महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-21

उन्मत्तां विलपन्तीं मां भार्यामिष्टां नराधिप ।
ईप्सितामीप्सितो नाथ किं मां न प्रतिभाषसे ॥२१॥

21. unmattāṁ vilapantīṁ māṁ bhāryāmiṣṭāṁ narādhipa ,
īpsitāmīpsito nātha kiṁ māṁ na pratibhāṣase.

21. unmattām vilapantīm mām bhāryām iṣṭām narādhipa
| īpsitām īpsitaḥ nātha kim mām na pratibhāṣase

21. O king (narādhipa), O my desired lord (nātha), why do you not respond to me, your beloved wife, who is frantic, lamenting, and desired by you?

21. הו שליט בני אדם, אני אשתך האהובה, משוגעת מצער ומקוננת. הו אדון, אתה שחשקתי בך ושחשקת בי, מדוע אינך משיב לי?

Words meanings summery:

• उन्मत्ताम् (unmattām) - frantic, distraught (frantic, mad, insane, infatuated)

• विलपन्तीम् (vilapantīm) - wailing, lamenting (lamenting, weeping, crying)

• माम् (mām) - me

• भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife

• इष्टाम् (iṣṭām) - beloved (desired, beloved, worshipped)

• नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king (O king, O lord of men)

• ईप्सिताम् (īpsitām) - desired (by you) (desired, wished for)

• ईप्सितः (īpsitaḥ) - my desired one, my beloved (desired one, beloved, wished for)

• नाथ (nātha) - O lord (O lord, O protector, O master)

• किम् (kim) - why? (what?, why?)

• माम् (mām) - me

• न (na) - not

• प्रतिभाषसे (pratibhāṣase) - you respond to (you speak to, you respond to)

Words meanings and morphology

उन्मत्ताम् (unmattām) - frantic, distraught (frantic, mad, insane, infatuated)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of unmatta

unmatta - frantic, mad, insane, infatuated, intoxicated

Past Passive Participle

From prefix `ud` (ut) + root `mad` (to be excited, intoxicated) + suffix `kta` (ta). ud-mad-kta -> unmatta.

Prefix: ud

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Used as an adjective modifying implied 'mām'.

विलपन्तीम् (vilapantīm) - wailing, lamenting (lamenting, weeping, crying)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vilapant

vilapant - lamenting, weeping

Present Active Participle

From prefix `vi` + root `lap` (to lament, speak) + suffix `śatṛ`. vi-lap-śatṛ -> vilapant.

Prefix: vi

Root: lap (class 1)

Note: Used as an adjective modifying implied 'mām'.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, a woman to be supported

Gerundive (or Noun derived from it)

From root `bhṛ` (to bear, support) + suffix `ṇya` or `yat`. Means "one to be maintained/supported".

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Used in apposition to 'mām'.

इष्टाम् (iṣṭām) - beloved (desired, beloved, worshipped)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, beloved, worshipped, sacrificed

Past Passive Participle

From root `yaj` (to sacrifice, worship, desire) + suffix `kta` (ta). The root undergoes v-gradation and becomes `ij`, then `iṣ` due to retroflexion.

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'bhāryām'.

नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king (O king, O lord of men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narādhipa

narādhipa - king, ruler of men, lord of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+adhipa)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – lord, ruler, master
  noun (masculine)

ईप्सिताम् (īpsitām) - desired (by you) (desired, wished for)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of īpsita

īpsita - desired, wished for, longed for

Past Passive Participle

From desiderative stem of root `āp` (to obtain) + `kta` (ta). `āp` -> `īps`.

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Modifies implied 'mām'.

ईप्सितः (īpsitaḥ) - my desired one, my beloved (desired one, beloved, wished for)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īpsita

īpsita - desired, wished for, longed for

Past Passive Participle

From desiderative stem of root `āp` (to obtain) + `kta` (ta). `āp` -> `īps`.

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Used substantively, referring to the husband.

नाथ (nātha) - O lord (O lord, O protector, O master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nātha

nātha - lord, master, protector, refuge

किम् (kim) - why? (what?, why?)

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

प्रतिभाषसे (pratibhāṣase) - you respond to (you speak to, you respond to)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pratibhāṣ

From prefix `prati` + root `bhāṣ` (to speak).

Prefix: prati

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Middle voice, used with object in accusative 'mām'.

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