महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-107, verse-14

ततोऽब्रवीत्सौबलेयीं किमिदं ते चिकीर्षितम् ।
सा चात्मनो मतं सत्यं शशंस परमर्षये ॥१४॥

14. tato'bravītsaubaleyīṁ kimidaṁ te cikīrṣitam ,
sā cātmano mataṁ satyaṁ śaśaṁsa paramarṣaye.

14. tataḥ abravīt saubaleyīm kim idam te cikīrṣitam
sā ca ātmanaḥ matam satyam śaśaṃsa paramarṣaye

14. Then, he (Vyasa) addressed the daughter of Subala (Gandhari), asking, 'What is this that you intended to do?' And she truthfully reported her own view (ātman) to the great sage.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, from that)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke (he spoke, he said)

• सौबलेयीम् (saubaleyīm) - to the daughter of Subala (Gandhari) (to the daughter of Subala, to Gandhari)

• किम् (kim) - what? (what? why?)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• ते (te) - by you (by you, to you, your)

• चिकीर्षितम् (cikīrṣitam) - intended to do (intended to be done, desired to be made)

• सा (sā) - she (she, that (feminine))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - her own (of the self, own, personal)

• मतम् (matam) - intention (opinion, thought, intention, view)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truthfully (truth, truly, true)

• शशंस (śaśaṁsa) - she reported (she told, she reported, she declared)

• परमर्षये (paramarṣaye) - to the great sage (to the great sage, to the supreme seer)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, from that)

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke (he spoke, he said)

(verb)

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

Imperfect

3rd person singular, Imperfect, Parasmaipada

Root: brū (class 2)

सौबलेयीम् (saubaleyīm) - to the daughter of Subala (Gandhari) (to the daughter of Subala, to Gandhari)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saubaleyī

saubaleyī - daughter of Subala

feminine derivative from Subala, referring to Gandhari

किम् (kim) - what? (what? why?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Note: Interrogative pronoun

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

ते (te) - by you (by you, to you, your)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Alternative form for 'tvayā' (instrumental singular) or dative/genitive singular.

चिकीर्षितम् (cikīrṣitam) - intended to do (intended to be done, desired to be made)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cikīrṣita

cikīrṣita - intended to be done, desired to be made

Past Passive Participle of Desiderative

Desiderative of root kṛ (to do/make) + -ta suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सा (sā) - she (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - her own (of the self, own, personal)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, mind, personal being

मतम् (matam) - intention (opinion, thought, intention, view)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mata

mata - opinion, thought, view, doctrine, intention, desired

Past Passive Participle

from root man (to think, believe)

Root: man (class 4)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truthfully (truth, truly, true)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, true, real, sincere

Note: Used adverbially here as 'truthfully'

शशंस (śaśaṁsa) - she reported (she told, she reported, she declared)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of śaṃs

Perfect

3rd person singular, Perfect, Parasmaipada

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

परमर्षये (paramarṣaye) - to the great sage (to the great sage, to the supreme seer)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of paramarṣi

paramarṣi - great sage, supreme seer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+ṛṣi)

• parama – highest, supreme, great
  adjective (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)