महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-142, verse-3

कस्य त्वं सुरगर्भाभे का चासि वरवर्णिनि ।
केन कार्येण सुश्रोणि कुतश्चागमनं तव ॥३॥

3. kasya tvaṁ suragarbhābhe kā cāsi varavarṇini ,
kena kāryeṇa suśroṇi kutaścāgamanaṁ tava.

3. kasya tvam suragarbhābhe kā ca asi varavarṇini
kena kāryeṇa suśroṇi kutaḥ ca āgamanam tava

3. Whose child are you, O lady radiant like a celestial being? And who are you, O fair-complexioned one? For what purpose have you come, O beautiful-hipped lady, and from where is your arrival?

3. הו זוהרת כילדת האלים, בת מי את ומי את, הו יפת הגוון, ולאיזו מטרה הגעת לכאן, הו יפת מותניים, ומאין באת?

Words meanings summery:

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• सुरगर्भाभे (suragarbhābhe) - O one radiant like a celestial being/divine womb

• का (kā) - who (feminine)

• च (ca) - and, also

• असि (asi) - you are

• वरवर्णिनि (varavarṇini) - O fair-skinned woman, O excellent lady

• केन (kena) - by what, by which

• कार्येण (kāryeṇa) - by the purpose, by the task

• सुश्रोणि (suśroṇi) - O beautiful-hipped one, O lady with beautiful hips

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence

• च (ca) - and, also

• आगमनम् (āgamanam) - coming, arrival

• तव (tava) - your, of you

Words meanings and morphology

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (personal pronoun)

सुरगर्भाभे (suragarbhābhe) - O one radiant like a celestial being/divine womb

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of suragarbhābhā

suragarbhābhā - radiant like a divine womb, having the splendor of a celestial being

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sura+garbha+ābhā)

• sura – god, deity, celestial being
  noun (masculine)
• garbha – womb, fetus, interior, child
  noun (masculine)
• ābhā – luster, splendor, light, beauty
  noun (feminine)

का (kā) - who (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

वरवर्णिनि (varavarṇini) - O fair-skinned woman, O excellent lady

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of varavarṇin

varavarṇin - fair-complexioned, beautiful-skinned, excellent woman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vara+varṇin)

• vara – excellent, best, choicest, boon
  adjective (masculine)
• varṇin – having color, beautiful, one who describes
  adjective (feminine)

केन (kena) - by what, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

कार्येण (kāryeṇa) - by the purpose, by the task

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - work, action, duty, purpose, to be done

Gerundive (or Noun derived from root)

Derived from root kṛ (to do) with -ya suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सुश्रोणि (suśroṇi) - O beautiful-hipped one, O lady with beautiful hips

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of suśroṇī

suśroṇī - having beautiful hips or buttocks

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+śroṇī)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• śroṇī – hip, hips, buttocks
  noun (feminine)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आगमनम् (āgamanam) - coming, arrival

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgamana

gam - to go, to move

Noun derived from root

Derived from root gam (to go) with prefix ā (to, towards) and -ana suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (personal pronoun)

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