महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-95, verse-11

अयं स्त्रीपूर्वको राजञ्शिखण्डी यदि ते श्रुतः ।
उद्योगे कथितं यत्तत्तथा जाता शिखण्डिनी ॥११॥

11. ayaṁ strīpūrvako rājañśikhaṇḍī yadi te śrutaḥ ,
udyoge kathitaṁ yattattathā jātā śikhaṇḍinī.

11. ayam strīpūrvakaḥ rājan śikhaṇḍī yadi te śrutaḥ
udyoge kathitam yat tat tathā jātā śikhaṇḍinī

11. rājan yadi te ayam strīpūrvakaḥ śikhaṇḍī śrutaḥ
yat udyoge kathitam tat tathā śikhaṇḍinī jātā

11. O king, if you have heard of this Śikhaṇḍī, who was formerly a woman: what was narrated in the Udyoga Parva (epic section) about her, that is how Śikhaṇḍinī (feminine form of the name) came to be.

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• स्त्रीपूर्वकः (strīpūrvakaḥ) - one who was formerly a woman

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍī (proper name)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• ते (te) - by you

• श्रुतः (śrutaḥ) - heard, listened

• उद्योगे (udyoge) - in the Udyoga Parva (an epic section of the Mahabharata) (in the Udyoga Parva, in the effort)

• कथितम् (kathitam) - narrated, told

• यत् (yat) - that, which

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

• जाता (jātā) - became, was born

• शिखण्डिनी (śikhaṇḍinī) - Śikhaṇḍinī (feminine form of the name)

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

स्त्रीपूर्वकः (strīpūrvakaḥ) - one who was formerly a woman

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of strīpūrvaka

strīpūrvaka - one who had a woman as former state, formerly female

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (strī+pūrvaka)

• strī – woman, wife, female
  noun (feminine)
• pūrvaka – former, prior, preceding
  adjective (masculine)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍī (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhaṇḍin

śikhaṇḍin - Śikhaṇḍī (a character in Mahabharata)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

श्रुतः (śrutaḥ) - heard, listened

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, revealed

Past Passive Participle

Root: śru (class 5)

उद्योगे (udyoge) - in the Udyoga Parva (an epic section of the Mahabharata) (in the Udyoga Parva, in the effort)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of udyoga

udyoga - effort, exertion, preparation, (name of a Parva in Mahabharata)

कथितम् (kathitam) - narrated, told

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kathita

kathita - told, narrated, spoken

Past Passive Participle

Root: kath (class 10)

यत् (yat) - that, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - that, which, because

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

जाता (jātā) - became, was born

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, become

Past Passive Participle

Root: jan (class 4)

शिखण्डिनी (śikhaṇḍinī) - Śikhaṇḍinī (feminine form of the name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śikhaṇḍinī

śikhaṇḍinī - feminine form of Śikhaṇḍin