महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-55, verse-17

इमां ते तरुणीं भार्यां त्वदाधिभिरभिप्लुताम् ।
कथं संधारयिष्यामि विवत्सामिव धेनुकाम् ॥१७॥

17. imāṁ te taruṇīṁ bhāryāṁ tvadādhibhirabhiplutām ,
kathaṁ saṁdhārayiṣyāmi vivatsāmiva dhenukām.

17. imām te taruṇīm bhāryām tvat ādhibhiḥ abhiplutām
katham saṃdhārayiṣyāmi vivatsām iva dhenukām

17. katham te imām taruṇīm tvat ādhibhiḥ abhiplutām
bhāryām vivatsām dhenukām iva saṃdhārayiṣyāmi

17. How shall I sustain this young wife of yours, overwhelmed by mental anguish due to you, like a cow whose calf has died?

Words meanings summery:

• इमाम् (imām) - this (referring to Abhimanyu's wife) (this (feminine accusative singular))

• ते (te) - your (of you, your, for you)

• तरुणीम् (taruṇīm) - young (wife) (young woman, youthful)

• भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife

• त्वत् (tvat) - due to you (implying 'because of your absence/death') (from you, by you)

• आधिभिः (ādhibhiḥ) - by mental anguish (by mental pain, by anxiety)

• अभिप्लुताम् (abhiplutām) - overwhelmed (by sorrow) (overwhelmed, covered, immersed)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

• संधारयिष्यामि (saṁdhārayiṣyāmi) - I shall sustain (her) (I shall sustain, support, maintain)

• विवत्साम् (vivatsām) - a calf-less cow (a cow that has lost its calf)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• धेनुकाम् (dhenukām) - a cow (cow)

Words meanings and morphology

इमाम् (imām) - this (referring to Abhimanyu's wife) (this (feminine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Modifies 'bhāryām'.

ते (te) - your (of you, your, for you)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

enclitic form of yuşmad

Note: Used in the sense of 'your' (possessive).

तरुणीम् (taruṇīm) - young (wife) (young woman, youthful)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of taruṇī

taruṇī - young woman, youthful, girl

feminine form of taruṇa

Note: Modifies 'bhāryām'.

भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, spouse (lit. 'she who is to be supported')

gerundive (feminine)

formed from √bhṛ (to bear, support) + suffix -ya

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

त्वत् (tvat) - due to you (implying 'because of your absence/death') (from you, by you)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

ablative singular of yuşmad

आधिभिः (ādhibhiḥ) - by mental anguish (by mental pain, by anxiety)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ādhi

ādhi - mental pain, anxiety, distress, trouble

Prefix: ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Refers to sorrows due to Abhimanyu's death.

अभिप्लुताम् (abhiplutām) - overwhelmed (by sorrow) (overwhelmed, covered, immersed)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of abhipluta

abhipluta - overflowed, overwhelmed, immersed, covered

Past Passive Participle

formed from abhi-√plu (to float, to overflow) + suffix -ta

Prefix: abhi

Root: plu (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

संधारयिष्यामि (saṁdhārayiṣyāmi) - I shall sustain (her) (I shall sustain, support, maintain)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of saṃdhṛ

causative future active

formed from sam-√dhṛ (to hold) in causative stem dhāraya + future ending

Prefix: sam

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

विवत्साम् (vivatsām) - a calf-less cow (a cow that has lost its calf)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vivatsā

vivatsā - a cow that has lost its calf, a motherless calf

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+vatsa)

• vi – without, apart, away
  indeclinable
  prefix
• vatsa – calf, offspring, child
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in a simile to describe the wife's state.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

particle of comparison

धेनुकाम् (dhenukām) - a cow (cow)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhenukā

dhenukā - cow, milch cow

diminutive of dhenu

Root: dhī

Note: Used in a simile, along with 'vivatsām'.