महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-83, verse-10

न चापि त्वां धृष्णुमः प्रष्टुमग्रे न च त्वमस्मान्पृच्छसि ये वयं स्मः ।
तत्त्वां पृच्छामः स्पृहणीयरूपं कस्य त्वं वा किंनिमित्तं त्वमागाः ॥१०॥

10. na cāpi tvāṁ dhṛṣṇumaḥ praṣṭumagre; na ca tvamasmānpṛcchasi ye vayaṁ smaḥ ,
tattvāṁ pṛcchāmaḥ spṛhaṇīyarūpaṁ; kasya tvaṁ vā kiṁnimittaṁ tvamāgāḥ.

10. na ca api tvām dhṛṣṇumaḥ praṣṭum agre
na ca tvam asmān pṛcchasi ye vayam
smaḥ tat tvām pṛcchāmaḥ spṛhaṇīyarūpam
kasya tvam vā kimnimittam tvam āgāḥ

10. Nor do we dare to ask you first, nor do you ask us who we are. Therefore, we ask you, who possess a desirable form: whose are you, and for what reason have you come?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• धृष्णुमः (dhṛṣṇumaḥ) - we dare, we are bold enough

• प्रष्टुम् (praṣṭum) - to ask

• अग्रे (agre) - in front, first, before

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us

• पृच्छसि (pṛcchasi) - you ask

• ये (ye) - who (plural)

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• स्मः (smaḥ) - we are

• तत् (tat) - therefore, that

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• पृच्छामः (pṛcchāmaḥ) - we ask

• स्पृहणीयरूपम् (spṛhaṇīyarūpam) - of desirable form/appearance

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• वा (vā) - or, and

• किम्निमित्तम् (kimnimittam) - for what reason, why

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• आगाः (āgāḥ) - you came

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

धृष्णुमः (dhṛṣṇumaḥ) - we dare, we are bold enough

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (lat) of dhṛṣ

Present tense, 1st person plural, active voice. Root is 5th class.

Root: dhṛṣ (class 5)

प्रष्टुम् (praṣṭum) - to ask

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Derived from root praś (pṛcch) with suffix -tum

Root: praś (class 6)

अग्रे (agre) - in front, first, before

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage of locative singular.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

अस्मान् (asmān) - us

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - we (pronoun)

पृच्छसि (pṛcchasi) - you ask

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of pṛcch

Present tense, 2nd person singular, active voice

Root: praś (class 6)

Note: Root praś becomes pṛcch in present stem.

ये (ye) - who (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with vayam.

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - we (pronoun)

स्मः (smaḥ) - we are

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (lat) of as

Present tense, 1st person plural, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

तत् (tat) - therefore, that

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Object of pṛcchāmaḥ.

पृच्छामः (pṛcchāmaḥ) - we ask

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (lat) of pṛcch

Present tense, 1st person plural, active voice

Root: praś (class 6)

Note: Root praś becomes pṛcch in present stem.

स्पृहणीयरूपम् (spṛhaṇīyarūpam) - of desirable form/appearance

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of spṛhaṇīyarūpa

spṛhaṇīyarūpa - of desirable form, beautiful, lovely

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (spṛhaṇīya+rūpa)

• spṛhaṇīya – desirable, longed for, enviable
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root spṛh with suffix -anīya
  Root: spṛh (class 10)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with tvām (you).

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

किम्निमित्तम् (kimnimittam) - for what reason, why

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kim+nimitta)

• kim – what, which
  pronoun (neuter)
• nimitta – cause, reason, motive
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adverbial usage.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Subject of āgāḥ.

आगाः (āgāḥ) - you came

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of gam

Aorist, 2nd person singular, active voice (from ā-gam)

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)