महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-142, verse-4

यदि वास्य वनस्यासि देवता यदि वाप्सराः ।
आचक्ष्व मम तत्सर्वं किमर्थं चेह तिष्ठसि ॥४॥

4. yadi vāsya vanasyāsi devatā yadi vāpsarāḥ ,
ācakṣva mama tatsarvaṁ kimarthaṁ ceha tiṣṭhasi.

4. yadi vā asya vanasya asi devatā yadi vā apsarāḥ
ācakṣva mama tat sarvam kimartham ca iha tiṣṭhasi

4. Whether you are a deity of this forest or an apsarā, tell me all of that and for what purpose you remain here.

4. אם את אלוהות של היער הזה, או אם את אַפְּסַרָה (נימפה שמימית), ספרי לי את כל זה, ולמה את עומדת כאן?

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• वा (vā) - or, alternatively, indeed

• अस्य (asya) - of this (forest) (of this, of him, of it)

• वनस्य (vanasya) - of the forest, of the wood

• असि (asi) - you are

• देवता (devatā) - deity, divinity, god

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• वा (vā) - or, alternatively, indeed

• अप्सराः (apsarāḥ) - celestial nymph

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, declare, narrate

• मम (mama) - my, to me, for me

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose, why

• च (ca) - and, also

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• तिष्ठसि (tiṣṭhasi) - you stand, you remain, you stay

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, alternatively, indeed

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of this (forest) (of this, of him, of it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

वनस्य (vanasya) - of the forest, of the wood

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

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

root 'as' (2nd class)

Root: as (class 2)

देवता (devatā) - deity, divinity, god

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devatā

devatā - divinity, deity, a god or goddess

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, alternatively, indeed

(indeclinable)

अप्सराः (apsarāḥ) - celestial nymph

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of apsarā

apsarā - a celestial nymph, a heavenly courtesan

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, declare, narrate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of ācakṣ

root 'cakṣ' with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ

मम (mama) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Can also be dative singular

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Can also be nominative singular neuter

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose, why

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which
  pronoun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठसि (tiṣṭhasi) - you stand, you remain, you stay

(verb)

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

root 'sthā' (1st class, tiṣṭha-)

Root: sthā (class 1)

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