महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-8, verse-9

सुदेष्णोवाच ।
नैवंरूपा भवन्त्येवं यथा वदसि भामिनि ।
प्रेषयन्ति च वै दासीर्दासांश्चैवंविधान्बहून् ॥९॥

9. sudeṣṇovāca ,
naivaṁrūpā bhavantyevaṁ yathā vadasi bhāmini ,
preṣayanti ca vai dāsīrdāsāṁścaivaṁvidhānbahūn.

9. sudeṣṇā uvāca na evam rūpāḥ bhavanti evam yathā vadasi
bhāmini preṣayanti ca vai dāsīḥ dāsān ca evam vidhān bahūn

9. Sudeshna said: "Beautiful lady, those of such noble birth are not like you say they are. Indeed, they send many such maids and servants."

Words meanings summery:

• सुदेष्णा (sudeṣṇā) - Sudeshna (a queen)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• रूपाः (rūpāḥ) - referring to high-born women or queens (of forms, having forms, of such appearance)

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they are, they become

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• वदसि (vadasi) - you speak, you say

• भामिनि (bhāmini) - O beautiful lady, O passionate woman

• प्रेषयन्ति (preṣayanti) - they send, they dispatch

• च (ca) - and, also

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• दासीः (dāsīḥ) - maids, female servants

• दासान् (dāsān) - male servants, slaves

• च (ca) - and, also

• एवम् (evam) - thus, of this kind

• विधान् (vidhān) - kinds, sorts, types

• बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

Words meanings and morphology

सुदेष्णा (sudeṣṇā) - Sudeshna (a queen)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sudeṣṇā

sudeṣṇā - Sudeshna (a proper name, particularly the queen of Virāṭa)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

रूपाः (rūpāḥ) - referring to high-born women or queens (of forms, having forms, of such appearance)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they are, they become

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

वदसि (vadasi) - you speak, you say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

भामिनि (bhāmini) - O beautiful lady, O passionate woman

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhāminī

bhāminī - a beautiful woman, a passionate woman, a charming lady

प्रेषयन्ति (preṣayanti) - they send, they dispatch

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of preṣay

causative

Derived from root 'iṣ' with prefix 'pra', in causative form.

Prefix: pra

Root: iṣ (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

दासीः (dāsīḥ) - maids, female servants

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of dāsī

dāsī - female servant, maidservant, slave girl

दासान् (dāsān) - male servants, slaves

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dāsa

dāsa - male servant, slave

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, of this kind

(indeclinable)

विधान् (vidhān) - kinds, sorts, types

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vidha

vidha - kind, sort, type, manner

Note: Forms the compound 'evamvidhān' (of this kind).

बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous, abundant