महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-160, verse-2

तपती नाम का चैषा तापत्या यत्कृते वयम् ।
कौन्तेया हि वयं साधो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम् ॥२॥

2. tapatī nāma kā caiṣā tāpatyā yatkṛte vayam ,
kaunteyā hi vayaṁ sādho tattvamicchāmi veditum.

2. tapatī nāma kā ca eṣā tāpatyā yat kṛte vayam
kaunteyāḥ hi vayam sādho tattvam icchāmi veditum

2. "Who is this person named Tapati, and what is this 'tāpatya' for whose sake we, the Kaunteyas, are mentioned? O good sir, I truly desire to know the truth of the matter."

Words meanings summery:

• तपती (tapatī) - Tapati (a proper name)

• नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed

• का (kā) - who (feminine)

• च (ca) - and

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• तापत्या (tāpatyā) - relating to Tapati (feminine), descendant of Tapati

• यत् (yat) - what, which

• कृते (kṛte) - for the sake of, on account of

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• कौन्तेयाः (kaunteyāḥ) - the sons of Kunti, the Pandavas

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, certainly

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• साधो (sādho) - O good sir, O virtuous one

• तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - the truth, reality, essence

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

• वेदितुम् (veditum) - to know, to understand

Words meanings and morphology

तपती (tapatī) - Tapati (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tapatī

tapatī - Tapati (a proper name, daughter of the Sun)

नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed

(indeclinable)

Used as an adverbial particle meaning 'by name' or 'indeed'.

का (kā) - who (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

तापत्या (tāpatyā) - relating to Tapati (feminine), descendant of Tapati

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tāpatya

tāpatya - descendant of Tapati, relating to Tapati

Derived from the proper noun 'Tapatī'.

यत् (yat) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

कृते (kṛte) - for the sake of, on account of

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

Locative singular of the past passive participle 'kṛta', used adverbially as a postposition.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of aham

aham - I

कौन्तेयाः (kaunteyāḥ) - the sons of Kunti, the Pandavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti, Arjuna, Bhima, Yudhishthira

Derived from 'Kuntī' with suffix -eya.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of aham

aham - I

साधो (sādho) - O good sir, O virtuous one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, holy man, sage

तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - the truth, reality, essence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, principle, essence

Derived from 'tad' (that) and '-tva' (suffix forming abstract nouns).

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present tense, Parasmaipada, 1st person singular.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

वेदितुम् (veditum) - to know, to understand

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root 'vid' (to know).

Root: vid (class 2)