महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-329, verse-22

तास्त्वाष्ट्र उवाच ।
क्व गमिष्यथ आस्यतां तावन्मया सह श्रेयो भविष्यतीति ।
तास्तमब्रुवन् ।
वयं देवस्त्रियोऽप्सरस इन्द्रं वरदं पुरा प्रभविष्णुं वृणीमह इति ॥२२॥

22. tāstvāṣṭra uvāca ,
kva gamiṣyatha āsyatāṁ tāvanmayā saha śreyo bhaviṣyatīti ,
tāstamabruvan ,
vayaṁ devastriyo'psarasa indraṁ varadaṁ purā prabhaviṣṇuṁ vṛṇīmaha iti.

22. tāḥ tvāṣṭraḥ uvāca | kva gamiṣyatha āsyatām
tāvat mayā saha śreyaḥ bhaviṣyati iti | tāḥ
tam abruvan | vayam devastriyaḥ apsarasaḥ
indram varadam purā prabhaviṣṇum vṛṇīmahe iti

22. tvāṣṭraḥ tāḥ uvāca kva gamiṣyatha tāvat mayā
saha āsyatām śreyaḥ bhaviṣyati iti tāḥ tam
abruvan vayam devastriyaḥ apsarasaḥ [santi]
purā varadam prabhaviṣṇum indram vṛṇīmahe iti

22. Tvaṣṭā's son (Viśvarūpa) said to them: "Where will you go? Stay here with me for a while; it will be beneficial for you." They said to him: "We are celestial women, apsarās. We chose Indra, the boon-giver, who was powerful in the past."

Words meanings summery:

• ताः (tāḥ) - to them (feminine plural)

• त्वाष्ट्रः (tvāṣṭraḥ) - Viśvarūpa, son of Tvaṣṭā (Tvaṣṭā's son (Viśvarūpa))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• क्व (kva) - where, whither

• गमिष्यथ (gamiṣyatha) - you (plural) will go

• आस्यताम् (āsyatām) - please stay, be seated (let it be sat, be seated (imperative, passive/impersonal))

• तावत् (tāvat) - for a while, for so long, just

• मया (mayā) - by me, with me

• सह (saha) - with

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - benefit, good, prosperity

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - it will be

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

• ताः (tāḥ) - they (feminine plural)

• तम् (tam) - to him

• अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said, spoke

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• देवस्त्रियः (devastriyaḥ) - celestial women, goddesses

• अप्सरसः (apsarasaḥ) - celestial nymphs, apsarās

• इन्द्रम् (indram) - Indra

• वरदम् (varadam) - boon-giver, bestower of boons

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past

• प्रभविष्णुम् (prabhaviṣṇum) - powerful, mighty

• वृणीमहे (vṛṇīmahe) - we choose, we select

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

Words meanings and morphology

ताः (tāḥ) - to them (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Implied dative (to them)

त्वाष्ट्रः (tvāṣṭraḥ) - Viśvarūpa, son of Tvaṣṭā (Tvaṣṭā's son (Viśvarūpa))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tvāṣṭra

tvāṣṭra - son of Tvaṣṭṛ (Tvaṣṭā); relating to Tvaṣṭṛ

Taddhita derivative from Tvaṣṭṛ

Note: Refers to Viśvarūpa, son of Tvaṣṭā.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

क्व (kva) - where, whither

(indeclinable)

गमिष्यथ (gamiṣyatha) - you (plural) will go

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

आस्यताम् (āsyatām) - please stay, be seated (let it be sat, be seated (imperative, passive/impersonal))

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of ās

Root: ās (class 2)

Note: Used impersonally or as a polite command.

तावत् (tāvat) - for a while, for so long, just

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me, with me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

सह (saha) - with

(indeclinable)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - benefit, good, prosperity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - good, fortune, prosperity, welfare, moral merit

Comparative/superlative of śrī (beauty, good fortune)

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - it will be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

(indeclinable)

ताः (tāḥ) - they (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the apsarās

तम् (tam) - to him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Implied dative (to him, Viśvarūpa)

अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

देवस्त्रियः (devastriyaḥ) - celestial women, goddesses

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devastrī

devastrī - a goddess, a celestial woman

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+strī)

• deva – god, deity, divine
  noun (masculine)
• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)

अप्सरसः (apsarasaḥ) - celestial nymphs, apsarās

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of apsaras

apsaras - celestial nymph, a mythological being of the clouds and waters

इन्द्रम् (indram) - Indra

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra (chief of the gods, god of rain and thunder)

वरदम् (varadam) - boon-giver, bestower of boons

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of varada

varada - granting wishes, bestowing boons, boon-giver

vara (boon) + da (giving, from root dā)

Compound type : upapada-tatpurusha (vara+da)

• vara – boon, blessing, wish, choice
  noun (masculine)
• da – giver, bestower
  adjective (masculine)
  From root dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with indram

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past

(indeclinable)

प्रभविष्णुम् (prabhaviṣṇum) - powerful, mighty

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prabhaviṣṇu

prabhaviṣṇu - powerful, mighty, able, supreme, pre-eminent

From pra- + bhū (to be, become, be powerful)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with indram

वृणीमहे (vṛṇīmahe) - we choose, we select

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛ

Root: vṛ (class 9)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

(indeclinable)