महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-51, verse-4

न नक्तं न दिवा शेते हा हेति वदती मुहुः ।
तामस्वस्थां तदाकारां सख्यस्ता जज्ञुरिङ्गितैः ॥४॥

4. na naktaṁ na divā śete hā heti vadatī muhuḥ ,
tāmasvasthāṁ tadākārāṁ sakhyastā jajñuriṅgitaiḥ.

4. na naktam na divā śete hā he iti vadatī muhuḥ tām
asvasthām tadākārām sakhyaḥ tāḥ jajñuḥ iṅgitaiḥ

4. She sleeps neither by night nor by day, repeatedly exclaiming, 'Alas! Alas!' Her female friends understood her unwell (asvasthā) state by her gestures.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, nor

• नक्तम् (naktam) - by night, at night

• न (na) - not, nor

• दिवा (divā) - by day, during the day

• शेते (śete) - sleeps, lies down

• हा (hā) - alas!, ah!

• हे (he) - alas!, ah!

• इति (iti) - thus, so; indicates end of a quote or thought

• वदती (vadatī) - saying, speaking

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

• ताम् (tām) - that Damayantī (her, that (feminine singular accusative))

• अस्वस्थाम् (asvasthām) - Damayantī, who was unwell (unwell, unhealthy, uneasy)

• तदाकाराम् (tadākārām) - Damayantī, having that unwell appearance (having that form, being in that state, appearing in that manner)

• सख्यः (sakhyaḥ) - female friends

• ताः (tāḥ) - those friends (they, those (feminine plural nominative))

• जज्ञुः (jajñuḥ) - knew, understood

• इङ्गितैः (iṅgitaiḥ) - by gestures, by signs, by movements

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

नक्तम् (naktam) - by night, at night

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb here.

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

दिवा (divā) - by day, during the day

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb here.

शेते (śete) - sleeps, lies down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of śī

Present Tense, Ātmanepada

Root śī (II P.) takes ātmanepada forms in the present tense (śīṅ, Ad-class, 2nd conjugation). 3rd person singular.

Root: śī (class 2)

हा (hā) - alas!, ah!

(indeclinable)

हे (he) - alas!, ah!

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so; indicates end of a quote or thought

(indeclinable)

वदती (vadatī) - saying, speaking

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vadat

vadat - speaking, saying (present active participle of vad)

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root vad (1st class verb) + śatṛ suffix, then feminine form in nominative singular.

Root: vad (class 1)

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that Damayantī (her, that (feminine singular accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अस्वस्थाम् (asvasthām) - Damayantī, who was unwell (unwell, unhealthy, uneasy)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of asvastha

asvastha - unwell, unhealthy, indisposed, uneasy

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+svastha)

• a – not, non-, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• svastha – self-abiding, healthy, well, at ease, comfortable
  adjective (masculine)

तदाकाराम् (tadākārām) - Damayantī, having that unwell appearance (having that form, being in that state, appearing in that manner)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tadākāra

tadākāra - having that form or appearance, resembling that, in that state

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tad+ākāra)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, gesture
  noun (masculine)

सख्यः (sakhyaḥ) - female friends

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sakhī

sakhī - female friend, companion

ताः (tāḥ) - those friends (they, those (feminine plural nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

जज्ञुः (jajñuḥ) - knew, understood

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of jñā

Perfect Tense, Parasmaipada

Root jñā (IX P.), Perfect 3rd person plural form.

Root: jñā (class 9)

इङ्गितैः (iṅgitaiḥ) - by gestures, by signs, by movements

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of iṅgita

iṅgita - gesture, sign, movement, hint

Past Passive Participle (n.), used as a noun

From the root iṅg (to move) + kta suffix, meaning 'that which is gestured/moved'. Used as a neuter noun.

Root: iṅg (class 1)