महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-41, verse-14

भोः किमागमने कृत्यमिति तस्याश्च निःसृता ।
वक्त्राच्छशाङ्कप्रतिमाद्वाणी संस्कारभूषिता ॥१४॥

14. bhoḥ kimāgamane kṛtyamiti tasyāśca niḥsṛtā ,
vaktrācchaśāṅkapratimādvāṇī saṁskārabhūṣitā.

14. bhoḥ kim āgamane kṛtyam iti tasyāḥ ca niḥsṛtā
vaktrāt śaśāṅkapratimāt vāṇī saṃskārabhūṣitā

14. ca tasyāḥ śaśāṅkapratimāt vaktrāt saṃskārabhūṣitā vāṇī 'bhoḥ,
āgamane kim kṛtyam' iti niḥsṛtā

14. And then, from her moon-like mouth, a speech, adorned with refinement, emerged, saying: 'Oh, what is the purpose of (your) arrival?'

Words meanings summery:

• भोः (bhoḥ) - Oh! (an exclamation) (O!, Hello!, Hark!)

• किम् (kim) - what (is the purpose)? (what?, why?, what for?)

• आगमने (āgamane) - in (your) arrival (in coming, at the arrival, concerning the arrival)

• कृत्यम् (kṛtyam) - purpose (deed, action, task, purpose, what is to be done)

• इति (iti) - (indicating the preceding words are a quote) (thus, so, end of quotation)

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - from her (the guru's wife) (from her, of her)

• च (ca) - and then (and, also)

• निःसृता (niḥsṛtā) - emerged (speech) (emerged, issued forth, came out)

• वक्त्रात् (vaktrāt) - from (her) mouth (from the mouth, from the face)

• शशाङ्कप्रतिमात् (śaśāṅkapratimāt) - moon-like (mouth) (resembling the moon, moon-like)

• वाणी (vāṇī) - speech (speech, voice, Sarasvatī)

• संस्कारभूषिता (saṁskārabhūṣitā) - adorned with refinement (of speech/culture) (adorned with refinement, purified by rites, adorned with sacred rites)

Words meanings and morphology

भोः (bhoḥ) - Oh! (an exclamation) (O!, Hello!, Hark!)

(indeclinable)

vocative particle

किम् (kim) - what (is the purpose)? (what?, why?, what for?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which, why

Note: Acts as an interrogative pronoun here, 'what (is the purpose)'.

आगमने (āgamane) - in (your) arrival (in coming, at the arrival, concerning the arrival)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of āgamana

āgamana - coming, arrival

from ā-√gam + -ana

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

कृत्यम् (kṛtyam) - purpose (deed, action, task, purpose, what is to be done)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛtya

kṛtya - what is to be done, duty, purpose

Gerundive

from √kṛ + -tya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इति (iti) - (indicating the preceding words are a quote) (thus, so, end of quotation)

(indeclinable)

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - from her (the guru's wife) (from her, of her)

(pronoun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Can be genitive or ablative. Here, ablative 'from her'.

च (ca) - and then (and, also)

(indeclinable)

निःसृता (niḥsṛtā) - emerged (speech) (emerged, issued forth, came out)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niḥsṛta

niḥsṛta - emerged, gone out, come forth

Past Passive Participle

from nir-√sṛ + -ta

Prefix: nis

Root: sṛ (class 1)

वक्त्रात् (vaktrāt) - from (her) mouth (from the mouth, from the face)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vaktra

vaktra - mouth, face, snout

Root: vac

शशाङ्कप्रतिमात् (śaśāṅkapratimāt) - moon-like (mouth) (resembling the moon, moon-like)

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śaśāṅkapratima

śaśāṅkapratima - resembling the moon, moon-like

from śaśāṅka + pratima

Compound type : upamāna-pūrvapada-karmadhāraya (śaśāṅka+pratima)

• śaśāṅka – moon
  noun (masculine)
  lit. 'hare-marked'
  Root: śaś
• pratima – resembling, like, image
  adjective
  from prati-√mā
  Prefix: prati
  Root: mā (class 2)

वाणी (vāṇī) - speech (speech, voice, Sarasvatī)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāṇī

vāṇī - speech, voice, Sarasvatī

from √vaṇ

Root: vaṇ

संस्कारभूषिता (saṁskārabhūṣitā) - adorned with refinement (of speech/culture) (adorned with refinement, purified by rites, adorned with sacred rites)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃskārabhūṣita

saṁskārabhūṣita - adorned by refinement/purification

Past Passive Participle

from saṃskāra + bhūṣita

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃskāra+bhūṣita)

• saṃskāra – refinement, purification, cultural impression
  noun (masculine)
  from sam-√kṛ + -ana
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• bhūṣita – adorned, decorated, embellished
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from √bhūṣ + -ita
  Root: bhūṣ (class 10)