महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-20, verse-75

अथ सा स्त्री तदोवाच भगवन्पश्य वै रवेः ।
रूपं संध्याभ्रसंयुक्तं किमुपस्थाप्यतां तव ॥७५॥

75. atha sā strī tadovāca bhagavanpaśya vai raveḥ ,
rūpaṁ saṁdhyābhrasaṁyuktaṁ kimupasthāpyatāṁ tava.

75. atha sā strī tadā uvāca | bhagavan paśya vai raveḥ
| rūpaṃ sandhyābhrasaṃyuktaṃ kim upasthāpyatāṃ tava

75. atha sā strī tadā uvāca bhagavan vai raveḥ
sandhyābhrasaṃyuktaṃ rūpaṃ paśya tava kim upasthāpyatāṃ

75. Then that woman said, 'O revered one, behold the form of the sun, accompanied by the evening clouds. What shall be presented to you?'

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• स्त्री (strī) - woman, wife

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• उवाच (uvāca) - he/she said, spoke

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one, O lord

• पश्य (paśya) - see!, behold!

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• रवेः (raveḥ) - of the sun

• रूपं (rūpaṁ) - form, appearance, beauty

• सन्ध्याभ्रसंयुक्तं (sandhyābhrasaṁyuktaṁ) - accompanied by evening clouds, connected with twilight clouds

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?

• उपस्थाप्यतां (upasthāpyatāṁ) - let it be presented/offered/prepared

• तव (tava) - to you, for you, your

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, agreeing with 'strī'.

स्त्री (strī) - woman, wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, wife, female

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'tad' + suffix 'dā'.

उवाच (uvāca) - he/she said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Third person singular, perfect tense, active voice, parasmaipada. From root √vac (class 2).

Root: vac (class 2)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one, O lord

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, divine, venerable; lord, god, esteemed one

Derived from 'bhaga' (fortune, excellence) + 'vat' suffix.

Note: Addressed to the eminent brahmin.

पश्य (paśya) - see!, behold!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of paś

Imperative Active

Second person singular, imperative mood, active voice, parasmaipada. From root √dṛś, conjugated in class 1 as 'paśy'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

रवेः (raveḥ) - of the sun

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ravi

ravi - sun, sun-god

Note: Possessive, modifying 'rūpaṃ'.

रूपं (rūpaṁ) - form, appearance, beauty

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty, image

Note: Direct object of 'paśya'.

सन्ध्याभ्रसंयुक्तं (sandhyābhrasaṁyuktaṁ) - accompanied by evening clouds, connected with twilight clouds

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sandhyābhrasaṃyukta

sandhyābhrasaṁyukta - joined with/accompanied by evening clouds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi / tatpuruṣa (sandhyā+abhra+saṃyukta)

• sandhyā – twilight, evening, dusk
  noun (feminine)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
• saṃyukta – joined, united, connected, accompanied by
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √yuj with prefix saṃ.
  Prefix: saṃ
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'rūpaṃ'.

किम् (kim) - what?, why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

Note: Interrogative pronoun, subject of 'upasthāpyatāṃ'.

उपस्थाप्यतां (upasthāpyatāṁ) - let it be presented/offered/prepared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of sthā

Imperative Passive (Causative)

Third person singular, imperative mood, passive voice, causative form from root √sthā with prefix 'upa'.

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

तव (tava) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Here functioning with a dative sense, 'for you'.