महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-69, verse-4

दमयन्ती भवेदेतत्कुर्याद्दुःखेन मोहिता ।
अस्मदर्थे भवेद्वायमुपायश्चिन्तितो महान् ॥४॥

4. damayantī bhavedetatkuryādduḥkhena mohitā ,
asmadarthe bhavedvāyamupāyaścintito mahān.

4. damayantī bhavet etat kuryāt duḥkhena mohitā
asmat arthe bhavet ayam upāyaḥ cintitaḥ mahān

4. Damayantī, bewildered by sorrow, must be doing this. Or perhaps, this is a great plan devised for my sake.

Words meanings summery:

• दमयन्ती (damayantī) - Damayantī, Nala's wife (Damayantī (a proper name))

• भवेत् (bhavet) - must be (indicating speculation/possibility) (it might be, it should be, perhaps)

• एतत् (etat) - this (such a thing, referring to the svayaṃvara announcement) (this, this (thing))

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - would do (should do, would do, might do)

• दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - by sorrow (by sorrow, by pain, with difficulty)

• मोहिता (mohitā) - bewildered (by sorrow) (bewildered, deluded, infatuated)

• अस्मत् (asmat) - my (in the compound 'asmad arthe' = for my sake) (our, my (ablative of 'I'/'we' or stem in compounds))

• अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake (for the sake of, for the purpose of, purpose, meaning)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - perhaps (expressing another possibility) (it might be, it should be, perhaps)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (plan) (this, this one)

• उपायः (upāyaḥ) - plan, strategy (means, method, stratagem, plan)

• चिन्तितः (cintitaḥ) - devised, thought of (thought of, devised, considered)

• महान् (mahān) - great (great, large, important)

Words meanings and morphology

दमयन्ती (damayantī) - Damayantī, Nala's wife (Damayantī (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of damayantī

damayantī - Name of a princess, Nala's wife

भवेत् (bhavet) - must be (indicating speculation/possibility) (it might be, it should be, perhaps)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (Vidhi Liṅ) of bhū

Optative Active

Root bhū, Class 1, Parasmaipada.

Root: bhū (class 1)

एतत् (etat) - this (such a thing, referring to the svayaṃvara announcement) (this, this (thing))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the action being discussed (Damayantī's svayaṃvara).

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - would do (should do, would do, might do)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (Vidhi Liṅ) of kṛ

Optative Active

Root kṛ, Class 8, Parasmaipada.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Expresses possibility or potential.

दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - by sorrow (by sorrow, by pain, with difficulty)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, pain, suffering, grief, distress

Note: Indicates cause or agent of 'mohitā'.

मोहिता (mohitā) - bewildered (by sorrow) (bewildered, deluded, infatuated)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mohita

mohita - bewildered, deluded, infatuated, confused

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root muh (to be confused) with causative stem mohaya and kta suffix.

Root: muh (class 4)

अस्मत् (asmat) - my (in the compound 'asmad arthe' = for my sake) (our, my (ablative of 'I'/'we' or stem in compounds))

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (stem of 1st person pronoun)

Used as stem in compounds; ablative singular of 'aham'.

Note: Forms the compound 'asmad-arthe'.

अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake (for the sake of, for the purpose of, purpose, meaning)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, object, wealth, cause, sake

Note: Part of the compound 'asmad-arthe' (for my sake).

भवेत् (bhavet) - perhaps (expressing another possibility) (it might be, it should be, perhaps)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (Vidhi Liṅ) of bhū

Optative Active

Root bhū, Class 1, Parasmaipada.

Root: bhū (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this (plan) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun.

उपायः (upāyaḥ) - plan, strategy (means, method, stratagem, plan)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upāya

upāya - means, method, expedient, device, stratagem, approach

From upa + root i (to go).

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

चिन्तितः (cintitaḥ) - devised, thought of (thought of, devised, considered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cintita

cintita - thought, considered, pondered, devised, imagined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root cint (to think) with kta suffix.

Root: cint (class 10)

महान् (mahān) - great (great, large, important)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

t-stem adjective.