महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-72, verse-8

बाहुक उवाच ।
श्रुतः स्वयंवरो राज्ञा कौसल्येन यशस्विना ।
द्वितीयो दमयन्त्या वै श्वोभूत इति भामिनि ॥८॥

8. bāhuka uvāca ,
śrutaḥ svayaṁvaro rājñā kausalyena yaśasvinā ,
dvitīyo damayantyā vai śvobhūta iti bhāmini.

8. bāhuka uvāca śrutaḥ svayaṃvaraḥ rājñā kausalyena
yaśasvinā dvitīyaḥ damayantyā vai śvaḥ bhūtaḥ iti bhāmini

8. Bāhuka said, "O beautiful one, the renowned king of Kosala heard that a second self-choice ceremony (svayaṃvara) for Damayantī is to take place tomorrow."

Words meanings summery:

• बाहुक (bāhuka) - Nala in disguise as the charioteer Bāhuka (Bāhuka)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• श्रुतः (śrutaḥ) - heard, listened, famous

• स्वयंवरः (svayaṁvaraḥ) - self-choice ceremony

• राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king

• कौसल्येन (kausalyena) - Refers to King Ṛtuparṇa, who is from Kosala (by the king of Kosala)

• यशस्विना (yaśasvinā) - by the famous, by the renowned

• द्वितीयः (dvitīyaḥ) - second

• दमयन्त्या (damayantyā) - of Damayantī

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely (emphatic particle)

• श्वः (śvaḥ) - tomorrow

• भूतः (bhūtaḥ) - is to take place, will be (referring to a future event) (been, occurred, will be)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks reported speech)

• भामिनि (bhāmini) - O beautiful lady (addressing Keśinī) (O beautiful one, O passionate lady)

Words meanings and morphology

बाहुक (bāhuka) - Nala in disguise as the charioteer Bāhuka (Bāhuka)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāhuka

bāhuka - Bāhuka (name of a charioteer, Nala in disguise)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुतः (śrutaḥ) - heard, listened, famous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, famous, known

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb `śru` (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Refers to the svayaṃvara being heard about

स्वयंवरः (svayaṁvaraḥ) - self-choice ceremony

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svayaṃvara

svayaṁvara - self-choice, ceremony of choosing a husband

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svayam+vara)

• svayam – by oneself, personally
  indeclinable
• vara – choosing, choice, husband, boon
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 9)

राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

कौसल्येन (kausalyena) - Refers to King Ṛtuparṇa, who is from Kosala (by the king of Kosala)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kausalya

kausalya - belonging to Kosala, a king of Kosala

Derived from Kosala (name of a kingdom)

यशस्विना (yaśasvinā) - by the famous, by the renowned

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yaśasvin

yaśasvin - famous, renowned, glorious

Note: Agrees with `rājñā` and `kausalyena`

द्वितीयः (dvitīyaḥ) - second

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvitīya

dvitīya - second

Note: Agrees with implied 'svayaṃvaraḥ'

दमयन्त्या (damayantyā) - of Damayantī

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of damayantī

damayantī - Damayantī (name of a princess)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

श्वः (śvaḥ) - tomorrow

(indeclinable)

भूतः (bhūtaḥ) - is to take place, will be (referring to a future event) (been, occurred, will be)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūta

bhūta - been, become, existed, past, a being

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb `bhū` (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks reported speech)

(indeclinable)

भामिनि (bhāmini) - O beautiful lady (addressing Keśinī) (O beautiful one, O passionate lady)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhāminī

bhāminī - beautiful woman, passionate woman, angry woman