महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-281, verse-28

सावित्र्युवाच ।
कुतः श्रमो भर्तृसमीपतो हि मे यतो हि भर्ता मम सा गतिर्ध्रुवा ।
यतः पतिं नेष्यसि तत्र मे गतिः सुरेश भूयश्च वचो निबोध मे ॥२८॥

28. sāvitryuvāca ,
kutaḥ śramo bhartṛsamīpato hi me; yato hi bhartā mama sā gatirdhruvā ,
yataḥ patiṁ neṣyasi tatra me gatiḥ; sureśa bhūyaśca vaco nibodha me.

28. sāvitrī uvāca kutaḥ śramaḥ bhartṛsamīpataḥ
hi me yataḥ hi bhartā mama sā gatiḥ
dhruvā yataḥ patim neṣyasi tatra me
gatiḥ sureśa bhūyaḥ ca vacaḥ nibodha me

28. Sāvitrī said, "How can there be weariness for me when I am near my husband? Indeed, my husband is my constant support and destiny (gati). Wherever you lead my husband, that is my path. O lord of gods, please listen again to my words."

Words meanings summery:

• सावित्री (sāvitrī) - Sāvitrī

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how? (whence? from where? why? how?)

• श्रमः (śramaḥ) - weariness (fatigue, weariness, toil)

• भर्तृसमीपतः (bhartṛsamīpataḥ) - when I am near my husband (from the proximity of the husband, near the husband)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• मे (me) - for me (for me, my, of me)

• यतः (yataḥ) - indeed, because (because, since, from which)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• भर्ता (bhartā) - husband (husband, supporter, lord)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• सा (sā) - that (one) (she, that)

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - support and destiny (gati) (motion, path, course, destiny, refuge, state)

• ध्रुवा (dhruvā) - constant (fixed, constant, certain, permanent)

• यतः (yataḥ) - wherever (where, to which place, since, because)

• पतिम् (patim) - husband (husband, lord, master)

• नेष्यसि (neṣyasi) - you lead (you will lead, you will carry)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• मे (me) - my (for me, my, of me)

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - path (motion, path, course, destiny, refuge, state)

• सुरेश (sureśa) - O lord of gods

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

• च (ca) - and, also

• वचः (vacaḥ) - words (word, speech)

• निबोध (nibodha) - listen (perceive, understand, listen, know)

• मे (me) - my (words) (from me, my, of me)

Words meanings and morphology

सावित्री (sāvitrī) - Sāvitrī

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāvitrī

sāvitrī - Sāvitrī (a proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how? (whence? from where? why? how?)

(indeclinable)

श्रमः (śramaḥ) - weariness (fatigue, weariness, toil)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrama

śrama - fatigue, weariness, exertion, toil

From root 'śram' (to be weary)

Root: śram (class 4)

भर्तृसमीपतः (bhartṛsamīpataḥ) - when I am near my husband (from the proximity of the husband, near the husband)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'bhartṛsamīpa' with the ablative suffix '-tas'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhartṛ+samīpa)

• bhartṛ – husband, supporter, lord
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhṛ' (to bear, support)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• samīpa – nearness, proximity
  noun (neuter)

Note: Ablative adverbial suffix -tas

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - for me (for me, my, of me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

यतः (yataḥ) - indeed, because (because, since, from which)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

भर्ता (bhartā) - husband (husband, supporter, lord)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, supporter, lord, master

Agent noun from root 'bhṛ' (to bear, support)

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

सा (sā) - that (one) (she, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

गतिः (gatiḥ) - support and destiny (gati) (motion, path, course, destiny, refuge, state)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, path, course, access, destiny, refuge, means of success

From root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

ध्रुवा (dhruvā) - constant (fixed, constant, certain, permanent)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhruva

dhruva - fixed, firm, constant, certain, permanent

From root 'dhru' (to be firm)

Root: dhru (class 1)

यतः (yataḥ) - wherever (where, to which place, since, because)

(indeclinable)

पतिम् (patim) - husband (husband, lord, master)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - master, lord, owner, husband

नेष्यसि (neṣyasi) - you lead (you will lead, you will carry)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of nī

Root: nī (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (for me, my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

गतिः (gatiḥ) - path (motion, path, course, destiny, refuge, state)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, path, course, access, destiny, refuge, means of success

From root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

सुरेश (sureśa) - O lord of gods

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sureśa

sureśa - lord of gods (epithet for Indra or other supreme deity)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sura+īśa)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• īśa – lord, master, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'īś' (to rule, be master of)
  Root: īś (class 2)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वचः (vacaḥ) - words (word, speech)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, utterance

From root 'vac' (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

निबोध (nibodha) - listen (perceive, understand, listen, know)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of budh

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

मे (me) - my (words) (from me, my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me