महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-92, verse-30

तामुवाच ततो राजा सान्त्वयञ्श्लक्ष्णया गिरा ।
देवी वा दानवी वा त्वं गन्धर्वी यदि वाप्सराः ॥३०॥

30. tāmuvāca tato rājā sāntvayañślakṣṇayā girā ,
devī vā dānavī vā tvaṁ gandharvī yadi vāpsarāḥ.

30. tām uvāca tataḥ rājā sāntvayan ślakṣṇayā girā
devī vā dānavī vā tvam gandharvī yadi vā apsarāḥ

30. Then the king, consoling her with gentle words, said to her, "Are you a goddess, or a Dānavī, or a Gandharvī, or an Apsarā?"

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - The woman from the previous verse. (her, to her)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• राजा (rājā) - king

• सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - consoling, pacifying

• श्लक्ष्णया (ślakṣṇayā) - gentle, smooth, soft

• गिरा (girā) - by word, with speech

• देवी (devī) - goddess

• वा (vā) - or

• दानवी (dānavī) - daughter of Danu, female demon

• वा (vā) - or

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• गन्धर्वी (gandharvī) - female Gandharva

• यदि (yadi) - if

• वा (vā) - or

• अप्सराः (apsarāḥ) - Apsara (celestial nymph)

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - The woman from the previous verse. (her, to her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense, reduplicated

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: From root vac, perfect form.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: Subject of uvāca.

सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - consoling, pacifying

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāntvayat

sāntvayat - consoling, pacifying

present active participle

from root sāntv (causative of san, or a denominative from sāntva)

Root: sāntv (class 10)

Note: Describes rājā.

श्लक्ष्णया (ślakṣṇayā) - gentle, smooth, soft

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ślakṣṇa

ślakṣṇa - smooth, soft, gentle, delicate

Note: Describes girā.

गिरा (girā) - by word, with speech

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of gir

gir - word, speech, voice

देवी (devī) - goddess

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, queen

Note: Null copula.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

दानवी (dānavī) - daughter of Danu, female demon

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dānavī

dānavī - daughter of Danu, female demon (Dānavī)

Note: Null copula.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

गन्धर्वी (gandharvī) - female Gandharva

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gandharvī

gandharvī - female Gandharva (celestial musician)

Note: Null copula.

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अप्सराः (apsarāḥ) - Apsara (celestial nymph)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of apsaras

apsaras - Apsara, celestial nymph

Note: Null copula.