महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-222, verse-57

एतज्जानाम्यहं कर्तुं भर्तृसंवननं महत् ।
असत्स्त्रीणां समाचारं नाहं कुर्यां न कामये ॥५७॥

57. etajjānāmyahaṁ kartuṁ bhartṛsaṁvananaṁ mahat ,
asatstrīṇāṁ samācāraṁ nāhaṁ kuryāṁ na kāmaye.

57. etat jānāmi aham kartum bhartṛsaṃvananam mahat
asatstrīṇām samācāram na aham kuryām na kāmaye

57. I know how to perform this great charm to win over a husband. However, I would neither practice nor desire the conduct of unchaste women.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this

• जानामि (jānāmi) - I know

• अहम् (aham) - I

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

• भर्तृसंवननम् (bhartṛsaṁvananam) - charming a husband, winning over a husband

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

• असत्स्त्रीणाम् (asatstrīṇām) - of unchaste women, of immoral women

• समाचारम् (samācāram) - conduct, behavior

• न (na) - not

• अहम् (aham) - I

• कुर्याम् (kuryām) - I would do, I should do, I may do

• न (na) - not

• कामये (kāmaye) - I desire, I wish for

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Also nominative singular neuter. Here it modifies 'bhartṛsaṃvananam'.

जानामि (jānāmi) - I know

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Present active

9th class verb (kriyādi)

Root: jñā (class 9)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

1st person pronoun

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Formed with suffix -tum

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Infinitives are indeclinable.

भर्तृसंवननम् (bhartṛsaṁvananam) - charming a husband, winning over a husband

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhartṛsaṃvanana

bhartṛsaṁvanana - charming a husband, winning over a husband

Compound formed from bhartṛ (husband) and saṃvanana (charming, conciliating)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhartṛ+saṃvanana)

• bhartṛ – husband, maintainer, lord
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)
• saṃvanana – charming, conciliating, attracting
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle (Nominalized)
  Derived from root van with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: van (class 1)

Note: Object of 'kartum'.

महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important

Note: Adjectival form, modifying 'bhartṛsaṃvananam'.

असत्स्त्रीणाम् (asatstrīṇām) - of unchaste women, of immoral women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of asatstrī

asatstrī - unchaste woman, immoral woman

Compound formed from asat (bad, unchaste) and strī (woman)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (asat+strī)

• asat – not good, unvirtuous, false
  adjective
  Negative prefix a- + sat (being, good)
  Prefix: a
  Root: as (class 2)
• strī – woman, wife, female
  noun (feminine)

Note: Possessive case for 'samācāram'.

समाचारम् (samācāram) - conduct, behavior

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samācāra

samācāra - conduct, behavior, practice

Formed from sam-ā-√car

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Object of 'kuryām' and 'kāmaye'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

1st person pronoun

कुर्याम् (kuryām) - I would do, I should do, I may do

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of kṛ

Optative active

8th class verb, formed with 'yā' suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

कामये (kāmaye) - I desire, I wish for

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kam

Present middle (Atmanepada)

10th class verb (kām-aya)

Root: kam (class 10)

Note: Atmanepada form.