महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-94, verse-43

तामपृच्छत्स दृष्ट्वैव कन्यामसितलोचनाम् ।
कस्य त्वमसि का चासि किं च भीरु चिकीर्षसि ॥४३॥

43. tāmapṛcchatsa dṛṣṭvaiva kanyāmasitalocanām ,
kasya tvamasi kā cāsi kiṁ ca bhīru cikīrṣasi.

43. tām apṛcchat saḥ dṛṣṭvā eva kanyām asitalocanām
kasya tvam asi kā ca asi kim ca bhīru cikīrṣasi

43. Seeing that dark-eyed maiden, he immediately asked her, "Whose are you? And who are you? And what do you, timid one, wish to do?"

43. כשראה את הנערה כהת העיניים, הוא שאל אותה בת מי היא, מי היא ומה היא מבקשת לעשות, הו ביישנית.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - that maiden (her, that)

• अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - he asked, he inquired

• सः (saḥ) - King Shantanu (he)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having perceived

• एव (eva) - immediately (indeed, certainly, just, only)

• कन्याम् (kanyām) - maiden, girl, daughter

• असितलोचनाम् (asitalocanām) - dark-eyed, black-eyed

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• असि (asi) - you are

• का (kā) - who, what

• च (ca) - and, also

• असि (asi) - you are

• किम् (kim) - what

• च (ca) - and, also

• भीरु (bhīru) - O timid one (vocative) (timid one, fearful one)

• चिकीर्षसि (cikīrṣasi) - you wish to do, you intend to do

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - that maiden (her, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - he asked, he inquired

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pṛcch

Root: pṛch (class 6)

सः (saḥ) - King Shantanu (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having perceived

(indeclinable)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: absolutive (gerund)

एव (eva) - immediately (indeed, certainly, just, only)

(indeclinable)

कन्याम् (kanyām) - maiden, girl, daughter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl, daughter, virgin

असितलोचनाम् (asitalocanām) - dark-eyed, black-eyed

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of asitalocanā

asitalocanā - dark-eyed, black-eyed

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (asita+locana)

• asita – dark, black, un-white
  adjective
  Prefix: a
• locana – eye, seeing
  noun (neuter)

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

का (kā) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Often used adverbially.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भीरु (bhīru) - O timid one (vocative) (timid one, fearful one)

(adjective)

Vocative, singular of bhīru

bhīru - timid, fearful, shy

Root: bhī (class 3)

चिकीर्षसि (cikīrṣasi) - you wish to do, you intend to do

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Desiderative present

Desiderative stem 'cikīrṣa' from root 'kṛ'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Previous Verse Next Verse