महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-218, verse-11

शक्र उवाच ।
कथं त्वया बलिस्त्यक्तः किमर्थं वा शिखण्डिनि ।
कथं च मां न जह्यास्त्वं तन्मे ब्रूहि शुचिस्मिते ॥११॥

11. śakra uvāca ,
kathaṁ tvayā balistyaktaḥ kimarthaṁ vā śikhaṇḍini ,
kathaṁ ca māṁ na jahyāstvaṁ tanme brūhi śucismite.

11. śakra uvāca katham tvayā baliḥ tyaktaḥ kim artham vā
śikhaṇḍini katham ca mām na jahyāḥ tvam tat me brūhi śucismite

11. śakra uvāca śikhaṇḍini baliḥ tvayā katham vā kim artham
tyaktaḥ ca tvam mām katham na jahyāḥ tat me brūhi śucismite

11. Indra said: "O Śikhaṇḍinī, how or why was Bali abandoned by you? And how is it that you would not abandon me? Tell me that, O pure-smiling one."

Words meanings summery:

• शक्र (śakra) - Indra (an epithet of Indra)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• बलिः (baliḥ) - King Bali

• त्यक्तः (tyaktaḥ) - abandoned, forsaken, given up

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• अर्थम् (artham) - purpose, reason, meaning, wealth

• वा (vā) - or, either, and

• शिखण्डिनि (śikhaṇḍini) - O Śikhaṇḍinī (an epithet for Śrī) (O crested one; O peahen)

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

• च (ca) - and, also

• माम् (mām) - me

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• जह्याः (jahyāḥ) - you would abandon, you would give up

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• तत् (tat) - that (matter) (that, that one)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, my)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

• शुचिस्मिते (śucismite) - O pure-smiling one

Words meanings and morphology

शक्र (śakra) - Indra (an epithet of Indra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - powerful, mighty; a name of Indra

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

(indeclinable)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of tvam

tvam - you

बलिः (baliḥ) - King Bali

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bali

bali - offering, tribute; name of a demon king

त्यक्तः (tyaktaḥ) - abandoned, forsaken, given up

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyakta

tyakta - abandoned, forsaken, given up

Past Passive Participle

from root tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which

Note: Used as an interrogative adjective here.

अर्थम् (artham) - purpose, reason, meaning, wealth

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - aim, purpose, meaning, object, wealth

Note: In 'kim artham' it means 'for what purpose/why'.

वा (vā) - or, either, and

(indeclinable)

शिखण्डिनि (śikhaṇḍini) - O Śikhaṇḍinī (an epithet for Śrī) (O crested one; O peahen)

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of śikhaṇḍinī

śikhaṇḍinī - crested, adorned with a crest; a peahen; an epithet of Lakshmi

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

जह्याः (jahyāḥ) - you would abandon, you would give up

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of hā

Root: hā (class 3)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

तत् (tat) - that (matter) (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, it

मे (me) - to me (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

शुचिस्मिते (śucismite) - O pure-smiling one

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of śucismitā

śucismitā - having a pure smile, bright-smiling

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śuci+smita)

• śuci – pure, clean, white
  adjective (masculine)
• smita – smile, smiling
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root smi
  Root: smi (class 1)