महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-50, verse-44

एवं विलप्य बहुधा भिन्नपोतो वणिग्यथा ।
दुःखेन महताविष्टो युधिष्ठिरमपृच्छत ॥४४॥

44. evaṁ vilapya bahudhā bhinnapoto vaṇigyathā ,
duḥkhena mahatāviṣṭo yudhiṣṭhiramapṛcchata.

44. evam vilapya bahudhā bhinna-potaḥ vaṇik yathā
duḥkhena mahatā āviṣṭaḥ yudhiṣṭhiram apṛcchata

44. yathā bhinna-potaḥ vaṇik evam bahudhā vilapya,
mahatā duḥkhena āviṣṭaḥ yudhiṣṭhiram apṛcchata

44. Just as a merchant whose ship is broken laments in many ways, so he, overcome by great sorrow, questioned Yudhiṣṭhira.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• विलप्य (vilapya) - having lamented, having bewailed

• बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, manifoldly

• भिन्न-पोतः (bhinna-potaḥ) - one whose ship is broken, whose vessel is shattered

• वणिक् (vaṇik) - a merchant, a trader

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

• दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - by sorrow, with pain

• महता (mahatā) - by great, with great

• आविष्टः (āviṣṭaḥ) - overcome, afflicted, possessed by

• युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• अपृच्छत (apṛcchata) - he asked, he questioned

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

विलप्य (vilapya) - having lamented, having bewailed

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From vi- + root lap (to speak, lament); suffix -ya

Prefix: vi

Root: lap (class 1)

बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, manifoldly

(indeclinable)

From bahu (many) + suffix -dhā

भिन्न-पोतः (bhinna-potaḥ) - one whose ship is broken, whose vessel is shattered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhinnapota

bhinnapota - broken ship, shattered vessel

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhinna+pota)

• bhinna – broken, split, shattered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhid (to break)
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• pota – ship, vessel, boat
  noun (masculine)

वणिक् (vaṇik) - a merchant, a trader

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaṇij

vaṇij - merchant, trader

Note: Nominative singular of vaṇij

यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

(indeclinable)

दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - by sorrow, with pain

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, pain, suffering, misery

महता (mahatā) - by great, with great

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

Note: Agrees with duḥkhena

आविष्टः (āviṣṭaḥ) - overcome, afflicted, possessed by

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āviṣṭa

āviṣṭa - overcome, entered, possessed, afflicted

Past Passive Participle

From ā- + root viś (to enter)

Prefix: ā

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Refers to the subject (the speaker, Arjuna)

युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pandava brother)

अपृच्छत (apṛcchata) - he asked, he questioned

(verb)

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

Root: pṛcch (class 6)