महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-65, verse-17

कथं त्वं तस्य दुहिता संभूता वरवर्णिनी ।
संशयो मे महानत्र तं मे छेत्तुमिहार्हसि ॥१७॥

17. kathaṁ tvaṁ tasya duhitā saṁbhūtā varavarṇinī ,
saṁśayo me mahānatra taṁ me chettumihārhasi.

17. katham tvam tasya duhitā saṃbhūtā varavarṇinī
saṃśayaḥ me mahān atra tam me chettum iha arhasi

17. How is it that you, beautiful lady, became his daughter? I have a great doubt about this, and you should resolve it for me here.

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the sage Kaṇva) (his, of that)

• दुहिता (duhitā) - daughter

• संभूता (saṁbhūtā) - became (born, produced, become)

• वरवर्णिनी (varavarṇinī) - beautiful lady (beautiful woman, lady of beautiful complexion)

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - a doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

• मे (me) - my (genitive) / for me (dative) (my, to me, for me)

• महान् (mahān) - great (great, mighty, large)

• अत्र (atra) - in this matter (here, in this matter)

• तम् (tam) - that (doubt) (that, him)

• मे (me) - for me (my, to me, for me)

• छेत्तुम् (chettum) - to resolve (the doubt) (to cut, to resolve, to remove)

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should (you should, you ought, you are able)

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the sage Kaṇva) (his, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tat

tat - that, he, she, it

दुहिता (duhitā) - daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duhitṛ

duhitṛ - daughter

संभूता (saṁbhūtā) - became (born, produced, become)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃbhūta

saṁbhūta - born, produced, become, arisen

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √bhū (to be, become) with the prefix saṃ-

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

वरवर्णिनी (varavarṇinī) - beautiful lady (beautiful woman, lady of beautiful complexion)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of varavarṇin

varavarṇin - a beautiful woman, one with a fair complexion

Bahuvrīhi compound: vara (excellent) + varṇin (having color/beauty), feminine form

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vara+varṇin)

• vara – excellent, best, boon, choice
  adjective (masculine)
• varṇin – having color, beautiful, one who describes
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from varṇa (color, complexion) with the possessive suffix -in. Feminine form is varṇinī.

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - a doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

Derived from saṃ-√śī (to lie down, hesitate)

Root: śī (class 2)

मे (me) - my (genitive) / for me (dative) (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Enclitic form of asmad

महान् (mahān) - great (great, mighty, large)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, mighty, large, eminent

अत्र (atra) - in this matter (here, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - that (doubt) (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tat

tat - that, he, she, it

मे (me) - for me (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Enclitic form of asmad

छेत्तुम् (chettum) - to resolve (the doubt) (to cut, to resolve, to remove)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root √chid

Root: chid (class 7)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should (you should, you ought, you are able)

(verb)

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

Present tense (Laṭ Lakāra)

2nd person singular active voice present form of the root √arh

Root: arh (class 1)