महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-38, verse-11

स्पृष्टवन्तं शरीरं मां शववाहमिवाशुचिम् ।
कथं वा व्यवहार्यं वै कुर्वीथास्त्वं बृहन्नडे ॥११॥

11. spṛṣṭavantaṁ śarīraṁ māṁ śavavāhamivāśucim ,
kathaṁ vā vyavahāryaṁ vai kurvīthāstvaṁ bṛhannaḍe.

11. spṛṣṭavantam śarīram mām śavavāham iva aśucim
katham vā vyavahāryam vai kurvīthāḥ tvam bṛhannade

11. O Bṛhannadā, how can you consider me, whose body has touched (the corpse) and is therefore impure (aśucim) like a corpse-bearer, to be fit for interaction?

Words meanings summery:

• स्पृष्टवन्तम् (spṛṣṭavantam) - me, who has touched the corpse (having touched, one who has touched)

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - my physical body (body, physical form)

• माम् (mām) - me

• शववाहम् (śavavāham) - corpse-bearer

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• अशुचिम् (aśucim) - impure, unclean, unholy

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• वा (vā) - or, indeed

• व्यवहार्यम् (vyavahāryam) - worthy of social interaction (fit for use, suitable for interaction, worthy of being dealt with)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• कुर्वीथाः (kurvīthāḥ) - you would do, you would make

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• बृहन्नदे (bṛhannade) - O Bṛhannadā

Words meanings and morphology

स्पृष्टवन्तम् (spṛṣṭavantam) - me, who has touched the corpse (having touched, one who has touched)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of spṛṣṭavat

spṛṣṭavat - having touched, one who has touched

Past active participle

Derived from √spṛś (to touch) with the suffix -vat (kvip) added to the past passive participle spṛṣṭa.

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Modifies 'mām'.

शरीरम् (śarīram) - my physical body (body, physical form)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, form, physical frame

Note: Accusative due to implied verb or as an object of modification.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, us

शववाहम् (śavavāham) - corpse-bearer

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śavavāha

śavavāha - corpse-bearer, one who carries a corpse

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śava+vāha)

• śava – corpse
  noun (masculine)
• vāha – bearer, carrier
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √vah (to carry).
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'mām'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

अशुचिम् (aśucim) - impure, unclean, unholy

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aśuci

aśuci - impure, unclean, unholy

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śuci)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• śuci – pure, clean, holy
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'mām'.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, indeed

(indeclinable)

व्यवहार्यम् (vyavahāryam) - worthy of social interaction (fit for use, suitable for interaction, worthy of being dealt with)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyavahārya

vyavahārya - to be dealt with, fit for use, practicable, lawful, to be spoken to

Gerundive

Derived from √hṛ (to carry) with upasargas vi-ava and suffix -ya (ṇyat) indicating capability or obligation.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: hṛ (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

कुर्वीथाः (kurvīthāḥ) - you would do, you would make

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of kṛ

Optative mood

2nd person singular, middle voice, optative mood (vidhi-liṅ).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

बृहन्नदे (bṛhannade) - O Bṛhannadā

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bṛhannadā

bṛhannadā - Bṛhannadā (the name of Arjuna in disguise)