महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-275, verse-7

उवाच च महात्मानं काकुत्स्थं दैन्यमास्थितम् ।
प्रतीच्छ देवीं सद्वृत्तां महात्मञ्जानकीमिति ॥७॥

7. uvāca ca mahātmānaṁ kākutsthaṁ dainyamāsthitam ,
pratīccha devīṁ sadvṛttāṁ mahātmañjānakīmiti.

7. uvāca ca mahātmānam kākutstham dainyam āsthitam
pratīccha devīm sadvṛttām mahātman jānakīm iti

7. And he said to the great-souled Rāma (Kakutstha), who was overcome with sorrow: 'O great-souled one, please accept the virtuous goddess Jānakī (Sītā).'

Words meanings summery:

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - to the great-souled Rāma (to the great-souled, noble-minded)

• काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - to Rāma (Kakutstha) (to the descendant of Kakutstha, to Rāma)

• दैन्यम् (dainyam) - distress, sorrow (distress, misery, poverty, humility)

• आस्थितम् (āsthitam) - overcome with, in a state of (situated, being in, experiencing)

• प्रतीच्छ (pratīccha) - accept, receive

• देवीम् (devīm) - the goddess-like queen (goddess, queen)

• सद्वृत्ताम् (sadvṛttām) - virtuous (well-behaved, virtuous, chaste)

• महात्मन् (mahātman) - O great-souled Rāma! (O great-souled one!)

• जानकीम् (jānakīm) - Jānakī (Sītā) (Jānakī, Sītā)

• इति (iti) - marks the end of direct speech (thus, so, in this manner)

Words meanings and morphology

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect tense

3rd person singular active, perfect (liṭ) of √vac (irregular form)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: The subject is Avindhya from the previous verse.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

conjunction

महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - to the great-souled Rāma (to the great-souled, noble-minded)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, magnanimous, noble-minded; the supreme spirit (ātman)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - to Rāma (Kakutstha) (to the descendant of Kakutstha, to Rāma)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha; an epithet of Rāma

Taddhita derivation from Kakutstha

दैन्यम् (dainyam) - distress, sorrow (distress, misery, poverty, humility)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dainya

dainya - misery, distress, depression, poverty, humility

from dīna (poor, miserable) + ya (abstract noun suffix)

Note: The object of āsthitam.

आस्थितम् (āsthitam) - overcome with, in a state of (situated, being in, experiencing)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - situated in, placed on, entered into, undertaken, adopted, adhering to

past passive participle

past passive participle of ā-√sthā (to stand upon, enter, undertake)

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively with dainyam.

प्रतीच्छ (pratīccha) - accept, receive

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of prati-icch

imperative

2nd person singular active, imperative (loṭ) of √icch (derived from √iṣ with sandhi) with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: iṣ (class 6)

देवीम् (devīm) - the goddess-like queen (goddess, queen)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, queen, lady

Feminine form of deva.

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Object of pratīccha.

सद्वृत्ताम् (sadvṛttām) - virtuous (well-behaved, virtuous, chaste)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sadvṛttā

sadvṛtta - well-behaved, chaste, virtuous

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sat+vṛtta)

• sat – good, true, virtuous, existing
  adjective
  present active participle
  present active participle of √as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• vṛtta – conduct, behavior, occurrence, past passive participle of √vṛt
  noun (neuter)
  past passive participle (as noun)
  from √vṛt (to be, to exist, to behave)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Qualifies devīm.

महात्मन् (mahātman) - O great-souled Rāma! (O great-souled one!)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, magnanimous, noble-minded; the supreme spirit (ātman)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressed to Rāma.

जानकीम् (jānakīm) - Jānakī (Sītā) (Jānakī, Sītā)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jānakī

jānakī - daughter of Janaka; Sītā

Taddhita derivation from Janaka

Note: In apposition to devīm.

इति (iti) - marks the end of direct speech (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

particle used to mark quotation or conclusion