महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-60, verse-8

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
सभां गत्वा स चोवाच द्रौपद्यास्तद्वचस्तदा ।
कस्येशो नः पराजैषीरिति त्वामाह द्रौपदी ।
किं नु पूर्वं पराजैषीरात्मानमथ वापि माम् ॥८॥

8. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
sabhāṁ gatvā sa covāca draupadyāstadvacastadā ,
kasyeśo naḥ parājaiṣīriti tvāmāha draupadī ,
kiṁ nu pūrvaṁ parājaiṣīrātmānamatha vāpi mām.

8. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca sabhām gatvā sa ca uvāca
draupadyāḥ tat vacas tadā kasya īśaḥ
naḥ parājaiṣīḥ iti tvām āha draupadī kim nu
pūrvam parājaiṣīḥ ātmānam atha vā api mām

8. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: "Having gone to the assembly, he then repeated Draupadi's words (to Yudhiṣṭhira): 'You who gambled us away, whose master are we now? Did you first lose your own self (ātman), or me?'"

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly, hall

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• स (sa) - he (Prātīkāmin) (he, that)

• च (ca) - and, also

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• द्रौपद्याः (draupadyāḥ) - of Draupadi

• तत् (tat) - that, those

• वचस् (vacas) - word, speech

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

• ईशः (īśaḥ) - master/owner (in the context of 'whose property are we') (master, lord, owner)

• नः (naḥ) - us, our

• पराजैषीः (parājaiṣīḥ) - you gambled away, you lost

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (marker of direct speech)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

• आह (āha) - Draupadi asks/says to you (said, spoke)

• द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadi

• किम् (kim) - what, whether (interrogative particle)

• नु (nu) - indeed, then, whether (interrogative particle)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously, before

• पराजैषीः (parājaiṣīḥ) - you gambled away, you lost

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - his own self (ātman) (self, soul)

• अथ (atha) - or (in this context of 'atha vā api') (then, now, moreover)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अपि (api) - also, even, and

• माम् (mām) - me

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśaṃpāyana (a sage, disciple of Vyāsa, narrator of the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of root vac (2nd class)

Root: vac (class 2)

सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly, hall

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sabhā

sabhā - assembly, council, hall, court

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of root gam (1st class)

Root: gam (class 1)

स (sa) - he (Prātīkāmin) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to Prātīkāmin.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of root vac (2nd class)

Root: vac (class 2)

द्रौपद्याः (draupadyāḥ) - of Draupadi

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of draupadī

draupadī - Draupadi (daughter of Drupada)

तत् (tat) - that, those

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'vacas'.

वचस् (vacas) - word, speech

(noun)

neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

Note: Can be masculine, feminine or neuter.

ईशः (īśaḥ) - master/owner (in the context of 'whose property are we') (master, lord, owner)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśa

īśa - master, lord, ruler, owner

Note: Refers to the person who has the right of ownership.

नः (naḥ) - us, our

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - we, us, our (1st person pronoun)

Note: Here, accusative plural, 'us'.

पराजैषीः (parājaiṣīḥ) - you gambled away, you lost

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of parāji

Aorist Active

Aorist tense, 2nd person singular, active voice of root ji (to conquer) with prefix parā

Prefix: parā

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira.

इति (iti) - thus, so, (marker of direct speech)

(indeclinable)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (2nd person pronoun)

Note: Refers to the king, Yudhiṣṭhira.

आह (āha) - Draupadi asks/says to you (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of root ah (irregular)

Root: ah (class 2)

द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadi

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of draupadī

draupadī - Draupadi (daughter of Drupada)

किम् (kim) - what, whether (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, then, whether (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously, before

(indeclinable)

पराजैषीः (parājaiṣīḥ) - you gambled away, you lost

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of parāji

Aorist Active

Aorist tense, 2nd person singular, active voice of root ji (to conquer) with prefix parā

Prefix: parā

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - his own self (ātman) (self, soul)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul

Note: Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira's own person.

अथ (atha) - or (in this context of 'atha vā api') (then, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'vā' to mean 'or'.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'atha' to mean 'or'.

अपि (api) - also, even, and

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (1st person pronoun)

Note: Refers to Draupadi.