महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-76, verse-10

ययातिरुवाच ।
कथं नु ते सखी दासी कन्येयं वरवर्णिनी ।
असुरेन्द्रसुता सुभ्रु परं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥१०॥

10. yayātiruvāca ,
kathaṁ nu te sakhī dāsī kanyeyaṁ varavarṇinī ,
asurendrasutā subhru paraṁ kautūhalaṁ hi me.

10. yayātiḥ uvāca katham nu te sakhī dāsī kanyā iyam
varavarṇinī asurendrasutā subhru param kautūhalam hi me

10. Yayāti said: "O girl of beautiful complexion, O lady with beautiful brows, how indeed is this girl, the daughter of the lord of asuras, your friend and yet a maidservant? Truly, I have great curiosity about this."

Words meanings summery:

• ययातिः (yayātiḥ) - Yayāti (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then

• ते (te) - your (friend) (your, to you)

• सखी (sakhī) - friend (feminine)

• दासी (dāsī) - maidservant, female slave

• कन्या (kanyā) - girl, maiden

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• वरवर्णिनी (varavarṇinī) - O beautiful-complexioned one, O lady of excellent color

• असुरेन्द्रसुता (asurendrasutā) - daughter of the lord of asuras

• सुभ्रु (subhru) - O beautiful-browed one, O lady with lovely eyebrows

• परम् (param) - great, supreme, excessive

• कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity, eagerness

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• मे (me) - in me, for me (I have) (my, to me)

Words meanings and morphology

ययातिः (yayātiḥ) - Yayāti (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yayāti

yayāti - Yayāti (a legendary king)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your (friend) (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

सखी (sakhī) - friend (feminine)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sakhī

sakhī - female friend, companion

दासी (dāsī) - maidservant, female slave

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dāsī

dāsī - female servant, maid, female slave

कन्या (kanyā) - girl, maiden

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - girl, maiden, daughter

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

वरवर्णिनी (varavarṇinī) - O beautiful-complexioned one, O lady of excellent color

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of varavarṇinī

varavarṇin - having an excellent complexion or color, beautiful-complexioned

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vara+varṇinī)

• vara – excellent, best, choice
  adjective
• varṇinī – having color/complexion, belonging to a class/caste
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of 'varṇin' derived from 'varṇa' (color/complexion/caste).

असुरेन्द्रसुता (asurendrasutā) - daughter of the lord of asuras

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asurendrasutā

asurendrasutā - daughter of the lord of Asuras

Compound type : tatpurusha (asura+indra+sutā)

• asura – demon, anti-god
  noun (masculine)
• indra – lord, chief, Indra
  noun (masculine)
• sutā – daughter
  noun (feminine)

सुभ्रु (subhru) - O beautiful-browed one, O lady with lovely eyebrows

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of subhru

subhru - having beautiful eyebrows

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+bhru)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• bhru – eyebrow
  noun (feminine)

परम् (param) - great, supreme, excessive

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, supreme, excellent, highest

Note: Used adverbially or as an adjective qualifying 'kautūhalam'.

कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity, eagerness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kautūhala

kautūhala - curiosity, eagerness, interest

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - in me, for me (I have) (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Often functions as dative of possession.