महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-128, verse-10

प्रार्थयेयं त्वया सख्यं पुनरेव नरर्षभ ।
वरं ददामि ते राजन्राज्यस्यार्धमवाप्नुहि ॥१०॥

10. prārthayeyaṁ tvayā sakhyaṁ punareva nararṣabha ,
varaṁ dadāmi te rājanrājyasyārdhamavāpnuhi.

10. prārthayeyam tvayā sakhyam punaḥ eva nararṣabha
varam dadāmi te rājan rājyasya ardham avāpnuhi

10. O best of men, I truly wish for our friendship (sakhya) with you to be renewed. O King, I grant you a boon: you shall receive half of your kingdom.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रार्थयेयम् (prārthayeyam) - I would request, I would pray for, I would seek

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you, with you

• सख्यम् (sakhyam) - friendship (sakhya), alliance

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

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

• नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O best of men (addressed to Drupada) (O best of men, O bull among men)

• वरम् (varam) - boon, gift, blessing

• ददामि (dadāmi) - I give

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• राज्यस्य (rājyasya) - of the kingdom

• अर्धम् (ardham) - half, a part

• अवाप्नुहि (avāpnuhi) - obtain, receive, gain

Words meanings and morphology

प्रार्थयेयम् (prārthayeyam) - I would request, I would pray for, I would seek

(verb)

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

Optative Active

1st person singular optative active (causative/denom. from artha) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: arth (class 10)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you, with you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

सख्यम् (sakhyam) - friendship (sakhya), alliance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sakhya

sakhya - friendship, alliance, companionship

Derived from sakhi (friend)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, back

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O best of men (addressed to Drupada) (O best of men, O bull among men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nararṣabha

nararṣabha - best of men, chief among men

Tatpuruṣa compound: nara (man) + ṛṣabha (bull, best)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+ṛṣabha)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent, chief
  noun (masculine)

वरम् (varam) - boon, gift, blessing

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, gift, blessing; choice, excellent

ददामि (dadāmi) - I give

(verb)

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

Present Active

1st person singular present active of √dā (class 3)

Root: dā (class 3)

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

राज्यस्य (rājyasya) - of the kingdom

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, realm, sovereignty

अर्धम् (ardham) - half, a part

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ardha

ardha - half, a part, side

अवाप्नुहि (avāpnuhi) - obtain, receive, gain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of avāpnuhi

Imperative Active

2nd person singular imperative active of √āp (class 5) with prefix ava-

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

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