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

सा तानुवाच राजेन्द्र सैरन्ध्र्यहमुपागता ।
कर्म चेच्छामि वै कर्तुं तस्य यो मां पुपुक्षति ॥४॥

4. sā tānuvāca rājendra sairandhryahamupāgatā ,
karma cecchāmi vai kartuṁ tasya yo māṁ pupukṣati.

4. sā tān uvāca rājendra sairandhrī aham upāgatā karma
cet icchāmi vai kartum tasya yaḥ mām pupukṣati

4. "O King," she said to them, "I have come as a hair-dresser (sairandhrī). Indeed, I wish to do work for him who desires to support me."

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she

• तान् (tān) - them, to them

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - Addressed by Vaiśampāyana to Janamejaya, or by Draupadi to the people's leader. (O King, O chief of kings)

• सैरन्ध्री (sairandhrī) - a hair-dresser, a female attendant

• अहम् (aham) - I

• उपागता (upāgatā) - have come, arrived

• कर्म (karma) - work, action

• चेत् (cet) - if

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, for him

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which (masculine)

• माम् (mām) - me, to me

• पुपुक्षति (pupukṣati) - desires to support, wishes to nourish

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, her

Note: Refers to Draupadi.

तान् (tān) - them, to them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, them

Note: Refers to the men and women who questioned her.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense

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

Root: vac (class 2)

राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - Addressed by Vaiśampāyana to Janamejaya, or by Draupadi to the people's leader. (O King, O chief of kings)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājendra

rājendra - chief of kings, excellent king

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājan+indra)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, Indra (deity)
  noun (masculine)

सैरन्ध्री (sairandhrī) - a hair-dresser, a female attendant

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sairandhrī

sairandhrī - female attendant, hair-dresser, lady's maid

Note: Draupadi's assumed identity.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (1st person pronoun)

उपागता (upāgatā) - have come, arrived

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of upāgata

gam - to go, come

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle, feminine, nominative singular, from upa-ā-√gam

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used here with 'aham' to mean 'I have come'.

कर्म (karma) - work, action

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual action, fate (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of iṣ

present tense

Present, 1st person singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

Root: iṣ (class 6)

वै (vai) - indeed, verily

(indeclinable)

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive formed from √kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तस्य (tasya) - of him, for him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, him

यः (yaḥ) - who, which (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

माम् (mām) - me, to me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (1st person pronoun)

पुपुक्षति (pupukṣati) - desires to support, wishes to nourish

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of pupukṣ

desiderative verb

Desiderative verb, present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice (parasmaipada) from √puṣ

Root: puṣ (class 4)