महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-23, verse-20

बृहन्नडोवाच ।
कथं सैरन्ध्रि मुक्तासि कथं पापाश्च ते हताः ।
इच्छामि वै तव श्रोतुं सर्वमेव यथातथम् ॥२०॥

20. bṛhannaḍovāca ,
kathaṁ sairandhri muktāsi kathaṁ pāpāśca te hatāḥ ,
icchāmi vai tava śrotuṁ sarvameva yathātatham.

20. bṛhannalā uvāca katham sairandhri muktā asi katham pāpāḥ
ca te hatāḥ icchāmi vai tava śrotum sarvam eva yathātatham

20. Bṛhannalā asked, "Sairandhri, how were you freed? And how were those wicked individuals killed? I certainly wish to hear the entire account from you, just as it happened."

Words meanings summery:

• बृहन्नला (bṛhannalā) - Arjuna, disguised as the eunuch Bṛhannalā, the dance teacher of Uttarā (Bṛhannalā)

• उवाच (uvāca) - He/she said, spoke

• कथम् (katham) - How? In what manner?

• सैरन्ध्रि (sairandhri) - O Draupadi, who is disguised as Sairandhri (O Sairandhri)

• मुक्ता (muktā) - Released, freed, liberated

• असि (asi) - You are

• कथम् (katham) - How? In what manner?

• पापाः (pāpāḥ) - The wicked charioteers, Kīcaka and his brothers (Wicked ones, sinful ones)

• च (ca) - And, also

• ते (te) - Those (wicked ones) (Those, they)

• हताः (hatāḥ) - Killed, slain

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• वै (vai) - Indeed, certainly, verily

• तव (tava) - Your, from you

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - To hear, for hearing

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - All, the entire thing

• एव (eva) - Even, only, indeed

• यथातथम् (yathātatham) - As it truly happened, accurately, truthfully

Words meanings and morphology

बृहन्नला (bṛhannalā) - Arjuna, disguised as the eunuch Bṛhannalā, the dance teacher of Uttarā (Bṛhannalā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bṛhannalā

bṛhannalā - Bṛhannalā (name of Arjuna in disguise as a eunuch)

उवाच (uvāca) - He/she said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - How? In what manner?

(indeclinable)

सैरन्ध्रि (sairandhri) - O Draupadi, who is disguised as Sairandhri (O Sairandhri)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of sairandhrī

sairandhrī - female attendant, lady's maid

मुक्ता (muktā) - Released, freed, liberated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mukta

mukta - released, freed, liberated, disengaged

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'muc' (to release, to free)

Root: muc (class 6)

असि (asi) - You are

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - How? In what manner?

(indeclinable)

पापाः (pāpāḥ) - The wicked charioteers, Kīcaka and his brothers (Wicked ones, sinful ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāpa

pāpa - evil, wicked, sinful, bad; a wicked person, a sinner

च (ca) - And, also

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - Those (wicked ones) (Those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

हताः (hatāḥ) - Killed, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - struck, killed, slain, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'han' (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, Present (Laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

वै (vai) - Indeed, certainly, verily

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - Your, from you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - To hear, for hearing

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root 'śru' (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - All, the entire thing

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

एव (eva) - Even, only, indeed

(indeclinable)

यथातथम् (yathātatham) - As it truly happened, accurately, truthfully

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+tatha)

• yathā – as, just as, in what manner
  indeclinable
• tatha – so, thus, in that manner
  indeclinable