavetsthānaṁ tāsāṁ caiva na tadbhavet.

16. mātaraḥ ūcuḥ yāḥ tu tāḥ mātaraḥ pūrvam lokasya asya prakalpitāḥ
asmākam tat bhavet sthānam tāsām ca eva na tat bhavet

16. The Mothers said: "Indeed, those mothers who were previously ordained for this world (loka)—that position should belong to us, and it should no longer be theirs."

Words meanings summery:

• मातरः (mātaraḥ) - The Mātṛs (divine mothers) (mothers)

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

• याः (yāḥ) - who (feminine plural)

• तु (tu) - indeed, but

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine plural)

• मातरः (mātaraḥ) - mothers

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously

• लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, of the people

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• प्रकल्पिताः (prakalpitāḥ) - ordained, appointed, arranged

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, our

• तत् (tat) - that

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it should be, it would be

• स्थानम् (sthānam) - place, position, status

• तासाम् (tāsām) - of those previously ordained mothers (of those (feminine plural))

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• न (na) - not

• तत् (tat) - that

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it should be, it would be

Words meanings and morphology

मातरः (mātaraḥ) - The Mātṛs (divine mothers) (mothers)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

Note: Subject of ūcuḥ

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

root 'vac' (2nd class) - perfect tense, 3rd person plural

Root: vac (class 2)

याः (yāḥ) - who (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to mothers

तु (tu) - indeed, but

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Demonstrative pronoun

मातरः (mātaraḥ) - mothers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

Note: Subject of the relative clause

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, of the people

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, community

Note: Connected to prakalpitāḥ

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Adjective to lokasya

प्रकल्पिताः (prakalpitāḥ) - ordained, appointed, arranged

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prakalpita

prakalpita - arranged, ordained, appointed, prepared

Past Passive Participle

root 'kḷp' with upasarga 'pra' - Past Passive Participle

Prefix: pra

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Agreement with mātaraḥ

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, our

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Possessive 'ours'

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to sthānam

भवेत् (bhavet) - it should be, it would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Optative Active

root 'bhū' (1st class) - optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses wish or possibility

स्थानम् (sthānam) - place, position, status

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthāna

sthāna - place, position, stand, status

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject of bhavet

तासाम् (tāsām) - of those previously ordained mothers (of those (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Possessive 'theirs'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to sthānam

भवेत् (bhavet) - it should be, it would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Optative Active

root 'bhū' (1st class) - optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses wish or possibility