महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-60, verse-22

हा नाथ मामिह वने ग्रस्यमानामनाथवत् ।
ग्राहेणानेन विपिने किमर्थं नाभिधावसि ॥२२॥

22. hā nātha māmiha vane grasyamānāmanāthavat ,
grāheṇānena vipine kimarthaṁ nābhidhāvasi.

22. hā nātha mām iha vane grasyamānām anāthavat
grāheṇa anena vipine kimartham na abhidhāvasi

22. Alas, my lord! Why do you not rush to me, here in this forest (vana), being swallowed by this seizing creature (grāha) in this dense wilderness (vipina), helpless like one without a protector?

Words meanings summery:

• हा (hā) - Alas!, Oh!, Ah! (expression of sorrow or surprise)

• नाथ (nātha) - Addressing Nala as her lord/husband. (lord, master, protector, husband)

• माम् (mām) - Damayantī (me)

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• वने (vane) - in the forest, in the wood

• ग्रस्यमानाम् (grasyamānām) - being seized, being swallowed

• अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - like one without a protector, helpless, defenceless

• ग्राहेण (grāheṇa) - by this specific python (by the seizing creature, by the python)

• अनेन (anena) - by this specific python (by this)

• विपिने (vipine) - in the dense forest, in the wilderness

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - why, for what purpose

• न (na) - not

• अभिधावसि (abhidhāvasi) - you run towards, you hasten to, you come to help

Words meanings and morphology

हा (hā) - Alas!, Oh!, Ah! (expression of sorrow or surprise)

(indeclinable)

Note: Exclamation of distress.

नाथ (nātha) - Addressing Nala as her lord/husband. (lord, master, protector, husband)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nātha

nātha - lord, master, protector, husband

Root: nāth (class 1)

माम् (mām) - Damayantī (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Object of 'abhidhāvasi' (implied).

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

वने (vane) - in the forest, in the wood

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

Note: Location where the event occurs.

ग्रस्यमानाम् (grasyamānām) - being seized, being swallowed

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of grasyamāṇa

grasyamāṇa - being seized, being eaten, being swallowed

Present Passive Participle

From root gras (to seize, eat) with -yamāṇa suffix

Root: gras (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'mām'.

अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - like one without a protector, helpless, defenceless

(indeclinable)

Compound of a- (negation) + nātha (lord) + -vat (like)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+nātha+-vat)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• nātha – lord, protector
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, as if
  suffix
  Taddhita suffix -vat (like, similar to)

Note: Functions as an adverb, modifying the state of 'mām'.

ग्राहेण (grāheṇa) - by this specific python (by the seizing creature, by the python)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of grāha

grāha - seizing, grasping; a crocodile, shark, planetary seizure (eclipse)

From root grah (to seize)

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'grasyamānām'.

अनेन (anena) - by this specific python (by this)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Qualifies 'grāheṇa'.

विपिने (vipine) - in the dense forest, in the wilderness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vipina

vipina - forest, wood, thicket, wilderness

Note: Location where 'grāheṇa' acts.

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - why, for what purpose

(indeclinable)

Compound of kim (what) + artha (purpose)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which
  pronoun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial interrogative.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'abhidhāvasi'.

अभिधावसि (abhidhāvasi) - you run towards, you hasten to, you come to help

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of abhidhāv

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhāv (class 1)