महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-76, verse-7

ययातिरुवाच ।
द्वाभ्यां कन्यासहस्राभ्यां द्वे कन्ये परिवारिते ।
गोत्रे च नामनी चैव द्वयोः पृच्छामि वामहम् ॥७॥

7. yayātiruvāca ,
dvābhyāṁ kanyāsahasrābhyāṁ dve kanye parivārite ,
gotre ca nāmanī caiva dvayoḥ pṛcchāmi vāmaham.

7. yayātiḥ uvāca dvābhyām kanyāsahasrābhyām dve kanye
parivārite gotre ca nāmanī ca eva dvayoḥ pṛcchāmi vām aham

7. Yayāti said: "You two maidens are attended by two thousand other maidens. I ask both of you for your lineage and names."

Words meanings summery:

• ययातिः (yayātiḥ) - Yayāti

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• द्वाभ्याम् (dvābhyām) - by two, with two

• कन्यासहस्राभ्याम् (kanyāsahasrābhyām) - accompanied by two thousand maidens (by two thousand maidens)

• द्वे (dve) - two

• कन्ये (kanye) - two maidens

• परिवारिते (parivārite) - surrounded, accompanied

• गोत्रे (gotre) - your two lineages (lineage, family, clan)

• च (ca) - and, also

• नामनी (nāmanī) - your two names (names)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• द्वयोः (dvayoḥ) - of both

• पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask

• वाम् (vām) - you (two)

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

ययातिः (yayātiḥ) - Yayāti

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yayāti

yayāti - Yayāti (a legendary king, son of Nāhuṣa)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of √vac

Perfect tense

Reduplicated perfect form of √vac (2nd conjugation, parasmaipada). Irregular past form.

Root: √vac (class 2)

द्वाभ्याम् (dvābhyām) - by two, with two

(numeral)

Note: Used with 'kanyāsahasrābhyām'

कन्यासहस्राभ्याम् (kanyāsahasrābhyām) - accompanied by two thousand maidens (by two thousand maidens)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, dual of kanyāsahasra

kanyāsahasra - a thousand maidens

Compound of kanyā (maiden) and sahasra (thousand).

Compound type : tatpurusha (kanyā+sahasra)

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

Note: Refers to two groups of a thousand maidens each (two thousands of maidens).

द्वे (dve) - two

(numeral)

कन्ये (kanye) - two maidens

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl, daughter

परिवारिते (parivārite) - surrounded, accompanied

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of parivārita

parivārita - surrounded, accompanied, guarded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √vṛ (5th/9th conjugation, parasmaipada/ātmanepada) with upasarga pari and causative suffix.

Prefix: pari

Root: √vṛ (class 5)

गोत्रे (gotre) - your two lineages (lineage, family, clan)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of gotra

gotra - lineage, family, clan, race

Note: In dual, referring to the lineages of the two maidens.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नामनी (nāmanī) - your two names (names)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, designation

Note: In dual, referring to the names of the two maidens.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

द्वयोः (dvayoḥ) - of both

(numeral)

पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √prach

Present tense

Present form of √prach (6th conjugation, parasmaipada).

Root: √prach (class 6)

वाम् (vām) - you (two)

(pronoun)

Accusative, dual of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (pronoun)