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.

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)