महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-34, verse-11

अर्जुन उवाच ।
क्व नु सा ब्राह्मणी कृष्ण क्व चासौ ब्राह्मणर्षभः ।
याभ्यां सिद्धिरियं प्राप्ता तावुभौ वद मेऽच्युत ॥११॥

11. arjuna uvāca ,
kva nu sā brāhmaṇī kṛṣṇa kva cāsau brāhmaṇarṣabhaḥ ,
yābhyāṁ siddhiriyaṁ prāptā tāvubhau vada me'cyuta.

11. arjunaḥ uvāca kva nu sā brāhmaṇī kṛṣṇa kva ca asau brāhmaṇarṣabhaḥ
yābhyām siddhiḥ iyaṃ prāptā tau ubhau vada me acyuta

11. arjunaḥ uvāca he kṛṣṇa kva nu sā brāhmaṇī? kva ca asau brāhmaṇarṣabhaḥ? yābhyām iyaṃ siddhiḥ prāptā,
he acyuta,
tau ubhau me vada.

11. Arjuna said: Where, pray tell, O Krishna, is that brāhmaṇī? And where is that best among brahmins (brāhmaṇarṣabha)? O Acyuta, tell me about both of them, by whom this spiritual perfection (siddhi) was attained.

Words meanings summery:

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• क्व (kva) - where?

• नु (nu) - now, indeed, pray tell

• सा (sā) - that, she

• ब्राह्मणी (brāhmaṇī) - female Brahmin

• कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Krishna

• क्व (kva) - where?

• च (ca) - and, also

• असौ (asau) - that (person/thing yonder)

• ब्राह्मणर्षभः (brāhmaṇarṣabhaḥ) - best among brahmins, excellent brahmin

• याभ्याम् (yābhyām) - by whom (dual)

• सिद्धिः (siddhiḥ) - perfection, accomplishment, spiritual power

• इयं (iyaṁ) - this

• प्राप्ता (prāptā) - attained, obtained, reached

• तौ (tau) - those two

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• वद (vada) - tell, speak

• मे (me) - to me

• अच्युत (acyuta) - O Acyuta (Krishna)

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (name of a Pandava prince), white, silver

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb, 'where?'

नु (nu) - now, indeed, pray tell

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - that, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ब्राह्मणी (brāhmaṇī) - female Brahmin

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of brāhmaṇī

brāhmaṇī - a female Brahmin, wife of a Brahmin

कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Krishna

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Krishna (a deity), black, dark

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb, 'where?'

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - that (person/thing yonder)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (yonder), this, he, she, it

ब्राह्मणर्षभः (brāhmaṇarṣabhaḥ) - best among brahmins, excellent brahmin

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇarṣabha

brāhmaṇarṣabha - best among Brahmins, an excellent Brahmin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brāhmaṇa+ṛṣabha)

• brāhmaṇa – Brahmin, relating to Brahman
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – a bull, the best, chief, pre-eminent
  noun (masculine)

याभ्याम् (yābhyām) - by whom (dual)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, dual of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to both the brāhmaṇī and the brāhmaṇarṣabha.

सिद्धिः (siddhiḥ) - perfection, accomplishment, spiritual power

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of siddhi

siddhi - perfection, accomplishment, success, spiritual power, liberation

Derived from root sidh (to succeed)

Root: sidh (class 4)

इयं (iyaṁ) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

प्राप्ता (prāptā) - attained, obtained, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āp

āp - to obtain, to reach, to attain

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root āp (to obtain) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of ubhā

ubhā - both

वद (vada) - tell, speak

(verb)

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

Root: vad (class 1)

मे (me) - to me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Enclitic form of the dative/genitive of 'I'.

अच्युत (acyuta) - O Acyuta (Krishna)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of acyuta

acyuta - unfailing, imperishable, firm (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna)