महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-174, verse-3

केचिच्छाल्वपतिं गत्वा नियोज्यमिति मेनिरे ।
नेति केचिद्व्यवस्यन्ति प्रत्याख्याता हि तेन सा ॥३॥

3. kecicchālvapatiṁ gatvā niyojyamiti menire ,
neti kecidvyavasyanti pratyākhyātā hi tena sā.

3. kecit śālva patim gatvā niyojyam iti menire | na
iti kecit vyavasyanti pratyākhyātā hi tena sā

3. kecit śālva patim gatvā niyojyam iti menire hi
tena sā pratyākhyātā iti kecit na vyavasyanti

3. Some considered: "One should go to the king of Śālva and entrust her to him." But others decided against this, for she had already been rejected by him.

Words meanings summery:

• केचित् (kecit) - some

• शाल्व (śālva) - Salva (name of a kingdom/king)

• पतिम् (patim) - lord, master, husband, king

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• नियोज्यम् (niyojyam) - to be appointed, to be entrusted, to be employed

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicates direct speech/thought

• मेनिरे (menire) - they thought, they considered

• न (na) - not, no

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• केचित् (kecit) - some

• व्यवस्यन्ति (vyavasyanti) - they decide, they determine, they resolve

• प्रत्याख्याता (pratyākhyātā) - rejected, refused, renounced

• हि (hi) - because, for, indeed

• तेन (tena) - by him

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

Words meanings and morphology

केचित् (kecit) - some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kimcid

kimcid - some, any, certain

Indefinite pronoun, formed from kim + cid

Note: Refers to some ascetics.

शाल्व (śālva) - Salva (name of a kingdom/king)

(proper noun)

masculine, singular of śālva

śālva - name of a country or its king

पतिम् (patim) - lord, master, husband, king

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband, ruler

Note: Object of 'gatvā'.

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(absolutive)

नियोज्यम् (niyojyam) - to be appointed, to be entrusted, to be employed

(gerundive)

Note: Acts as predicative complement, implying 'tām' (her).

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicates direct speech/thought

(indeclinable)

मेनिरे (menire) - they thought, they considered

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (liṭ) of man

Perfect tense form of √man, middle voice, 3rd person plural

Root: man (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

केचित् (kecit) - some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kimcid

kimcid - some, any, certain

Indefinite pronoun, formed from kim + cid

Note: Refers to some ascetics.

व्यवस्यन्ति (vyavasyanti) - they decide, they determine, they resolve

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vyavasā

Present tense form of √so with prefixes vi-ava-, 3rd person plural

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: so (class 4)

प्रत्याख्याता (pratyākhyātā) - rejected, refused, renounced

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratyākhyāta

pratyākhyāta - rejected, refused

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √khyā with prefixes prati-ā-

Prefixes: prati+ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

हि (hi) - because, for, indeed

(indeclinable)

Causal or emphatic particle

तेन (tena) - by him

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Third person pronoun

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'pratyākhyātā'.

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

Third person pronoun

Note: Subject of the passive clause.