महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-95, verse-20

एका तिष्ठसि का नु त्वं कस्यार्थे किं प्रयोजनम् ।
पद्मिनीतीरमाश्रित्य ब्रूहि त्वं किं चिकीर्षसि ॥२०॥

20. ekā tiṣṭhasi kā nu tvaṁ kasyārthe kiṁ prayojanam ,
padminītīramāśritya brūhi tvaṁ kiṁ cikīrṣasi.

20. ekā tiṣṭhasi kā nu tvam kasya arthe kim prayojanam
padminītīram āśritya brūhi tvam kim cikīrṣasi

20. tvam ekā tiṣṭhasi nu kā kasya arthe kim prayojanam
padminītīram āśritya tvam kim cikīrṣasi brūhi

20. Who are you, standing alone? What is your purpose, and for whose sake are you here? Tell us what you intend to do, having taken refuge on the bank of this lotus pond.

Words meanings summery:

• एका (ekā) - alone, solitary, one

• तिष्ठसि (tiṣṭhasi) - you stand, you remain

• का (kā) - who

• नु (nu) - indeed, certainly, now, then

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• कस्य (kasya) - whose

• अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake of, for the purpose of

• किम् (kim) - what

• प्रयोजनम् (prayojanam) - purpose, object, motive

• पद्मिनीतीरम् (padminītīram) - the bank of this lotus pond (the bank of a lotus pond)

• आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in, having approached

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• किम् (kim) - what

• चिकीर्षसि (cikīrṣasi) - you wish to do, you intend to do

Words meanings and morphology

एका (ekā) - alone, solitary, one

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, solitary, alone

तिष्ठसि (tiṣṭhasi) - you stand, you remain

(verb)

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

Root: sthā (class 1)

का (kā) - who

(interrogative pronoun)

नु (nu) - indeed, certainly, now, then

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

कस्य (kasya) - whose

(interrogative pronoun)

अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake of, for the purpose of

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, object, wealth

Note: Often functions as an indeclinable 'for the sake of' when combined with genitive.

किम् (kim) - what

(interrogative pronoun)

प्रयोजनम् (prayojanam) - purpose, object, motive

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prayojana

prayojana - purpose, motive, object, use

Derived from pra-yuj (to yoke, to employ) with suffix -ana.

Prefix: pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

पद्मिनीतीरम् (padminītīram) - the bank of this lotus pond (the bank of a lotus pond)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of padminītīra

padminītīra - bank of a lotus pond

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (padminī+tīra)

• padminī – lotus pond, collection of lotuses
  noun (feminine)
• tīra – bank, shore, coast
  noun (neuter)

आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in, having approached

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Gerund of root śri with upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

किम् (kim) - what

(interrogative pronoun)

चिकीर्षसि (cikīrṣasi) - you wish to do, you intend to do

(verb)

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

desiderative verb

Desiderative form of root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)