महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-281, verse-51

सावित्र्युवाच ।
न तेऽपवर्गः सुकृताद्विनाकृतस्तथा यथान्येषु वरेषु मानद ।
वरं वृणे जीवतु सत्यवानयं यथा मृता ह्येवमहं विना पतिम् ॥५१॥

51. sāvitryuvāca ,
na te'pavargaḥ sukṛtādvinākṛta;stathā yathānyeṣu vareṣu mānada ,
varaṁ vṛṇe jīvatu satyavānayaṁ; yathā mṛtā hyevamahaṁ vinā patim.

51. sāvitrī uvāca na te apavargaḥ sukṛtāt
vinākṛtaḥ tathā yathā anyeṣu vareṣu
mānada varam vṛṇe jīvatu satyavān
ayam yathā mṛtā hi evam aham vinā patim

51. Savitri said: 'O bestower of honor, the fulfillment of your merit from good deeds is not complete without granting a boon, just as is the case with other boons. I choose this boon: let Satyavan live, for without my husband, I am truly like one dead.'

Words meanings summery:

• सावित्री (sāvitrī) - Savitri (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• ते (te) - your (genitive) (your, to you)

• अपवर्गः (apavargaḥ) - fulfillment (of merit) (completion, liberation, end, fulfillment)

• सुकृतात् (sukṛtāt) - from the merit of your good deeds (from good deeds, from merit)

• विनाकृतः (vinākṛtaḥ) - incomplete without (a boon) (separated, devoid of, incomplete without)

• तथा (tathā) - just as (in comparison) (so, thus, in that manner, just as)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as)

• अन्येषु (anyeṣu) - in other (boons) (in others, among others)

• वरेषु (vareṣu) - in boons, regarding boons

• मानद (mānada) - O bestower of honor (addressing Yama) (O giver of honor, O bestower of respect)

• वरम् (varam) - boon (boon, blessing, best thing)

• वृणे (vṛṇe) - I choose, I ask for

• जीवतु (jīvatu) - let him live, may he live

• सत्यवान् (satyavān) - Satyavan (proper name)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (Satyavan) (this, he)

• यथा (yathā) - as (in comparison) (as, just as, like)

• मृता (mṛtā) - like one dead (dead (feminine))

• हि (hi) - for, truly (indeed, for, because)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way (thus, in this manner)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• विना (vinā) - without, except for

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

Words meanings and morphology

सावित्री (sāvitrī) - Savitri (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāvitrī

sāvitrī - Savitri

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Irregular perfect active 3rd singular of √vac (to speak). 'vaca' becomes 'uvaca' due to reduplication and vriddhi.

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your (genitive) (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Also dative singular.

अपवर्गः (apavargaḥ) - fulfillment (of merit) (completion, liberation, end, fulfillment)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apavarga

apavarga - completion, liberation (mokṣa), end, final release

From √vṛj (to avoid, to turn away) with prefix apa.

Prefix: apa

Root: vṛj (class 7)

सुकृतात् (sukṛtāt) - from the merit of your good deeds (from good deeds, from merit)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sukṛta

sukṛta - good deed, merit, virtue

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

From 'su' (good) + 'kṛta' (done).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+kṛta)

• su – good, well
  indeclinable
• kṛta – done, made, acted; deed, action
  noun
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kṛ (to do, to make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

विनाकृतः (vinākṛtaḥ) - incomplete without (a boon) (separated, devoid of, incomplete without)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vinākṛta

vinākṛta - separated, devoid of, made without

Past Passive Participle (compound)

From 'vinā' (without) + 'kṛta' (made).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (vinā+kṛta)

• vinā – without, except
  indeclinable
• kṛta – done, made
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kṛ (to do, to make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'apavargaḥ'.

तथा (tathā) - just as (in comparison) (so, thus, in that manner, just as)

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as)

(indeclinable)

अन्येषु (anyeṣu) - in other (boons) (in others, among others)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

Note: Qualifies 'vareṣu'.

वरेषु (vareṣu) - in boons, regarding boons

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of vara

vara - boon, blessing

From √vṛ (to choose, to wish).

Root: vṛ (class 5)

मानद (mānada) - O bestower of honor (addressing Yama) (O giver of honor, O bestower of respect)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mānada

mānada - giver of honor, bestower of respect

Compound 'māna' (honor) + 'da' (giver).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māna+da)

• māna – honor, respect, measure
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• da – giving, giver
  adjective
  Agent noun from √dā (to give).
  Root: dā (class 3)

वरम् (varam) - boon (boon, blessing, best thing)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vara

vara - boon, blessing, best thing

From √vṛ (to choose, to wish).

Root: vṛ (class 5)

वृणे (vṛṇe) - I choose, I ask for

(verb)

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

Present Middle 1st singular of √vṛ (to choose).

Root: vṛ (class 5)

जीवतु (jīvatu) - let him live, may he live

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of jīv

Imperative Active 3rd singular of √jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

सत्यवान् (satyavān) - Satyavan (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satyavat

satyavat - Satyavan (lit. 'possessing truth')

Masculine nominative singular of 'satyavat'.

अयम् (ayam) - this (Satyavan) (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Masculine nominative singular.

यथा (yathā) - as (in comparison) (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

मृता (mṛtā) - like one dead (dead (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

From √mṛ (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'aham'.

हि (hi) - for, truly (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing emphasis or cause.

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Nominative singular.

विना (vinā) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

Note: Takes accusative or instrumental or ablative. Here with accusative 'patim'.

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

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - husband, lord, master

Masculine accusative singular.

Root: pā (class 2)