महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-65, verse-18

शकुन्तलोवाच ।
यथायमागमो मह्यं यथा चेदमभूत्पुरा ।
शृणु राजन्यथातत्त्वं यथास्मि दुहिता मुनेः ॥१८॥

18. śakuntalovāca ,
yathāyamāgamo mahyaṁ yathā cedamabhūtpurā ,
śṛṇu rājanyathātattvaṁ yathāsmi duhitā muneḥ.

18. śakuntalā uvāca yathā ayam āgamaḥ mahyam yathā ca idam
abhūt purā śṛṇu rājan yathā-tattvam yathā asmi duhitā muneḥ

18. Śakuntalā said: 'Listen, O King, to the truth of how I came to know this, how this happened in the past, and how I am the daughter of the sage.'

Words meanings summery:

• शकुन्तला (śakuntalā) - Śakuntalā

• उवाच (uvāca) - Śakuntalā said (said, spoke)

• यथा (yathā) - how (as, how, just as)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (story) (this, he)

• आगमः (āgamaḥ) - the knowledge (of her birth story) (coming, arrival, tradition, knowledge)

• मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me (how it reached me) (to me, for me)

• यथा (yathā) - how (as, how, just as)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• इदम् (idam) - this (event) (this, he, she, it)

• अभूत् (abhūt) - happened (was, happened, occurred)

• पुरा (purā) - in the past (formerly, in ancient times, before)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• यथा-तत्त्वम् (yathā-tattvam) - according to the truth (according to the truth, truly)

• यथा (yathā) - how (as, how, just as)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• दुहिता (duhitā) - daughter

• मुनेः (muneḥ) - of the sage (Viśvāmitra) (of the sage)

Words meanings and morphology

शकुन्तला (śakuntalā) - Śakuntalā

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakuntalā

śakuntalā - Śakuntalā (name of a female character)

उवाच (uvāca) - Śakuntalā said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (Liṭ Lakāra)

3rd person singular active voice perfect form of the root √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - how (as, how, just as)

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (story) (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

आगमः (āgamaḥ) - the knowledge (of her birth story) (coming, arrival, tradition, knowledge)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āgama

āgama - coming, arrival, approach, tradition, knowledge, scripture

Derived from ā-√gam (to come)

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me (how it reached me) (to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Dative singular form of asmad

यथा (yathā) - how (as, how, just as)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (event) (this, he, she, it)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

अभूत् (abhūt) - happened (was, happened, occurred)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist tense (Luṅ Lakāra)

3rd person singular active voice aorist form of the root √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

पुरा (purā) - in the past (formerly, in ancient times, before)

(indeclinable)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative mood (Loṭ Lakāra)

2nd person singular active voice imperative form of the root √śru

Root: śru (class 5)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

यथा-तत्त्वम् (yathā-tattvam) - according to the truth (according to the truth, truly)

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound: yathā (as) + tattva (truth, reality)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+tattva)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• tattva – truth, reality, essence, principle
  noun (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - how (as, how, just as)

(indeclinable)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Present tense (Laṭ Lakāra)

1st person singular active voice present form of the root √as

Root: as (class 2)

दुहिता (duhitā) - daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duhitṛ

duhitṛ - daughter

मुनेः (muneḥ) - of the sage (Viśvāmitra) (of the sage)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, holy man