महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-168, verse-1

वसिष्ठ उवाच ।
मा भैः पुत्रि न भेतव्यं रक्षसस्ते कथंचन ।
नैतद्रक्षो भयं यस्मात्पश्यसि त्वमुपस्थितम् ॥१॥

1. vasiṣṭha uvāca ,
mā bhaiḥ putri na bhetavyaṁ rakṣasaste kathaṁcana ,
naitadrakṣo bhayaṁ yasmātpaśyasi tvamupasthitam.

1. vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca mā bhaiḥ putri na bhetavyam rakṣasaḥ te
kathañcana na etat rakṣaḥ bhayam yasmāt paśyasi tvam upasthitam

1. Vasiṣṭha said: "Do not be afraid, my daughter. You need not fear the demon (rakṣas) at all, because what you see approaching is neither a demon nor truly a cause for fear."

Words meanings summery:

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• मा (mā) - do not (not, do not (prohibitive particle))

• भैः (bhaiḥ) - fear (prohibitive) (fear)

• पुत्रि (putri) - O daughter (addressing Adṛśyantī) (O daughter)

• न (na) - no (not, no)

• भेतव्यम् (bhetavyam) - to be feared (not by you) (to be feared, should be feared)

• रक्षसः (rakṣasaḥ) - from the demon (from the demon (ablative), of the demon (genitive))

• ते (te) - by you (referring to Adṛśyantī) (for you, by you, of you)

• कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - at all (in any way, at all)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• एतत् (etat) - this (approaching entity) (this)

• रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - demon (demon, evil being)

• भयम् (bhayam) - a cause for fear (fear, danger, cause of fear)

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because (from which, because)

• पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Adṛśyantī) (you)

• उपस्थितम् (upasthitam) - approaching (present, approached, standing near)

Words meanings and morphology

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (name of a revered sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect 3rd singular active.

Root: vac (class 2)

मा (mā) - do not (not, do not (prohibitive particle))

(indeclinable)

Used with aorist or imperative to express prohibition.

भैः (bhaiḥ) - fear (prohibitive) (fear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (luṅ (used for prohibition with mā)) of bhī

Imperative (aorist) 2nd singular active.

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Root bhī has aorist abhaiṣīt, imperative bhaiḥ can be derived from it.

पुत्रि (putri) - O daughter (addressing Adṛśyantī) (O daughter)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of putrī

putrī - daughter

Feminine of putra.

न (na) - no (not, no)

(indeclinable)

भेतव्यम् (bhetavyam) - to be feared (not by you) (to be feared, should be feared)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhetavya

bhī - to fear, be afraid of

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

From root bhī + suffix tavya.

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Expresses obligation or possibility.

रक्षसः (rakṣasaḥ) - from the demon (from the demon (ablative), of the demon (genitive))

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - demon, evil spirit, monster

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Masculine in context.

ते (te) - by you (referring to Adṛśyantī) (for you, by you, of you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun, 2nd person)

कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - at all (in any way, at all)

(indeclinable)

From katham (how) + cana (indefinite particle). With negation na kathañcana means 'in no way, never'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (approaching entity) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - demon (demon, evil being)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - demon, evil spirit, monster

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

भयम् (bhayam) - a cause for fear (fear, danger, cause of fear)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger, cause of fear

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Co-negated with rakṣaḥ.

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because (from which, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as causal particle.

पश्यसि (paśyasi) - you see

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present 2nd singular active, derived from paśyati.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Adṛśyantī) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun, 2nd person)

Note: Explicit subject for paśyasi.

उपस्थितम् (upasthitam) - approaching (present, approached, standing near)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of upasthita

upasthita - stood near, present, approached, happened

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā with prefix upa-.

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Can function as a noun, 'that which is present/approaching.'