महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-75, verse-21

देवयान्युवाच ।
स्तुवतो दुहिता तेऽहं बन्दिनः प्रतिगृह्णतः ।
स्तूयमानस्य दुहिता कथं दासी भविष्यसि ॥२१॥

21. devayānyuvāca ,
stuvato duhitā te'haṁ bandinaḥ pratigṛhṇataḥ ,
stūyamānasya duhitā kathaṁ dāsī bhaviṣyasi.

21. devayānī uvāca stuvataḥ duhitā te aham bandinaḥ
pratigṛhṇataḥ stūyamānasya duhitā katham dāsī bhaviṣyasi

21. Devayani said, "I am the daughter of one who praises and receives (gifts). How can you, the daughter of one who is praised, become a maidservant?"

Words meanings summery:

• देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayani (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• स्तुवतः (stuvataḥ) - (referring to Devayani's father, Shukra) (of him who praises)

• दुहिता (duhitā) - daughter

• ते (te) - your

• अहम् (aham) - I

• बन्दिनः (bandinaḥ) - (describing Devayani's father, Shukra) (of the bard, of the panegyrist)

• प्रतिगृह्णतः (pratigṛhṇataḥ) - (describing Devayani's father, Shukra) (of him who receives, of the recipient)

• स्तूयमानस्य (stūyamānasya) - (referring to Sharmishtha's father, Vṛṣaparvan) (of him who is being praised)

• दुहिता (duhitā) - daughter

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

• दासी (dāsī) - maidservant, female slave

• भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will be, you will become

Words meanings and morphology

देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayani (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devayānī

devayānī - Devayani (daughter of Shukra)

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)

स्तुवतः (stuvataḥ) - (referring to Devayani's father, Shukra) (of him who praises)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of stuvat

stuvat - praising, eulogizing

Present Active Participle

From root stu (to praise), Present Active Participle, masculine/neuter, genitive singular.

Root: stu (class 2)

दुहिता (duhitā) - daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duhitṛ

duhitṛ - daughter

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form for genitive or dative singular. Its precise grammatical relation here can be ambiguous; often it is translated as an ethical dative ('for you') or simply dropped in English. Here, interpreted as a possessive, possibly implying 'my' in a broader sense or an address to the listener.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

बन्दिनः (bandinaḥ) - (describing Devayani's father, Shukra) (of the bard, of the panegyrist)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bandin

bandin - bard, panegyrist, praiser, prisoner

प्रतिगृह्णतः (pratigṛhṇataḥ) - (describing Devayani's father, Shukra) (of him who receives, of the recipient)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pratigṛhṇat

pratigṛhṇat - receiving, accepting

Present Active Participle

From root grah (to seize, take) with upasarga prati. Present Active Participle, masculine/neuter, genitive singular.

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

स्तूयमानस्य (stūyamānasya) - (referring to Sharmishtha's father, Vṛṣaparvan) (of him who is being praised)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of stūyamāna

stūyamāna - being praised, eulogized

Present Passive Participle

From root stu (to praise), Present Passive Participle, masculine/neuter, genitive singular.

Root: stu (class 2)

दुहिता (duhitā) - daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duhitṛ

duhitṛ - daughter

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

(indeclinable)

दासी (dāsī) - maidservant, female slave

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dāsī

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

भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will be, you will become

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Future Active

Root bhū, Future tense, 2nd person, singular, parasmaipada.

Root: bhū (class 1)