महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-47, verse-37

अनश्नन्त्याः पचन्त्याश्च शृण्वन्त्याश्च कथाः शुभाः ।
अहःसमः स तस्यास्तु कालोऽतीतः सुदारुणः ॥३७॥

37. anaśnantyāḥ pacantyāśca śṛṇvantyāśca kathāḥ śubhāḥ ,
ahaḥsamaḥ sa tasyāstu kālo'tītaḥ sudāruṇaḥ.

37. anaśnantyāḥ pacantyāḥ ca śṛṇvantyāḥ ca kathāḥ śubhāḥ
ahaḥsamaḥ sa tasyāḥ tu kālaḥ atītaḥ sudāruṇaḥ

37. While she was neither eating nor cooking, but was listening to auspicious stories, that extremely terrible time, which seemed to pass as quickly as a single day, passed for her.

Words meanings summery:

• अनश्नन्त्याः (anaśnantyāḥ) - not eating, while not eating

• पचन्त्याः (pacantyāḥ) - cooking, while cooking

• च (ca) - and, also

• शृण्वन्त्याः (śṛṇvantyāḥ) - hearing, while hearing, listening

• च (ca) - and, also

• कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories, tales

• शुभाः (śubhāḥ) - auspicious, good, beautiful

• अहःसमः (ahaḥsamaḥ) - day-like, equal to a day

• स (sa) - that (masculine)

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - for her, of her

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time, period, season

• अतीतः (atītaḥ) - passed, gone, elapsed

• सुदारुणः (sudāruṇaḥ) - very terrible, extremely dreadful

Words meanings and morphology

अनश्नन्त्याः (anaśnantyāḥ) - not eating, while not eating

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of anaśnant

anaśnant - not eating, fasting, abstaining from food

Present Active Participle

Feminine genitive singular of 'anaśnant'. Compound of 'an' (not) + 'aśnat' (eating). From root 'aś' (to eat).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+aśnat)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• aśnat – eating
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'aś' (to eat), present active participle form.
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Modifies the implied subject 'her'.

पचन्त्याः (pacantyāḥ) - cooking, while cooking

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of pacant

pacant - cooking, maturing, digesting

Present Active Participle

Feminine genitive singular of 'pacant'. From root 'pac' (to cook).

Root: pac (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied subject 'her'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

शृण्वन्त्याः (śṛṇvantyāḥ) - hearing, while hearing, listening

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of śṛṇvant

śṛṇvant - hearing, listening

Present Active Participle

Feminine genitive singular of 'śṛṇvant'. From root 'śru' (to hear).

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Modifies the implied subject 'her'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories, tales

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, discourse

From root 'kath' (to tell, relate).

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Object of 'śṛṇvantyāḥ'.

शुभाः (śubhāḥ) - auspicious, good, beautiful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of śubha

śubha - auspicious, good, beautiful, propitious, splendid

Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'kathāḥ'.

अहःसमः (ahaḥsamaḥ) - day-like, equal to a day

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaḥsama

ahaḥsama - equal to a day, resembling a day, like a day

Compound of 'ahas' (day) + 'sama' (equal, like).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahas+sama)

• ahas – day
  noun (neuter)
• sama – equal, like, similar
  adjective

Note: Qualifies 'kālaḥ'.

स (sa) - that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Masculine nominative singular of 'tad'.

Note: Qualifies 'kālaḥ'.

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - for her, of her

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Feminine genitive singular of 'tad'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

Particle.

कालः (kālaḥ) - time, period, season

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, death

Root: kal (class 1)

Note: Subject.

अतीतः (atītaḥ) - passed, gone, elapsed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atīta

atīta - passed, gone, elapsed, past

Past Passive Participle

Masculine nominative singular. From 'ati-i' (to pass over).

Prefix: ati

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'kālaḥ'.

सुदारुणः (sudāruṇaḥ) - very terrible, extremely dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sudāruṇa

sudāruṇa - very terrible, extremely dreadful, exceedingly cruel

Compound of 'su' (very, exceedingly) + 'dāruṇa' (terrible, dreadful).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+dāruṇa)

• su – good, well, very, exceedingly
  indeclinable
  Prefix/intensifier.
• dāruṇa – terrible, dreadful, cruel
  adjective

Note: Qualifies 'kālaḥ'.