महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-278, verse-4

नारद उवाच ।
क्व गताभूत्सुतेयं ते कुतश्चैवागता नृप ।
किमर्थं युवतीं भर्त्रे न चैनां संप्रयच्छसि ॥४॥

4. nārada uvāca ,
kva gatābhūtsuteyaṁ te kutaścaivāgatā nṛpa ,
kimarthaṁ yuvatīṁ bhartre na caināṁ saṁprayacchasi.

4. nārada uvāca kva gatā abhūt sutā iyam te kutaḥ ca eva āgatā
nṛpa kimartham yuvatīm bhartre na ca enām saṃprayacchasi

4. Narada said, "Where had this daughter of yours gone, O King, and from where has she returned? Why do you not give this young woman to a husband?"

Words meanings summery:

• नारद (nārada) - Narada (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• क्व (kva) - where?, to what place?

• गता (gatā) - gone, departed

• अभूत् (abhūt) - was, happened, had been

• सुता (sutā) - daughter

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• ते (te) - your, to you

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, why

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only

• आगता (āgatā) - returned, come

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king!

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - why, for what purpose

• युवतीम् (yuvatīm) - young woman, maiden

• भर्त्रे (bhartre) - to a husband

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• एनाम् (enām) - her, this (feminine accusative)

• संप्रयच्छसि (saṁprayacchasi) - you give, you offer, you bestow

Words meanings and morphology

नारद (nārada) - Narada (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Narada (a divine sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect (liṭ) 3rd person singular

Perfect tense (liṭ) form of the root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

क्व (kva) - where?, to what place?

(indeclinable)

गता (gatā) - gone, departed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, understood

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go) with the suffix -ta, forming a past passive participle.

Root: gam (class 1)

अभूत् (abhūt) - was, happened, had been

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

aorist (luṅ) 3rd person singular

Aorist tense (luṅ) form of the root bhū.

Root: bhū (class 1)

सुता (sutā) - daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sutā

sutā - daughter

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular and plural)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, whence, why

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only

(indeclinable)

आगता (āgatā) - returned, come

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, returned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go) with upasarga ā and suffix -ta, forming a past passive participle.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

नृप (nṛpa) - O king!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, monarch

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - why, for what purpose

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which, why
  pronoun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

युवतीम् (yuvatīm) - young woman, maiden

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yuvatī

yuvatī - young woman, maiden, youthful female

भर्त्रे (bhartre) - to a husband

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, supporter, master, lord

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एनाम् (enām) - her, this (feminine accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of enad

enad - this, that, her, him

संप्रयच्छसि (saṁprayacchasi) - you give, you offer, you bestow

(verb)

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

present (laṭ) 2nd person singular

Present tense (laṭ) active voice form of the root dā (class 3, or sometimes interpreted as yam with saṃ+pra for the meaning of giving).

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: dā (class 3)