महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-100, verse-20

तं माता पुनरेवान्यमेकं पुत्रमयाचत ।
तथेति च महर्षिस्तां मातरं प्रत्यभाषत ॥२०॥

20. taṁ mātā punarevānyamekaṁ putramayācata ,
tatheti ca maharṣistāṁ mātaraṁ pratyabhāṣata.

20. tam mātā punaḥ eva anyam ekam putram ayācata
tathā iti ca maharṣiḥ tām mātaram pratyabhāṣata

20. The mother again asked him for another son. And the great sage replied to that mother, saying, "So be it."

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him, that, to that

• माता (mātā) - mother

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only

• अन्यम् (anyam) - another, other

• एकम् (ekam) - one, a single

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• अयाचत (ayācata) - requested, begged

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, so be it

• इति (iti) - thus, saying, marks quotation

• च (ca) - and, also

• महर्षिः (maharṣiḥ) - great sage

• ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

• मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

• प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - replied, spoke back

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him, that, to that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only

(indeclinable)

अन्यम् (anyam) - another, other

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

एकम् (ekam) - one, a single

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, a single, unique

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

अयाचत (ayācata) - requested, begged

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of yāc

Root: yāc (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, so be it

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, saying, marks quotation

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महर्षिः (maharṣiḥ) - great sage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - replied, spoke back

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of bhāṣ

Prefix: prati

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)