महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-60, verse-29

कस्य त्वं मृगशावाक्षि कथं चाभ्यागता वनम् ।
कथं चेदं महत्कृच्छ्रं प्राप्तवत्यसि भामिनि ॥२९॥

29. kasya tvaṁ mṛgaśāvākṣi kathaṁ cābhyāgatā vanam ,
kathaṁ cedaṁ mahatkṛcchraṁ prāptavatyasi bhāmini.

29. kasya tvam mṛgaśāvākṣi katham ca abhyāgatā vanam
katham ca idam mahat kṛcchram prāptavaty asi bhāmini

29. O deer-eyed one, whose are you, and how did you come to the forest? And, O beautiful woman, how have you met with this great difficulty?

29. הו בעלת עיני הצבי, של מי את? ואיך הגעת ליער? ואיך נפלת בצרה גדולה כזאת, הו יפהפייה?

Words meanings summery:

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• मृगशावाक्षि (mṛgaśāvākṣi) - O deer-eyed one, O fawn-eyed one

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• च (ca) - and

• अभ्यागता (abhyāgatā) - arrived, come

• वनम् (vanam) - to the forest

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• च (ca) - and

• इदम् (idam) - this

• महत् (mahat) - great, large

• कृच्छ्रम् (kṛcchram) - difficulty, distress, hardship

• प्राप्तवत्य् (prāptavaty) - having obtained, having reached

• असि (asi) - you are

• भामिनि (bhāmini) - O beautiful woman, O passionate woman

Words meanings and morphology

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Pertains to 'you'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject.

मृगशावाक्षि (mṛgaśāvākṣi) - O deer-eyed one, O fawn-eyed one

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of mṛgaśāvākṣī

mṛgaśāvākṣī - deer-eyed, having eyes like a young deer

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mṛga+śāva+akṣī)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• śāva – young animal, fawn, cub
  noun (masculine)
• akṣī – eye
  noun (feminine)

Note: Vocative address.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects questions.

अभ्यागता (abhyāgatā) - arrived, come

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of abhyāgata

abhyāgata - arrived, come, approached

Past Passive Participle

From abhi + ā + √gam (to go)

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'you'.

वनम् (vanam) - to the forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Object of motion.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects questions.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'mahat kṛcchram'.

महत् (mahat) - great, large

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, important

Present Active Participle (originally from √mah 'to be great')

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Adjective for kṛcchram.

कृच्छ्रम् (kṛcchram) - difficulty, distress, hardship

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛcchra

kṛcchra - difficulty, trouble, hardship, distress

Note: Object of prāptavatyasi.

प्राप्तवत्य् (prāptavaty) - having obtained, having reached

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prāptavat

prāptavat - having obtained, having reached, having attained

Past Active Participle

From pra + √āp (to obtain, reach) + suffix -vat

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Part of the compound verbal predicate prāptavaty asi.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of as

present indicative

From √as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Copula.

भामिनि (bhāmini) - O beautiful woman, O passionate woman

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhāminī

bhāminī - beautiful woman, passionate woman, angry woman, lustrous woman

Note: Vocative address.

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