महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-18

हा वीर ननु नामाहमिष्टा किल तवानघ ।
अस्यामटव्यां घोरायां किं मां न प्रतिभाषसे ॥१८॥

18. hā vīra nanu nāmāhamiṣṭā kila tavānagha ,
asyāmaṭavyāṁ ghorāyāṁ kiṁ māṁ na pratibhāṣase.

18. hā vīra nanu nāma aham iṣṭā kila tava anagha
asyām aṭavyām ghorāyām kim mām na pratibhāṣase

18. Alas, O hero! Am I not indeed your beloved, O sinless one? Why do you not speak to me in this terrifying forest?

18. אוי גיבור, הו נקי מחטא, הלא אני אהובה עליך. מדוע אינך משיב לי ביער הנורא הזה?

Words meanings summery:

• हा (hā) - expressing lament or grief (alas, oh, ah)

• वीर (vīra) - O hero

• ननु (nanu) - rhetorical question particle (indeed, surely, is it not?)

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, emphasizing the statement (indeed, by name, certainly)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इष्टा (iṣṭā) - beloved (feminine) (beloved, desired, dear)

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, surely, perhaps

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, O faultless one, O pure one

• अस्याम् (asyām) - in this

• अटव्याम् (aṭavyām) - in the forest, in the wilderness

• घोरायाम् (ghorāyām) - dreadful, terrible, fierce

• किम् (kim) - why (interrogative adverb) (why, what)

• माम् (mām) - me

• न (na) - not

• प्रतिभाषसे (pratibhāṣase) - you speak to, you reply, you address

Words meanings and morphology

हा (hā) - expressing lament or grief (alas, oh, ah)

(indeclinable)

वीर (vīra) - O hero

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

ननु (nanu) - rhetorical question particle (indeed, surely, is it not?)

(indeclinable)

नाम (nāma) - indeed, emphasizing the statement (indeed, by name, certainly)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

इष्टा (iṣṭā) - beloved (feminine) (beloved, desired, dear)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, beloved, dear, worshipped, sacrificed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root iṣ (to desire)

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'aham', the feminine form indicates the speaker is female.

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, surely, perhaps

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, O faultless one, O pure one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure, blameless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+agha)

• a – not, without
  indeclinable
• agha – sin, fault, evil, distress
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective used as a noun in vocative, referring to the addressed person.

अस्याम् (asyām) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Adjectival usage, modifying 'aṭavyām'.

अटव्याम् (aṭavyām) - in the forest, in the wilderness

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of aṭavī

aṭavī - forest, wilderness, thicket

घोरायाम् (ghorāyām) - dreadful, terrible, fierce

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fierce, awful, formidable

Note: Agrees with 'aṭavyām'.

किम् (kim) - why (interrogative adverb) (why, what)

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Object of 'pratibhāṣase'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

प्रतिभाषसे (pratibhāṣase) - you speak to, you reply, you address

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pratibhāṣ

Prefix: prati

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Atmanepada (middle voice) verb.

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