महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-75, verse-20

शर्मिष्ठोवाच ।
अहं कन्यासहस्रेण दासी ते परिचारिका ।
अनु त्वां तत्र यास्यामि यत्र दास्यति ते पिता ॥२०॥

20. śarmiṣṭhovāca ,
ahaṁ kanyāsahasreṇa dāsī te paricārikā ,
anu tvāṁ tatra yāsyāmi yatra dāsyati te pitā.

20. śarmiṣṭhā uvāca aham kanyāsahasreṇa dāsī te paricārikā
anu tvām tatra yāsyāmi yatra dāsyati te pitā

20. Sharmishtha said, "I, with a thousand maidens, will be your maidservant and attendant. I will follow you wherever your father gives you."

Words meanings summery:

• शर्मिष्ठा (śarmiṣṭhā) - Sharmishtha (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अहम् (aham) - I

• कन्यासहस्रेण (kanyāsahasreṇa) - by a thousand maidens, with a thousand maidens

• दासी (dāsī) - maidservant, female slave

• ते (te) - (referring to Devayani) (your)

• परिचारिका (paricārikā) - attendant, female servant

• अनु (anu) - after, along, following

• त्वाम् (tvām) - (Devayani) (you)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• यास्यामि (yāsyāmi) - I shall go, I will go

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• दास्यति (dāsyati) - will give, will bestow

• ते (te) - (referring to Devayani) (your)

• पिता (pitā) - (Devayani's father, Shukra) (father)

Words meanings and morphology

शर्मिष्ठा (śarmiṣṭhā) - Sharmishtha (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śarmiṣṭhā

śarmiṣṭhā - Sharmishtha (daughter of Vṛṣaparvan, king of the Daityas)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root vac, Perfect tense, 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada.

Root: vac (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

कन्यासहस्रेण (kanyāsahasreṇa) - by a thousand maidens, with a thousand maidens

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kanyāsahasra

kanyāsahasra - a thousand maidens

Compound type : tatpurusha (kanyā+sahasra)

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

दासी (dāsī) - maidservant, female slave

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dāsī

dāsī - maidservant, female slave, woman of the lower class

ते (te) - (referring to Devayani) (your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form for genitive or dative singular.

परिचारिका (paricārikā) - attendant, female servant

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paricārikā

paricārikā - attendant, female servant, maid

Prefix: pari

Root: car (class 1)

अनु (anu) - after, along, following

(indeclinable)

Preposition/upasarga, here used as a preposition governing the accusative.

Note: Acts as a preposition governing the accusative 'tvām'.

त्वाम् (tvām) - (Devayani) (you)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with 'yatra'.

यास्यामि (yāsyāmi) - I shall go, I will go

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of yā

Future Active

Root yā, Future tense, 1st person, singular, parasmaipada.

Root: yā (class 2)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with 'tatra'.

दास्यति (dāsyati) - will give, will bestow

(verb)

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

Future Active

Root dā, Future tense, 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada.

Root: dā (class 1)

ते (te) - (referring to Devayani) (your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form for genitive or dative singular.

पिता (pitā) - (Devayani's father, Shukra) (father)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father