महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-8, verse-13

का त्वं ब्रूहि यथा भद्रे नासि दासी कथंचन ।
यक्षी वा यदि वा देवी गन्धर्वी यदि वाप्सराः ॥१३॥

13. kā tvaṁ brūhi yathā bhadre nāsi dāsī kathaṁcana ,
yakṣī vā yadi vā devī gandharvī yadi vāpsarāḥ.

13. kā tvam brūhi yathā bhadre na asi dāsī kathañcana
yakṣī vā yadi vā devī gandharvī yadi vā apsarāḥ

13. O gentle one, please tell me who you are, for you are certainly not a maidservant. Are you a Yakṣī, a goddess, a Gandharvī, or an Apsarā?

Words meanings summery:

• का (kā) - who (who, what)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell (tell, speak)

• यथा (yathā) - for (as, just as, so that, how)

• भद्रे (bhadre) - O gentle one (O gentle one, O auspicious one)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• असि (asi) - you are (you are, you exist)

• दासी (dāsī) - maidservant (maidservant, female slave)

• कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - certainly (with negation) (by any means, in any way, at all)

• यक्षी (yakṣī) - a Yakṣī (a female Yakṣa, a nature spirit)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either... or)

• यदि (yadi) - or (if, in case that, whether)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either... or)

• देवी (devī) - a goddess (goddess, divine female)

• गन्धर्वी (gandharvī) - a Gandharvī (a female Gandharva, celestial musician)

• यदि (yadi) - or (if, in case that, whether)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either... or)

• अप्सराः (apsarāḥ) - an Apsarā (a celestial nymph, an Apsarā)

Words meanings and morphology

का (kā) - who (who, what)

(interrogative pronoun)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell (tell, speak)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - for (as, just as, so that, how)

(indeclinable)

भद्रे (bhadre) - O gentle one (O gentle one, O auspicious one)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhadrā

bhadrā - auspicious, excellent, gentle, good lady

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

असि (asi) - you are (you are, you exist)

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

दासी (dāsī) - maidservant (maidservant, female slave)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dāsī

dāsī - maidservant, female slave

कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - certainly (with negation) (by any means, in any way, at all)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used with negation to emphasize 'not at all'.

यक्षी (yakṣī) - a Yakṣī (a female Yakṣa, a nature spirit)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yakṣī

yakṣī - a female Yakṣa, a nature spirit

वा (vā) - or (or, either... or)

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - or (if, in case that, whether)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used with 'vā' for 'either... or'.

वा (vā) - or (or, either... or)

(indeclinable)

देवी (devī) - a goddess (goddess, divine female)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine female

गन्धर्वी (gandharvī) - a Gandharvī (a female Gandharva, celestial musician)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gandharvī

gandharvī - a female Gandharva, celestial musician

यदि (yadi) - or (if, in case that, whether)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used with 'vā' for 'either... or'.

वा (vā) - or (or, either... or)

(indeclinable)

अप्सराः (apsarāḥ) - an Apsarā (a celestial nymph, an Apsarā)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of apsarā

apsarā - a celestial nymph, an Apsarā