महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-112

प्रहसन्ति स्म तां केचिदभ्यसूयन्त चापरे ।
चक्रुस्तस्यां दयां केचित्पप्रच्छुश्चापि भारत ॥११२॥

112. prahasanti sma tāṁ kecidabhyasūyanta cāpare ,
cakrustasyāṁ dayāṁ kecitpapracchuścāpi bhārata.

112. prahasanti sma tām kecit abhyasūyanta ca apare
cakruḥ tasyām dayām kecit papracchuḥ ca api bhārata

112. Some laughed at her, while others criticized her. Some, however, felt pity for her and questioned her, O Bharata.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रहसन्ति (prahasanti) - they laugh

• स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense

• ताम् (tām) - Damayanti (her)

• केचित् (kecit) - some (of them)

• अभ्यसूयन्त (abhyasūyanta) - they criticized, they blamed, they envied

• च (ca) - and

• अपरे (apare) - others

• चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they felt (pity) (they did, they made)

• तस्याम् (tasyām) - towards Damayanti (in her, towards her)

• दयाम् (dayām) - pity, compassion

• केचित् (kecit) - some (of them)

• पप्रच्छुः (papracchuḥ) - they asked, they questioned

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• भारत (bhārata) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (or Arjuna), the recipient of this narration (O Bharata (descendant of Bharata))

Words meanings and morphology

प्रहसन्ति (prahasanti) - they laugh

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of prahas

Present tense

3rd person plural, Present Active, Parasmaidpada

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

Note: Used with 'sma' to denote past imperfect action.

स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - Damayanti (her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Damayanti.

केचित् (kecit) - some (of them)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - some, someone, any

Compound of ka (who) and cid (an indefinite particle)

Note: Refers to some of the people.

अभ्यसूयन्त (abhyasūyanta) - they criticized, they blamed, they envied

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of abhyasūy

Imperfect tense

3rd person plural, Imperfect Active, Ātmanepada

Prefixes: abhi+su

Root: sūy (class 10)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent

Note: Refers to other people from the caravan.

चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they felt (pity) (they did, they made)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of kṛ

Perfect tense

3rd person plural, Perfect Active, Parasmaidpada

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तस्याम् (tasyām) - towards Damayanti (in her, towards her)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Locative used to indicate direction/object of emotion (pity towards her).

दयाम् (dayām) - pity, compassion

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dayā

dayā - pity, compassion, mercy

Root: day (class 1)

Note: Object of `cakruḥ` (they made/felt pity).

केचित् (kecit) - some (of them)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - some, someone, any

Compound of ka (who) and cid (an indefinite particle)

Note: Refers to some of the people.

पप्रच्छुः (papracchuḥ) - they asked, they questioned

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of prach

Perfect tense

3rd person plural, Perfect Active, Parasmaidpada

Root: prach (class 6)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle or conjunction.

भारत (bhārata) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (or Arjuna), the recipient of this narration (O Bharata (descendant of Bharata))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - O descendant of Bharata, O Arjuna, O Yudhiṣṭhira

Vocative form of bhārata (descendant of Bharata)

Root: bhṛ (class 1)