महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-28, verse-16

गर्दभ्युवाच ।
ब्राह्मण्यां वृषलेन त्वं मत्तायां नापितेन ह ।
जातस्त्वमसि चण्डालो ब्राह्मण्यं तेन तेऽनशत् ॥१६॥

16. gardabhyuvāca ,
brāhmaṇyāṁ vṛṣalena tvaṁ mattāyāṁ nāpitena ha ,
jātastvamasi caṇḍālo brāhmaṇyaṁ tena te'naśat.

16. gardabhī uvāca brāhmaṇyām vṛṣalena tvam mattāyām nāpitena
ha jātaḥ tvam asi caṇḍālaḥ brāhmaṇyam tena te anaśat

16. gardabhī uvāca tvam caṇḍālaḥ jātaḥ asi brāhmaṇyām
mattāyām vṛṣalena nāpitena ha tena te brāhmaṇyam anaśat

16. The she-donkey said: 'You were born an outcast (caṇḍāla) to a Brahmin woman who was intoxicated, fathered by a vṛṣala man, indeed by a barber. Because of this, your Brahmin status has been destroyed.'

Words meanings summery:

• गर्दभी (gardabhī) - she-donkey

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ब्राह्मण्याम् (brāhmaṇyām) - in a Brahmin woman, to a Brahmin woman

• वृषलेन (vṛṣalena) - by a vṛṣala (an outcast man)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• मत्तायाम् (mattāyām) - referring to the Brahmin woman (in/to (her) who was intoxicated, while intoxicated)

• नापितेन (nāpitena) - by a barber

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly, an emphatic particle

• जातः (jātaḥ) - born, produced

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• असि (asi) - you are

• चण्डालः (caṇḍālaḥ) - an outcast, a caṇḍāla

• ब्राह्मण्यम् (brāhmaṇyam) - Brahmin status, Brahmin-ness

• तेन (tena) - by that, because of that

• ते (te) - your, to you

• अनशत् (anaśat) - it perished, it was destroyed

Words meanings and morphology

गर्दभी (gardabhī) - she-donkey

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gardabhī

gardabhī - she-donkey

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्राह्मण्याम् (brāhmaṇyām) - in a Brahmin woman, to a Brahmin woman

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of brāhmaṇī

brāhmaṇī - a Brahmin woman

वृषलेन (vṛṣalena) - by a vṛṣala (an outcast man)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vṛṣala

vṛṣala - an outcast, a man of a low caste, a śūdra

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

मत्तायाम् (mattāyām) - referring to the Brahmin woman (in/to (her) who was intoxicated, while intoxicated)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of matta

matta - intoxicated, drunk, infatuated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root mad- with -ta suffix

Root: mad (class 4)

नापितेन (nāpitena) - by a barber

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nāpita

nāpita - barber

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly, an emphatic particle

(indeclinable)

जातः (jātaḥ) - born, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jan- with -ta suffix

Root: jan (class 4)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

चण्डालः (caṇḍālaḥ) - an outcast, a caṇḍāla

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of caṇḍāla

caṇḍāla - an outcast, a man of the lowest caste

ब्राह्मण्यम् (brāhmaṇyam) - Brahmin status, Brahmin-ness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brāhmaṇya

brāhmaṇya - Brahmin status, quality of a Brahmin

तेन (tena) - by that, because of that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अनशत् (anaśat) - it perished, it was destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (luṅ) of naś

Root: naś (class 4)