महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-68, verse-79

सुनिकृष्टा च योनिस्ते पुंश्चली प्रतिभासि मे ।
यदृच्छया कामरागाज्जाता मेनकया ह्यसि ॥७९॥

79. sunikṛṣṭā ca yoniste puṁścalī pratibhāsi me ,
yadṛcchayā kāmarāgājjātā menakayā hyasi.

79. sunikṛṣṭā ca yoniḥ te puṃścalī pratibhāsi me
yadṛcchayā kāmarāgāt jātā menakayā hi asi

79. Your origin is very low, and you appear to me as a harlot. Indeed, you were born by Menaka out of lustful desire, purely by chance.

Words meanings summery:

• सुनिकृष्टा (sunikṛṣṭā) - very low, degraded, base, despised

• च (ca) - and, also

• योनिः (yoniḥ) - origin, birth, source, womb

• ते (te) - your, to you

• पुंश्चली (puṁścalī) - harlot, unchaste woman, loose woman

• प्रतिभासि (pratibhāsi) - you appear, you seem, you shine forth

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• यदृच्छया (yadṛcchayā) - by chance, by one's own will, spontaneously

• कामरागात् (kāmarāgāt) - from lustful desire, from passion

• जाता (jātā) - born, produced, arisen

• मेनकया (menakayā) - by Menaka

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• असि (asi) - you are

Words meanings and morphology

सुनिकृष्टा (sunikṛṣṭā) - very low, degraded, base, despised

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sunikṛṣṭa

sunikṛṣṭa - very low, degraded, base, despised

Past Passive Participle

Derived from ni-kṛṣṭa (drawn down, low, base) with su (very, exceedingly, good)

Prefixes: su+ni

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'yoniḥ' (origin) and implies something about 'you'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

योनिः (yoniḥ) - origin, birth, source, womb

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yoni

yoni - origin, birth, source, womb, place of birth

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Here used as a possessive pronoun, 'your'.

पुंश्चली (puṁścalī) - harlot, unchaste woman, loose woman

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of puṃścalī

puṁścalī - harlot, unchaste woman, loose woman

Note: Predicative nominative with 'pratibhāsi'.

प्रतिभासि (pratibhāsi) - you appear, you seem, you shine forth

(verb)

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

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Dative case, indicating 'to me'.

यदृच्छया (yadṛcchayā) - by chance, by one's own will, spontaneously

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yadṛcchā

yadṛcchā - chance, free will, spontaneity, accident

Note: Functions adverbially, indicating the manner of birth.

कामरागात् (kāmarāgāt) - from lustful desire, from passion

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāmarāga

kāmarāga - lustful desire, passion, sensual craving

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+rāga)

• kāma – desire, love, lust, sensual pleasure
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• rāga – passion, affection, color, musical mode
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Indicates the cause or source of birth.

जाता (jātā) - born, produced, arisen

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, become

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jan (to be born, produce)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject 'you' (Śakuntalā).

मेनकया (menakayā) - by Menaka

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of menakā

menakā - name of a celestial nymph (apsaras)

Note: Indicates the agent of the passive participle 'jātā'.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)