महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-21, verse-20

स्त्र्युवाच ।
कौमारं ब्रह्मचर्यं मे कन्यैवास्मि न संशयः ।
कुरु मा विमतिं विप्र श्रद्धां विजहि मा मम ॥२०॥

20. stryuvāca ,
kaumāraṁ brahmacaryaṁ me kanyaivāsmi na saṁśayaḥ ,
kuru mā vimatiṁ vipra śraddhāṁ vijahi mā mama.

20. strī uvāca | kaumāraṃ brahmacaryaṃ me kanyā eva asmi na
saṃśayaḥ | kuru mā vimatiṃ vipra śraddhāṃ vijahi mā mama

20. strī uvāca me kaumāraṃ brahmacaryaṃ kanyā eva asmi na
saṃśayaḥ vipra mā vimatiṃ kuru mama śraddhāṃ mā vijahi

20. The woman said: 'My celibacy (brahmacarya) is like that of a young maiden; I am indeed a virgin, there is no doubt. O brahmin, do not entertain any doubts, and do not abandon your faith (śraddhā) in me.'

Words meanings summery:

• स्त्री (strī) - woman, female

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कौमारं (kaumāraṁ) - maidenly, youthful, pertaining to a youth

• ब्रह्मचर्यं (brahmacaryaṁ) - celibacy (brahmacarya) (celibacy, student life, religious studenthood)

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• कन्या (kanyā) - maiden, virgin, daughter

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• न (na) - not, no

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

• कुरु (kuru) - do, make, perform

• मा (mā) - not (prohibitive)

• विमतिं (vimatiṁ) - disbelief, doubt, wrong idea

• विप्र (vipra) - O brahmin, inspired one

• श्रद्धां (śraddhāṁ) - faith (śraddhā) (faith, trust, confidence)

• विजहि (vijahi) - abandon, forsake, give up

• मा (mā) - not (prohibitive)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

Words meanings and morphology

स्त्री (strī) - woman, female

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

कौमारं (kaumāraṁ) - maidenly, youthful, pertaining to a youth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kaumāra

kaumāra - maidenhood, youth, pertaining to a kumāra

Note: Agrees with brahmacaryam

ब्रह्मचर्यं (brahmacaryaṁ) - celibacy (brahmacarya) (celibacy, student life, religious studenthood)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahmacarya

brahmacarya - celibacy, student life, religious studenthood, practice of brahman

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+caryā)

• brahman – brahman, sacred knowledge, priest
  noun (neuter)
• caryā – conduct, practice, course
  noun (feminine)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

कन्या (kanyā) - maiden, virgin, daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, virgin, daughter

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty

कुरु (kuru) - do, make, perform

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मा (mā) - not (prohibitive)

(indeclinable)

विमतिं (vimatiṁ) - disbelief, doubt, wrong idea

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vimati

vimati - disbelief, doubt, wrong idea

विप्र (vipra) - O brahmin, inspired one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - brahmin, inspired one, priest

श्रद्धां (śraddhāṁ) - faith (śraddhā) (faith, trust, confidence)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śraddhā

śraddhā - faith, trust, confidence, belief

विजहि (vijahi) - abandon, forsake, give up

(verb)

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

Prefix: vi

Root: hā (class 3)

मा (mā) - not (prohibitive)

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me