Mahabharata 4.9.7 — Virata Parva, Adhyaya 9, Shloka 7

सहदेवस्य गोसंख्य-तन्तिपाल-रूपेण विराट-समागमः | Sahadeva’s Audience with Virāṭa as Cattle-Enumerator

Tantipāla

Devanagari script

सा समीक्ष्य तथारूपामनाथामेकवाससम्‌ | समाहूयाब्रवीद्‌ भद्रे का त्वं कि च चिकीर्षसि

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Seeing her—so radiant in form, yet clad in a single garment and seeming without refuge—the queen summoned the young woman and asked, “Gentle lady, who are you, and what do you seek to do?”

Word by Word

• सा: she (that woman/queen)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• समीक्ष्य: having seen/observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ईक्ष्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• तथा-रूपाम्: of such a form/so beautiful-looking
• तथा-रूपाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तथारूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अनाथाम्: helpless, without protector
• अनाथाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• एक-वाससम्: wearing a single garment
• एक-वाससम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकवासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• समाहूय: having called (her) near/summoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-ह्वा
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भद्रे: O good lady!
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• का: who?
• का: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चिकीर्षसि: do you wish/intend to do?
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present (लट्), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Desiderative (सन्) stem: चिकीर्ष-

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