महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-28, verse-14

ब्रूहि रासभि कल्याणि माता मे येन दूषिता ।
कथं मां वेत्सि चण्डालं क्षिप्रं रासभि शंस मे ॥१४॥

14. brūhi rāsabhi kalyāṇi mātā me yena dūṣitā ,
kathaṁ māṁ vetsi caṇḍālaṁ kṣipraṁ rāsabhi śaṁsa me.

14. brūhi rāsabhi kalyāṇi mātā me yena dūṣitā katham
mām vetsi caṇḍālam kṣipram rāsabhi śaṃsa me

14. Tell me, O auspicious she-donkey, by whom my mother was defiled. How do you know me as an outcast (caṇḍāla)? Quickly, O she-donkey, tell me!

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, say

• रासभि (rāsabhi) - O she-donkey!

• कल्याणि (kalyāṇi) - O auspicious one! O good one!

• माता (mātā) - mother

• मे (me) - my (mother) (my, to me, for me)

• येन (yena) - by whom (my mother was defiled) (by whom, by which)

• दूषिता (dūṣitā) - defiled, polluted, corrupted

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• माम् (mām) - me

• वेत्सि (vetsi) - you know

• चण्डालम् (caṇḍālam) - an outcast, a caṇḍāla (a person of the lowest class)

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

• रासभि (rāsabhi) - O she-donkey!

• शंस (śaṁsa) - tell, declare, relate

• मे (me) - to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

रासभि (rāsabhi) - O she-donkey!

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of rāsabhī

rāsabhī - she-donkey

कल्याणि (kalyāṇi) - O auspicious one! O good one!

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of kalyāṇī

kalyāṇī - auspicious, beautiful, good (feminine form of kalyāṇa)

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

मे (me) - my (mother) (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

येन (yena) - by whom (my mother was defiled) (by whom, by which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yat

yat - who, which, what

दूषिता (dūṣitā) - defiled, polluted, corrupted

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dūṣita

dūṣita - defiled, polluted, corrupted, spoiled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dūṣ (to spoil, to pollute)

Root: dūṣ (class 4)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

वेत्सि (vetsi) - you know

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

चण्डालम् (caṇḍālam) - an outcast, a caṇḍāla (a person of the lowest class)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of caṇḍāla

caṇḍāla - an outcast, a member of the lowest caste

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage

रासभि (rāsabhi) - O she-donkey!

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of rāsabhī

rāsabhī - she-donkey

शंस (śaṁsa) - tell, declare, relate

(verb)

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

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I