महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-308, verse-96

कासि कस्य कुतो वेति त्वयाहमभिचोदिता ।
तत्रोत्तरमिदं वाक्यं राजन्नेकमनाः शृणु ॥९६॥

96. kāsi kasya kuto veti tvayāhamabhicoditā ,
tatrottaramidaṁ vākyaṁ rājannekamanāḥ śṛṇu.

96. kā asi kasya kutaḥ vā iti tvayā aham abhicoditā
tatra uttaram idam vākyam rājan ekamanāḥ śṛṇu

96. tvayā aham "kā asi kasyāḥ (asi) kutaḥ vā (asi)" iti abhicoditā.
tatra idam uttaram vākyam (asti).
rājan,
ekamanāḥ (san) śṛṇu.

96. You have questioned me, 'Who are you? Whose are you? Or from where do you come?' In reply to that, O king, listen to this statement with a concentrated mind.

Words meanings summery:

• का (kā) - who are you? (feminine) (who? (feminine))

• असि (asi) - you are (in 'who are you?') (you are)

• कस्य (kasya) - whose (daughter, family, etc. are you?) (whose, of whom)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (do you come?) (from where, whence, why)

• वा (vā) - or (or, optionally)

• इति (iti) - thus, indicating direct speech (thus, so)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अभिचोदिता (abhicoditā) - questioned, asked (by you) (questioned, asked, impelled)

• तत्र (tatra) - in reply to that (question) (there, in that place, in that matter)

• उत्तरम् (uttaram) - answer, reply (answer, reply, northern, subsequent)

• इदम् (idam) - this (statement) (this)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, discourse (statement, sentence, discourse)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king (vocative address) (O king)

• एकमनाः (ekamanāḥ) - with a concentrated mind, attentively (with a concentrated mind, single-minded, attentive)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! (listen! hear!)

Words meanings and morphology

का (kā) - who are you? (feminine) (who? (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

असि (asi) - you are (in 'who are you?') (you are)

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

कस्य (kasya) - whose (daughter, family, etc. are you?) (whose, of whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (do you come?) (from where, whence, why)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of 'kim' (what/who).

वा (vā) - or (or, optionally)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, indicating direct speech (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular and plural)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

अभिचोदिता (abhicoditā) - questioned, asked (by you) (questioned, asked, impelled)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of abhicodita

abhicodita - impelled, urged, questioned, asked

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. of root 'cud' (to impel) with prefix 'abhi-'.

Prefix: abhi

Root: cud (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'aham' (if the speaker is feminine).

तत्र (tatra) - in reply to that (question) (there, in that place, in that matter)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of 'tad' (that).

उत्तरम् (uttaram) - answer, reply (answer, reply, northern, subsequent)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uttara

uttara - north, superior, subsequent, later, answer, reply

इदम् (idam) - this (statement) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, discourse (statement, sentence, discourse)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement, discourse

From 'vāc' (speech).

राजन् (rājan) - O king (vocative address) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

एकमनाः (ekamanāḥ) - with a concentrated mind, attentively (with a concentrated mind, single-minded, attentive)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekamanas

ekamanas - single-minded, concentrated, attentive

Bahuvrihi compound: 'eka' (one) + 'manas' (mind).

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (eka+manas)

• eka – one, single, alone
  numeral
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! (listen! hear!)

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)