महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-161, verse-14

तपत्युवाच ।
नाहमीशात्मनो राजन्कन्या पितृमती ह्यहम् ।
मयि चेदस्ति ते प्रीतिर्याचस्व पितरं मम ॥१४॥

14. tapatyuvāca ,
nāhamīśātmano rājankanyā pitṛmatī hyaham ,
mayi cedasti te prītiryācasva pitaraṁ mama.

14. tapatī uvāca na aham īśā ātmanaḥ rājan kanyā pitṛmatī
hi aham mayi cet asti te prītiḥ yācasva pitaram mama

14. Taptī said: "O king (rājan), I am not mistress of myself. For I am a maiden who has a father. If you have love (prīti) for me, then ask my father."

Words meanings summery:

• तपती (tapatī) - Tapti (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - I

• ईशा (īśā) - mistress (of myself) (mistress, female ruler, owner)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of myself (ātman) (of the self, of myself, of the soul (ātman))

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• कन्या (kanyā) - maiden, girl, virgin

• पितृमती (pitṛmatī) - having a father, endowed with a father

• हि (hi) - for, indeed (indeed, because, for)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मयि (mayi) - in me (if there is love in you for me) (in me, on me)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• ते (te) - your (love) (to you, for you, your)

• प्रीतिः (prītiḥ) - love (prīti) (love, affection, pleasure)

• याचस्व (yācasva) - ask (my father) (ask, beg)

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father

• मम (mama) - my (father) (my, of me)

Words meanings and morphology

तपती (tapatī) - Tapti (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tapatī

tapatī - Tapti (name of a celestial river/goddess, daughter of Sūrya)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

Irregular perfect form of 'vac'

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

ईशा (īśā) - mistress (of myself) (mistress, female ruler, owner)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of īśā

īśā - mistress, female ruler, owner

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of myself (ātman) (of the self, of myself, of the soul (ātman))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, breath

Note: Used reflexively here, 'of myself'.

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

कन्या (kanyā) - maiden, girl, virgin

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl, virgin

पितृमती (pitṛmatī) - having a father, endowed with a father

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pitṛmat

pitṛmat - having a father

Possessive adjective formed with suffix -mat

हि (hi) - for, indeed (indeed, because, for)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a reason or explanation.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

मयि (mayi) - in me (if there is love in you for me) (in me, on me)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a conditional clause.

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

Root: as (class 2)

ते (te) - your (love) (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form for genitive/dative singular.

प्रीतिः (prītiḥ) - love (prīti) (love, affection, pleasure)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prīti

prīti - love, affection, joy, pleasure

From root 'prī'

Root: prī (class 9)

याचस्व (yācasva) - ask (my father) (ask, beg)

(verb)

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

Imperative Middle

Root: yāc (class 1)

पितरम् (pitaram) - father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

मम (mama) - my (father) (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I