महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-206, verse-22

तव चापि प्रियं कर्तुमिच्छामि जलचारिणि ।
अनृतं नोक्तपूर्वं च मया किंचन कर्हिचित् ॥२२॥

22. tava cāpi priyaṁ kartumicchāmi jalacāriṇi ,
anṛtaṁ noktapūrvaṁ ca mayā kiṁcana karhicit.

22. tava ca api priyam kartum icchāmi jalacāriṇi |
anṛtam na uktapūrvam ca mayā kiṃcana karhicit

22. O water-dweller, I also wish to do what is dear to you. Furthermore, no falsehood has ever been spoken by me.

22. גם אותך אני רוצה לרַצות, הו שוחה במים, ומעולם לא אמרתי שקר אף לא פעם אחת.

Words meanings summery:

• तव (tava) - your, to you

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• प्रियम् (priyam) - what is dear or pleasing (dear, beloved, agreeable, what is pleasing)

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• जलचारिणि (jalacāriṇi) - O water-dweller (addressing Ulūpī) (O water-dweller, O one who moves in water)

• अनृतम् (anṛtam) - falsehood, untruth, lie

• न (na) - not, no

• उक्तपूर्वम् (uktapūrvam) - spoken before, said previously

• च (ca) - and, also

• मया (mayā) - by me

• किंचन (kiṁcana) - any (as in 'any falsehood') (anything, something, whatever)

• कर्हिचित् (karhicit) - ever, at any time, sometimes

Words meanings and morphology

तव (tava) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular and plural)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

प्रियम् (priyam) - what is dear or pleasing (dear, beloved, agreeable, what is pleasing)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable, one's own

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

(verbal derivative)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

जलचारिणि (jalacāriṇi) - O water-dweller (addressing Ulūpī) (O water-dweller, O one who moves in water)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of jalacāriṇī

jalacāriṇī - female water-dweller, water-creature

feminine form of jalacārin, a compound of jala and cārin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+cārin)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• cārin – moving, going, dweller, follower
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun from √car
  Root: car (class 1)

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - falsehood, untruth, lie

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untrue, false, falsehood, disorder

negation of ṛta (truth)

Compound type : nan-tatpuruṣa (na+ṛta)

• na – not
  indeclinable
• ṛta – truth, cosmic order, right
  noun (neuter)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उक्तपूर्वम् (uktapūrvam) - spoken before, said previously

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uktapūrva

uktapūrva - spoken before, said previously, former utterance

compound of ukta (spoken) and pūrva (before)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ukta+pūrva)

• ukta – said, spoken, declared
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root √vac
  Root: vac (class 2)
• pūrva – former, prior, earlier, preceding
  adjective (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

किंचन (kiṁcana) - any (as in 'any falsehood') (anything, something, whatever)

(indeclinable)

compound of kim and cana

कर्हिचित् (karhicit) - ever, at any time, sometimes

(indeclinable)

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