महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-19, verse-20

यस्याः सागरपर्यन्ता पृथिवी वशवर्तिनी ।
आसीत्साद्य सुदेष्णाया भीताहं वशवर्तिनी ॥२०॥

20. yasyāḥ sāgaraparyantā pṛthivī vaśavartinī ,
āsītsādya sudeṣṇāyā bhītāhaṁ vaśavartinī.

20. yasyāḥ sāgaraparyantā pṛthivī vaśavartinī āsīt
sā adya sudeṣṇāyāḥ bhītā aham vaśavartinī

20. The entire earth, which extended to the ocean, was once under her control; today, I, frightened, am a subordinate of Sudeṣṇā.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्याः (yasyāḥ) - whose, of which (feminine)

• सागरपर्यन्ता (sāgaraparyantā) - ocean-bordered, extending to the ocean

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth, land, world

• वशवर्तिनी (vaśavartinī) - obedient, subordinate, under control

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• सा (sā) - she, that one

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• सुदेष्णायाः (sudeṣṇāyāḥ) - of Sudeṣṇā

• भीता (bhītā) - frightened, afraid

• अहम् (aham) - I

• वशवर्तिनी (vaśavartinī) - obedient, subordinate, under control

Words meanings and morphology

यस्याः (yasyāḥ) - whose, of which (feminine)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Feminine genitive/ablative singular of yad

सागरपर्यन्ता (sāgaraparyantā) - ocean-bordered, extending to the ocean

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāgaraparyanta

sāgaraparyanta - ocean-bordered, extending to the ocean

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sāgara+paryanta)

• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• paryanta – border, boundary, end, extent
  noun (masculine)
  From pari (around, fully) + anta (end)

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth, land, world

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, land, ground

Root: pṛth

वशवर्तिनी (vaśavartinī) - obedient, subordinate, under control

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaśavartin

vaśavartin - being obedient, submissive, under control

Agent noun/Adjective from root vṛt

Derived from vaśa (control) and root vṛt (to turn, exist) with -in suffix

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaśa+vartin)

• vaśa – will, power, control, subjection
  noun (masculine)
• vartin – being, existing, dwelling, following
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective from root vṛt
  Derived from root vṛt 'to turn, exist' with -in suffix
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Predicate for pṛthivī.

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Past Imperfect Active Indicative

Root: as (class 2)

सा (sā) - she, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Feminine nominative singular

Note: Refers to Draupadī.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

सुदेष्णायाः (sudeṣṇāyāḥ) - of Sudeṣṇā

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sudeṣṇā

sudeṣṇā - Sudeṣṇā (name of the queen of Virāṭa)

भीता (bhītā) - frightened, afraid

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhīta

bhīta - frightened, afraid, terrified

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhī (to fear)

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Agrees with ahaṃ (understood as feminine in this context).

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

वशवर्तिनी (vaśavartinī) - obedient, subordinate, under control

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaśavartin

vaśavartin - being obedient, submissive, under control

Agent noun/Adjective from root vṛt

Derived from vaśa (control) and root vṛt (to turn, exist) with -in suffix

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaśa+vartin)

• vaśa – will, power, control, subjection
  noun (masculine)
• vartin – being, existing, dwelling, following
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective from root vṛt
  Derived from root vṛt 'to turn, exist' with -in suffix
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Predicate for ahaṃ.