महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-24

महाराज महारण्ये मामिहैकाकिनीं सतीम् ।
आभाषमाणां स्वां पत्नीं किं मां न प्रतिभाषसे ॥२४॥

24. mahārāja mahāraṇye māmihaikākinīṁ satīm ,
ābhāṣamāṇāṁ svāṁ patnīṁ kiṁ māṁ na pratibhāṣase.

24. mahārāja mahāraṇye mām iha ekākinīm satīm |
ābhāṣamāṇām svām patnīm kim mām na pratibhāṣase

24. O great king (mahārāja), why do you not respond to me, your own wife, who is chaste and speaking to you here alone in this great forest?

Words meanings summery:

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• महारण्ये (mahāraṇye) - in this great forest (in the great forest)

• माम् (mām) - me

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

• एकाकिनीम् (ekākinīm) - alone (solitary, alone)

• सतीम् (satīm) - chaste (chaste, faithful, virtuous)

• आभाषमाणाम् (ābhāṣamāṇām) - speaking to you (speaking, addressing)

• स्वाम् (svām) - your own (one's own, my own)

• पत्नीम् (patnīm) - wife (wife, mistress)

• 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

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

महारण्ये (mahāraṇye) - in this great forest (in the great forest)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahāraṇya

mahāraṇya - great forest, vast wilderness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+araṇya)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• araṇya – forest, wilderness
  noun (neuter)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

एकाकिनीम् (ekākinīm) - alone (solitary, alone)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ekākinī

ekākin - solitary, alone, lonely

From `eka` (one) + suffix `akin`.

Note: Modifies 'mām' and 'patnīm'.

सतीम् (satīm) - chaste (chaste, faithful, virtuous)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of satī

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous, real

Present Active Participle

From root `as` (to be) + suffix `śatṛ`. Feminine form `satī`.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'mām' and 'patnīm'.

आभाषमाणाम् (ābhāṣamāṇām) - speaking to you (speaking, addressing)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ābhāṣamāṇā

ābhāṣamāṇa - speaking, addressing, talking

Present Middle Participle

From prefix `ā` + root `bhāṣ` (to speak) + suffix `śānac`.

Prefix: ā

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'patnīm'.

स्वाम् (svām) - your own (one's own, my own)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of svā

sva - own, one's own

Note: Modifies 'patnīm'.

पत्नीम् (patnīm) - wife (wife, mistress)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of patnī

patnī - wife, mistress, female owner

From `pati` (master, husband) + suffix `ṇīp`.

Note: Object of 'pratibhāṣase'.

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'.