महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-123, verse-70

स समर्थोऽपि मोक्षाय शिष्यान्सर्वानचोदयत् ।
ग्राहं हत्वा मोक्षयध्वं मामिति त्वरयन्निव ॥७०॥

70. sa samartho'pi mokṣāya śiṣyānsarvānacodayat ,
grāhaṁ hatvā mokṣayadhvaṁ māmiti tvarayanniva.

70. sa samarthaḥ api mokṣāya śiṣyān sarvān acodayat
grāhaṃ hatvā mokṣayadhvaṃ mām iti tvarayan iva

70. Though he was himself capable of achieving liberation (mokṣa), he urged all his disciples, as if to hurry them, saying, 'Kill this crocodile and free me!'

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that

• समर्थः (samarthaḥ) - capable, able, competent

• अपि (api) - even, also, although

• मोक्षाय (mokṣāya) - for liberation, for freedom, for release

• शिष्यान् (śiṣyān) - the disciples

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, all of them

• अचोदयत् (acodayat) - he urged, he impelled, he commanded

• ग्राहं (grāhaṁ) - the crocodile

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, after killing

• मोक्षयध्वं (mokṣayadhvaṁ) - (you all) liberate, (you all) free

• माम् (mām) - me

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks a quotation)

• त्वरयन् (tvarayan) - hurrying, causing to hurry

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Droṇa

समर्थः (samarthaḥ) - capable, able, competent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samartha

samartha - capable, able, competent, powerful

Prefix: sam

Root: arth (class 10)

अपि (api) - even, also, although

(indeclinable)

मोक्षाय (mokṣāya) - for liberation, for freedom, for release

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, release, freedom from saṃsāra, salvation

शिष्यान् (śiṣyān) - the disciples

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śiṣya

śiṣya - disciple, student, pupil

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, all of them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Modifies 'śiṣyān'

अचोदयत् (acodayat) - he urged, he impelled, he commanded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of cud

Root: cud (class 10)

ग्राहं (grāhaṁ) - the crocodile

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of grāha

grāha - a grabber, a crocodile, an alligator

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, after killing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from the root √han with suffix -tvā

Root: han (class 2)

मोक्षयध्वं (mokṣayadhvaṁ) - (you all) liberate, (you all) free

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of mokṣay

causative

Causative stem derived from the root √muc (to free)

Root: muc (class 6)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks a quotation)

(indeclinable)

त्वरयन् (tvarayan) - hurrying, causing to hurry

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tvarayat

tvarayat - hurrying, causing to hurry, expediting

Present Active Participle

Formed from the root √tvar with suffix -at

Root: tvar (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied subject 'sa' (Droṇa)

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)