महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-82, verse-1

अर्जुन उवाच ।
किमागमनकृत्यं ते कौरव्यकुलनन्दिनि ।
मणिपूरपतेर्मातुस्तथैव च रणाजिरे ॥१॥

1. arjuna uvāca ,
kimāgamanakṛtyaṁ te kauravyakulanandini ,
maṇipūrapatermātustathaiva ca raṇājire.

1. Arjuna uvāca kim āgamana-kṛtyam te Kauravyakulanandini
maṇipūrapateḥ mātuḥ tathā eva ca raṇājire

1. Arjuna uvāca he Kauravyakulanandini te kim
āgamana-kṛtyam tathā eva ca maṇipūrapateḥ mātuḥ raṇājire

1. Arjuna said, 'What is the purpose of your arrival, O delight of the Kuru family? And likewise, what is the purpose of the mother of the lord of Maṇipūra on the battlefield?'

Words meanings summery:

• अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• आगमन-कृत्यम् (āgamana-kṛtyam) - purpose of arrival, business of coming

• ते (te) - your (singular)

• कौरव्यकुलनन्दिनि (kauravyakulanandini) - O Subhadrā or Ulūpī (O delight of the Kuru family / clan)

• मणिपूरपतेः (maṇipūrapateḥ) - of King Babhruvāhana (of the lord of Maṇipūra)

• मातुः (mātuḥ) - of Citrāṅgadā (Babhruvāhana's mother) (of the mother)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, similar (with tathā)

• च (ca) - and

• रणाजिरे (raṇājire) - on the battlefield

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Arjuna

Arjuna - Arjuna (proper name, son of Pāṇḍu, one of the Pāṇḍavas)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada verb

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? who? which?

Interrogative pronoun/adverb

आगमन-कृत्यम् (āgamana-kṛtyam) - purpose of arrival, business of coming

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgamana-kṛtya

āgamana-kṛtya - purpose/business of arrival

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āgamana+kṛtya)

• āgamana – coming, arrival, approach
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'gam' (to go) with prefix 'ā' (towards)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)
• kṛtya – what is to be done, duty, action, purpose
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Gerundive of root 'kṛ' (to do), implying 'that which should be done' or 'purpose'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate nominative to 'kim'.

ते (te) - your (singular)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you (second person pronoun)

Genitive or dative singular of 'yuşmad'

Note: Possessive pronoun, refers to the person addressed.

कौरव्यकुलनन्दिनि (kauravyakulanandini) - O Subhadrā or Ulūpī (O delight of the Kuru family / clan)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of Kauravyakulanandinī

Kauravyakulanandinī - delight/joy of the Kaurava family

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (Kauravya+kula+nandinī)

• Kauravya – descendant of Kuru, belonging to the Kuru dynasty
  proper noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'Kuru'
• kula – family, clan, lineage
  noun (neuter)
• nandinī – one who delights, daughter, joy
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'nand' (to rejoice), with feminine suffix
  Root: nand (class 1)

Note: Address to a female character present.

मणिपूरपतेः (maṇipūrapateḥ) - of King Babhruvāhana (of the lord of Maṇipūra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of maṇipūrapati

maṇipūrapati - lord/ruler of Maṇipūra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maṇipūra+pati)

• maṇipūra – name of a city/region, city of jewels
  proper noun (neuter)
• pati – lord, master, husband, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Possessive, connected to 'mātuḥ'.

मातुः (mātuḥ) - of Citrāṅgadā (Babhruvāhana's mother) (of the mother)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

R-stem noun

Note: Possessive.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable adverb

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, similar (with tathā)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

रणाजिरे (raṇājire) - on the battlefield

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of raṇājira

raṇājira - battlefield, arena of combat

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raṇa+ajira)

• raṇa – battle, war, combat
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'raṇ' (to sound, to rejoice, to fight)
  Root: raṇ (class 1)
• ajira – courtyard, arena, open space
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'aj' (to drive)
  Root: aj (class 1)

Note: Location of the event.