महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-262, verse-37

कथं हि भिन्नकरटं पद्मिनं वनगोचरम् ।
उपस्थाय महानागं करेणुः सूकरं स्पृशेत् ॥३७॥

37. kathaṁ hi bhinnakaraṭaṁ padminaṁ vanagocaram ,
upasthāya mahānāgaṁ kareṇuḥ sūkaraṁ spṛśet.

37. katham hi bhinnakaraṭam padminim vanagocaram
upasthāya mahānāgam kareṇuḥ sūkaram spṛśet

37. Indeed, how could a female elephant, after approaching a great, forest-dwelling elephant whose temples are streaming with rut-fluid, then consort with a mere pig?

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• भिन्नकरटम् (bhinnakaraṭam) - with temples streaming with rut-fluid (having temples split open (due to rut-fluid), with streaming temples)

• पद्मिनिम् (padminim) - an elephant (used as an epithet for a large, superior elephant) (a lotus-like (elephant), an elephant (with certain marks))

• वनगोचरम् (vanagocaram) - forest-dwelling, moving in the forest

• उपस्थाय (upasthāya) - having approached (having approached, having stood near, having served)

• महानागम् (mahānāgam) - a great elephant

• करेणुः (kareṇuḥ) - a female elephant

• सूकरम् (sūkaram) - a pig, a boar

• स्पृशेत् (spṛśet) - would consort with (implying a romantic or sexual context) (should touch, would touch)

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle used for emphasis or explanation.

भिन्नकरटम् (bhinnakaraṭam) - with temples streaming with rut-fluid (having temples split open (due to rut-fluid), with streaming temples)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhinnakaraṭa

bhinnakaraṭa - whose temples are streaming (with rut-fluid)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhinna+karaṭa)

• bhinna – split, broken, streaming
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root bhid (to split)
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• karaṭa – temple (of an elephant), rut-fluid
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'mahānāgam' and 'padminam'.

पद्मिनिम् (padminim) - an elephant (used as an epithet for a large, superior elephant) (a lotus-like (elephant), an elephant (with certain marks))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of padmin

padmin - having lotuses; a type of elephant (with auspicious marks); a type of woman

Derived from padma (lotus) + in (possessive suffix)

Note: Functions as an adjective describing the elephant here.

वनगोचरम् (vanagocaram) - forest-dwelling, moving in the forest

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vanagocara

vanagocara - forest-dwelling, moving in the forest, wild

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+gocara)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• gocara – range, pasture; moving, dwelling (literally 'moving on land')
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root car (to move) preceded by go (land/earth).
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'mahānāgam'.

उपस्थाय (upasthāya) - having approached (having approached, having stood near, having served)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with prefix upa + root sthā + suffix -ya

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Absolutive form.

महानागम् (mahānāgam) - a great elephant

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahānāga

mahānāga - a great elephant; a great serpent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+nāga)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
  From mahat
• nāga – elephant; serpent, cobra
  noun (masculine)

करेणुः (kareṇuḥ) - a female elephant

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kareṇu

kareṇu - a female elephant

सूकरम् (sūkaram) - a pig, a boar

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sūkara

sūkara - pig, boar, hog

स्पृशेत् (spṛśet) - would consort with (implying a romantic or sexual context) (should touch, would touch)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of spṛś

Root: spṛś (class 6)