महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-75, verse-14

देवयान्युवाच ।
दासीं कन्यासहस्रेण शर्मिष्ठामभिकामये ।
अनु मां तत्र गच्छेत्सा यत्र दास्यति मे पिता ॥१४॥

14. devayānyuvāca ,
dāsīṁ kanyāsahasreṇa śarmiṣṭhāmabhikāmaye ,
anu māṁ tatra gacchetsā yatra dāsyati me pitā.

14. devayānī uvāca dāsīm kanyāsahasreṇa śarmiṣṭhām abhikāmaye
anu mām tatra gacchet sā yatra dāsyati me pitā

14. Devayani said, "I desire Sharmishtha, along with a thousand maidens, as my maidservant. She should follow me wherever my father gives me (in marriage)."

Words meanings summery:

• देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayani (name of Shukracharya's daughter)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• दासीम् (dāsīm) - as a maidservant (maidservant, female slave)

• कन्यासहस्रेण (kanyāsahasreṇa) - along with a thousand maidens (with a thousand maidens, with a thousand daughters)

• शर्मिष्ठाम् (śarmiṣṭhām) - Sharmishtha (name of Vrishaparva's daughter)

• अभिकामये (abhikāmaye) - I intensely desire (I desire, I wish for)

• अनु (anu) - following (after, along with, following)

• माम् (mām) - me (Devayani) (me)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• गच्छेत् (gacchet) - she should follow (she should go, she might go)

• सा (sā) - she (Sharmishtha) (she)

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• दास्यति (dāsyati) - will give (in marriage) (will give, will bestow)

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

• पिता (pitā) - my father (Shukracharya) (father)

Words meanings and morphology

देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayani (name of Shukracharya's daughter)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devayānī

devayānī - Devayani (name)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active

Formed from root vac, reduplicated, Class 2.

Root: vac (class 2)

दासीम् (dāsīm) - as a maidservant (maidservant, female slave)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dāsī

dāsī - maidservant, female slave, woman of low caste

Note: Predicate accusative, describing Sharmishtha's desired role.

कन्यासहस्रेण (kanyāsahasreṇa) - along with a thousand maidens (with a thousand maidens, with a thousand daughters)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kanyāsahasra

kanyāsahasra - a thousand maidens/daughters

Compound.

Compound type : dvigu (kanyā+sahasra)

• kanyā – maiden, girl, daughter
  noun (feminine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Indicates accompaniment.

शर्मिष्ठाम् (śarmiṣṭhām) - Sharmishtha (name of Vrishaparva's daughter)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śarmiṣṭhā

śarmiṣṭhā - Sharmishtha (name)

Note: Object of 'abhikāmaye'.

अभिकामये (abhikāmaye) - I intensely desire (I desire, I wish for)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kām

present middle

From root kām (1A), with prefix abhi-.

Prefix: abhi

Root: kam (class 1)

अनु (anu) - following (after, along with, following)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as a preposition with 'mām'.

माम् (mām) - me (Devayani) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Object of the implied verb of motion or used with 'anu' meaning 'after me'.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

गच्छेत् (gacchet) - she should follow (she should go, she might go)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of gam

optative active

From root gam (1P), optative mood.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Expresses a wish or command.

सा (sā) - she (Sharmishtha) (she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

Note: Feminine nominative singular, referring to Sharmishtha.

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

दास्यति (dāsyati) - will give (in marriage) (will give, will bestow)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of dā

future active

From root dā (3P).

Root: dā (class 3)

मे (me) - to me (Devayani) (to me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Enclitic form for 'to me'.

पिता (pitā) - my father (Shukracharya) (father)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Subject of 'dāsyati'.