महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-67, verse-9

क्व नु त्वं कितव छित्त्वा वस्त्रार्धं प्रस्थितो मम ।
उत्सृज्य विपिने सुप्तामनुरक्तां प्रियां प्रिय ॥९॥

9. kva nu tvaṁ kitava chittvā vastrārdhaṁ prasthito mama ,
utsṛjya vipine suptāmanuraktāṁ priyāṁ priya.

9. kva nu tvam kitava chittvā vastrārtham prasthitaḥ
mama utsṛjya vipine suptām anuraktām priyām priya

9. "O gambler! O dear one! Where indeed did you go, having cut off half of my garment and abandoned your beloved, devoted wife, who was sleeping in the forest?"

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where?

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, certainly (interrogative or emphatic particle)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• कितव (kitava) - O gambler!

• छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having severed

• वस्त्रार्थम् (vastrārtham) - half of the garment

• प्रस्थितः (prasthitaḥ) - departed, gone forth

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having left

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

• सुप्ताम् (suptām) - sleeping, asleep

• अनुरक्ताम् (anuraktām) - devoted, attached, loving

• प्रियाम् (priyām) - beloved wife, dear one

• प्रिय (priya) - Addressing Nala, her husband. (O dear one!, O beloved!)

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, now, certainly (interrogative or emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

कितव (kitava) - O gambler!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kitava

kitava - gambler, rogue, cheat

छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having severed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from root 'chid' (to cut, cleave) with suffix '-tvā'.

Root: chid (class 7)

वस्त्रार्थम् (vastrārtham) - half of the garment

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vastrārtha

vastrārtha - half a garment, part of a cloth

Compound type : tatpurusha (vastra+ardha)

• vastra – garment, cloth, apparel
  noun (neuter)
• ardha – half, part, side
  noun (neuter)

प्रस्थितः (prasthitaḥ) - departed, gone forth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasthita

prasthita - departed, set out, gone forth

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand) with prefix 'pra-' and suffix '-ta'.

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me (first person pronoun)

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having left

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (with upasarga)

Derived from root 'sṛj' (to emit, create) with prefix 'ut-' and suffix '-ya'.

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

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

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vipina

vipina - forest, grove, wilderness

सुप्ताम् (suptām) - sleeping, asleep

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of supta

supta - slept, asleep, slumbering

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'svap' (to sleep) with suffix '-ta'.

Root: svap (class 2)

अनुरक्ताम् (anuraktām) - devoted, attached, loving

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anurakta

anurakta - attached, devoted, loving, fond of

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'rañj' (to color, dye) with prefix 'anu-' and suffix '-ta'.

Prefix: anu

Root: rañj (class 1)

प्रियाम् (priyām) - beloved wife, dear one

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of priyā

priyā - beloved woman, wife, mistress

प्रिय (priya) - Addressing Nala, her husband. (O dear one!, O beloved!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, favorite; husband, friend

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