महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-123, verse-53

स मुहूर्तादिव पुनर्द्रोणस्तं प्रत्यभाषत ।
अथ वृक्षमिमं मां वा भ्रातॄन्वापि प्रपश्यसि ॥५३॥

53. sa muhūrtādiva punardroṇastaṁ pratyabhāṣata ,
atha vṛkṣamimaṁ māṁ vā bhrātṝnvāpi prapaśyasi.

53. sa muhūrtāt iva punaḥ droṇaḥ tam pratyabhāṣata |
atha vṛkṣam imam mām vā bhrātṝn vā api prapaśyasi

53. Then, after about a moment, Drona spoke to him again: “Now, do you also see this tree, or me, or your brothers?”

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - He (Drona) (he, that)

• मुहूर्तात् (muhūrtāt) - from a moment, after a moment

• इव (iva) - about (a moment) (like, as if, as it were; almost, about)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, back

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona (a proper name)

• तम् (tam) - to him (Yudhishthira) (him, that one)

• प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - spoke back, replied to

• अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon, moreover

• वृक्षम् (vṛkṣam) - tree

• इमम् (imam) - this, this one

• माम् (mām) - me

• वा (vā) - or, either

• भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• प्रपश्यसि (prapaśyasi) - you see, you perceive

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - He (Drona) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मुहूर्तात् (muhūrtāt) - from a moment, after a moment

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - moment, instant; a division of time (48 minutes)

इव (iva) - about (a moment) (like, as if, as it were; almost, about)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, back

(indeclinable)

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Drona (proper name of the teacher of the Kauravas and Pandavas); a measure of capacity; a bucket

तम् (tam) - to him (Yudhishthira) (him, that one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - spoke back, replied to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect indicative (luṅ) of pratyabhāṣata

Imperfect Middle Indicative

Root bhāṣ (to speak), 1st conjugation, ātmanepada, with prefix prati, 3rd person singular

Prefix: prati

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon, moreover

(indeclinable)

वृक्षम् (vṛkṣam) - tree

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

इमम् (imam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, it

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

प्रपश्यसि (prapaśyasi) - you see, you perceive

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of prapaśyasi

Present Active Indicative

Root dṛś (to see), with prefix pra, 4th conjugation, parasmaipada, 2nd person singular

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 4)