महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-95, verse-21

यातुधान्युवाच ।
यास्मि सास्म्यनुयोगो मे न कर्तव्यः कथंचन ।
आरक्षिणीं मां पद्मिन्या वित्त सर्वे तपोधनाः ॥२१॥

21. yātudhānyuvāca ,
yāsmi sāsmyanuyogo me na kartavyaḥ kathaṁcana ,
ārakṣiṇīṁ māṁ padminyā vitta sarve tapodhanāḥ.

21. yātudhāniḥ uvāca yā asmi sā asmi anuyogaḥ me na kartavyaḥ
kathaṃcana ārakṣiṇīm mām padminyāḥ vitta sarve tapodhanāḥ

21. yātudhāniḥ uvāca yā asmi sā asmi me anuyogaḥ kathaṃcana na
kartavyaḥ sarve tapodhanāḥ mām padminyāḥ ārakṣiṇīm vitta

21. The female demon (yātudhāni) said: 'What I am, that I am. My identity should not be questioned at all. All you ascetics (tapodhana), know me as the guardian of this lotus pond.'

Words meanings summery:

• यातुधानिः (yātudhāniḥ) - a female demoness

• उवाच (uvāca) - she spoke, she said

• या (yā) - who, which

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• सा (sā) - she, that

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• अनुयोगः (anuyogaḥ) - questioning, inquiry, accusation

• मे (me) - by me, my

• न (na) - not, no

• कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - to be done, proper, obligatory

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way, by any means, at all

• आरक्षिणीम् (ārakṣiṇīm) - guardian, protectress

• माम् (mām) - me

• पद्मिन्याः (padminyāḥ) - of the lotus pond

• वित्त (vitta) - know, understand

• सर्वे (sarve) - all of you (all)

• तपोधनाः (tapodhanāḥ) - you ascetics (ascetics, those whose wealth is austerity)

Words meanings and morphology

यातुधानिः (yātudhāniḥ) - a female demoness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yātudhāni

yātudhāni - a female demon, a rākṣasī

उवाच (uvāca) - she spoke, she said

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Strong form of root vac, with reduplication.

या (yā) - who, which

(relative pronoun)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

सा (sā) - she, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

अनुयोगः (anuyogaḥ) - questioning, inquiry, accusation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anuyoga

anuyoga - questioning, inquiry, accusation

Derived from anu-yuj (to join, to question) with suffix -a.

Prefix: anu

Root: yuj (class 7)

मे (me) - by me, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: This form can be genitive, dative, or locative. Here it functions as agent.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - to be done, proper, obligatory

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, ought to be done, proper

gerundive

Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya) from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way, by any means, at all

(indeclinable)

आरक्षिणीम् (ārakṣiṇīm) - guardian, protectress

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ārakṣiṇī

ārakṣiṇī - female guardian, protectress

feminine agent noun

Feminine form of ārakṣin, derived from ā-rakṣ (to protect)

Prefix: ā

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

पद्मिन्याः (padminyāḥ) - of the lotus pond

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of padminī

padminī - lotus pond, collection of lotuses

वित्त (vitta) - know, understand

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Root vid is class 2, often conjugated like class 6 in imperative.

सर्वे (sarve) - all of you (all)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every

Note: Often functions as an adjective as well.

तपोधनाः (tapodhanāḥ) - you ascetics (ascetics, those whose wealth is austerity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tapodhana

tapodhana - one whose wealth (dhana) is asceticism (tapas), an ascetic

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tapas+dhana)

• tapas – asceticism, austerity, heat
  noun (neuter)
• dhana – wealth, property, riches
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used here in a vocative sense.