महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-278, verse-25

सावित्र्युवाच ।
सकृदंशो निपतति सकृत्कन्या प्रदीयते ।
सकृदाह ददानीति त्रीण्येतानि सकृत्सकृत् ॥२५॥

25. sāvitryuvāca ,
sakṛdaṁśo nipatati sakṛtkanyā pradīyate ,
sakṛdāha dadānīti trīṇyetāni sakṛtsakṛt.

25. sāvitrī uvāca sakṛt aṃśaḥ nipatati sakṛt kanyā
pradīyate sakṛt āha dadāmi iti trīṇi etāni sakṛt sakṛt

25. Sāvitrī said, "A share (of inheritance) is allotted only once. A maiden is given (in marriage) only once. And one says 'I give' only once. These three things occur just once each."

Words meanings summery:

• सावित्री (sāvitrī) - Sāvitrī (name of a princess)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सकृत् (sakṛt) - once, only once

• अंशः (aṁśaḥ) - share, portion, inheritance

• निपतति (nipatati) - is allotted, falls (to someone) (falls down, descends, occurs)

• सकृत् (sakṛt) - once, only once

• कन्या (kanyā) - maiden, girl, daughter

• प्रदीयते (pradīyate) - is given away (in marriage) (is given, is offered)

• सकृत् (sakṛt) - once, only once

• आह (āha) - said, told

• ददामि (dadāmi) - I give, I offer

• इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct speech)

• त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three

• एतानि (etāni) - these

• सकृत् (sakṛt) - once

• सकृत् (sakṛt) - once, each once

Words meanings and morphology

सावित्री (sāvitrī) - Sāvitrī (name of a princess)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāvitrī

sāvitrī - Sāvitrī (a prominent figure in Hindu mythology)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of uvāca

Perfect (Liṭ) 3rd singular active

Root 'vac' (2nd class) is irregular in perfect tense, forms 'uvāca'.

Root: vac (class 2)

सकृत् (sakṛt) - once, only once

(indeclinable)

अंशः (aṁśaḥ) - share, portion, inheritance

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṃśa

aṁśa - share, portion, part, inheritance

निपतति (nipatati) - is allotted, falls (to someone) (falls down, descends, occurs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pat

Present (Laṭ) 3rd singular active

Root 'pat' (1st class) with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

सकृत् (sakṛt) - once, only once

(indeclinable)

कन्या (kanyā) - maiden, girl, daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl, daughter, virgin

प्रदीयते (pradīyate) - is given away (in marriage) (is given, is offered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dā

Present (Laṭ) 3rd singular passive

Root 'dā' (3rd class) with prefix 'pra', in passive voice.

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

सकृत् (sakṛt) - once, only once

(indeclinable)

आह (āha) - said, told

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of āha

Perfect (Liṭ) 3rd singular active

Root 'ah' (irregular) forms 'āha' in perfect tense.

Root: ah (class 2)

ददामि (dadāmi) - I give, I offer

(verb)

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

Present (Laṭ) 1st singular active

Root 'dā' (3rd class) forms 'dadāmi'.

Root: dā (class 3)

इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct speech)

(indeclinable)

त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tri

tri - three

एतानि (etāni) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of etad

etad - this

सकृत् (sakṛt) - once

(indeclinable)

सकृत् (sakṛt) - once, each once

(indeclinable)