महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-73, verse-8

केशिन्युवाच ।
दृढं शुच्युपचारोऽसौ न मया मानुषः क्वचित् ।
दृष्टपूर्वः श्रुतो वापि दमयन्ति तथाविधः ॥८॥

8. keśinyuvāca ,
dṛḍhaṁ śucyupacāro'sau na mayā mānuṣaḥ kvacit ,
dṛṣṭapūrvaḥ śruto vāpi damayanti tathāvidhaḥ.

8. keśinī uvāca dṛḍham śuci upacāraḥ asau na mayā mānuṣaḥ
kvacit dṛṣṭapūrvaḥ śrutaḥ vā api damayantī tathāvidhaḥ

8. Keśinī said: "Damayantī, I have never before seen or heard of such a human with such firm, pure conduct."

Words meanings summery:

• केशिनी (keśinī) - Keśinī, the maidservant (Keśinī)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firmly, strongly

• शुचि (śuci) - pure, clean, holy

• उपचारः (upacāraḥ) - conduct, behavior (conduct, treatment, custom, service)

• असौ (asau) - this one (that, this (one near))

• न (na) - not, no

• मया (mayā) - by me

• मानुषः (mānuṣaḥ) - human, man

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - ever, at any time (in negation: never) (ever, sometimes, anywhere, at any time)

• दृष्टपूर्वः (dṛṣṭapūrvaḥ) - seen before

• श्रुतः (śrutaḥ) - heard

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - or even (also, even, although)

• दमयन्ती (damayantī) - O Damayantī (Damayantī)

• तथाविधः (tathāvidhaḥ) - of such a kind, such

Words meanings and morphology

केशिनी (keśinī) - Keśinī, the maidservant (Keśinī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of keśinī

keśinī - Keśinī (proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firmly, strongly

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dṛh (to be firm, strong)

Root: dṛh (class 1)

Note: Adverbial usage of the neuter accusative singular form of the adjective `dṛḍha`.

शुचि (śuci) - pure, clean, holy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuci

śuci - pure, clean, bright, holy

Note: Adjective modifying `upacāraḥ`.

उपचारः (upacāraḥ) - conduct, behavior (conduct, treatment, custom, service)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upacāra

upacāra - approach, treatment, service, conduct, behavior

Derived from root car (to move, behave) with prefix upa

Prefix: upa

Root: car (class 1)

असौ (asau) - this one (that, this (one near))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - this, that (demonstrative pronoun)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of aham

aham - I, me

मानुषः (mānuṣaḥ) - human, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, man, pertaining to man

Root: manu

क्वचित् (kvacit) - ever, at any time (in negation: never) (ever, sometimes, anywhere, at any time)

(indeclinable)

दृष्टपूर्वः (dṛṣṭapūrvaḥ) - seen before

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭapūrva

dṛṣṭapūrva - seen before

Compound type : tatpurusha (dṛṣṭa+pūrva)

• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root dṛś
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• pūrva – before, former, earlier
  adjective (masculine)

श्रुतः (śrutaḥ) - heard

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, famous

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - or even (also, even, although)

(indeclinable)

दमयन्ती (damayantī) - O Damayantī (Damayantī)

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of damayantī

damayantī - Damayantī (proper name)

तथाविधः (tathāvidhaḥ) - of such a kind, such

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tathāvidha

tathāvidha - such, of such a kind or sort, like that

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tathā+vidha)

• tathā – thus, so, in that manner
  indeclinable
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)