महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-10, verse-2

हन्यां सदैव भुजगं यं यं पश्येयमित्युत ।
ततोऽहं त्वां जिघांसामि जीवितेन विमोक्ष्यसे ॥२॥

2. hanyāṁ sadaiva bhujagaṁ yaṁ yaṁ paśyeyamityuta ,
tato'haṁ tvāṁ jighāṁsāmi jīvitena vimokṣyase.

2. hanyām sadā eva bhujagam yam yam paśyeyam iti uta
| tataḥ aham tvām jighāṃsāmi jīvitena vimokṣyase

2. I vowed, 'I shall always kill any snake I see.' Therefore, I wish to kill you. However, you shall be freed with your life (your life shall be spared).

2. נדרתי להרוג תמיד כל נחש שאראה. לכן אני רוצה להרוג גם אותך, ובמותך תשתחרר מחייך.

Words meanings summery:

• हन्याम् (hanyām) - I shall kill (I should/would kill)

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• एव (eva) - always (reinforcing sadā) (indeed, only, just)

• भुजगम् (bhujagam) - snake

• यम् (yam) - whichever (which, whom)

• यम् (yam) - any (which, whom)

• पश्येयम् (paśyeyam) - I see (I should/would see)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

• उत (uta) - and, moreover, also

• ततः (tataḥ) - therefore (then, therefore, from that)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

• जिघांसामि (jighāṁsāmi) - I wish to kill

• जीवितेन (jīvitena) - with your life (spared) (by/with life, by means of life)

• विमोक्ष्यसे (vimokṣyase) - you shall be freed (with your life) (you will be freed, you will escape)

Words meanings and morphology

हन्याम् (hanyām) - I shall kill (I should/would kill)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Expresses potential, wish, or obligation. Here, a firm resolve.

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - always (reinforcing sadā) (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

भुजगम् (bhujagam) - snake

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhujaga

bhujaga - snake, serpent

Compound type : upapada (bhuja+ga)

• bhuja – arm, hand, shoulder
  noun (masculine)
• ga – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of 'hanyām'.

यम् (yam) - whichever (which, whom)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Repeated for emphasis 'whichever'. Agrees with 'bhujagam'.

यम् (yam) - any (which, whom)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Repeated for emphasis 'whichever'. Agrees with 'bhujagam'.

पश्येयम् (paśyeyam) - I see (I should/would see)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of dṛś

Root dṛś, class 1 (paśya)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Conditional or potential mood.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

(indeclinable)

उत (uta) - and, moreover, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Here, emphasizes the statement.

ततः (tataḥ) - therefore (then, therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Object of 'jighāṃsāmi'.

जिघांसामि (jighāṁsāmi) - I wish to kill

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jighāṃs

desiderative

Desiderative of root han (to kill)

Root: han (class 2)

जीवितेन (jīvitena) - with your life (spared) (by/with life, by means of life)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, livelihood

past participle

Derived from root jīv (to live), used as a noun

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Freed *with* life, i.e., life preserved.

विमोक्ष्यसे (vimokṣyase) - you shall be freed (with your life) (you will be freed, you will escape)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, passive, future (lṛṭ) of vimuc

Root muc with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: The ātmanepada termination -se indicates a passive sense for this root in the future tense.

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