महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-220, verse-31

तमब्रवीन्मन्दपालः प्राञ्जलिर्हव्यवाहनम् ।
प्रदहन्खाण्डवं दावं मम पुत्रान्विसर्जय ॥३१॥

31. tamabravīnmandapālaḥ prāñjalirhavyavāhanam ,
pradahankhāṇḍavaṁ dāvaṁ mama putrānvisarjaya.

31. tam abravīt mandapālaḥ prāñjaliḥ havyavāhanam
pradahant khāṇḍavam dāvam mama putrān visarjaya

31. Mandapāla, with folded hands (prāñjali), said to him, the fire god (Havyavāhana): "While you burn the Khāṇḍava forest, please release my sons."

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - Refers to Pāvaka, the Fire God. (him, that)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

• मन्दपालः (mandapālaḥ) - The sage Mandapāla. (Mandapāla)

• प्राञ्जलिः (prāñjaliḥ) - In a gesture of reverence or supplication. (with folded hands)

• हव्यवाहनम् (havyavāhanam) - Agni, the Fire God. (the carrier of offerings, the fire god)

• प्रदहन्त् (pradahant) - While you (Fire God) are burning. (burning, consuming)

• खाण्डवम् (khāṇḍavam) - The name of a specific forest. (Khāṇḍava (forest))

• दावम् (dāvam) - The forest itself, here specifically the Khāṇḍava forest. (forest fire, conflagration, forest)

• मम (mama) - Refers to Mandapāla's sons. (my, of me)

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - Mandapāla's sons, who were young birds living in the Khāṇḍava forest. (sons)

• विसर्जय (visarjaya) - Release from the burning forest. (release, send forth, let go)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - Refers to Pāvaka, the Fire God. (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Object of `abravīt`.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Imperfect tense, active voice, 3rd person singular

Augment 'a' + √vac (irregular)

Root: vac (class 2)

मन्दपालः (mandapālaḥ) - The sage Mandapāla. (Mandapāla)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mandapāla

mandapāla - Mandapāla (proper name)

Note: Subject of `abravīt`.

प्राञ्जलिः (prāñjaliḥ) - In a gesture of reverence or supplication. (with folded hands)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāñjali

prāñjali - with folded hands, reverent

pra- (forth) + añjali (hollowed hands)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pra+añjali)

• pra – before, forth, forward
  indeclinable
  prefix
• añjali – the hollow of the hands, folded hands
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies Mandapāla.

हव्यवाहनम् (havyavāhanam) - Agni, the Fire God. (the carrier of offerings, the fire god)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of havyavāhana

havyavāhana - carrier of offerings, fire god (Agni)

`havya` (offering) + `vāhana` (carrier)

Compound type : tatpurusha (havya+vāhana)

• havya – offering, oblation
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From √hu (to offer) + ya
  Root: hu (class 3)
• vāhana – carrier, vehicle
  noun (masculine)
  From √vah (to carry)
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Object of `abravīt`, in apposition to `tam`.

प्रदहन्त् (pradahant) - While you (Fire God) are burning. (burning, consuming)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pradahant

pradahant - burning, consuming, incinerating

Present Active Participle

pra- (forth) + √dah (to burn) + śatṛ (suffix for PAP)

Prefix: pra

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Masculine nominative singular for the implied subject (Fire God).

खाण्डवम् (khāṇḍavam) - The name of a specific forest. (Khāṇḍava (forest))

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of khāṇḍava

khāṇḍava - Khāṇḍava (name of a forest)

Note: Object of `pradahant`.

दावम् (dāvam) - The forest itself, here specifically the Khāṇḍava forest. (forest fire, conflagration, forest)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dāva

dāva - forest fire, conflagration, forest

Note: In apposition to `khāṇḍavam`.

मम (mama) - Refers to Mandapāla's sons. (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Genitive singular of 'asmad' (first person pronoun)

Note: Possessive.

पुत्रान् (putrān) - Mandapāla's sons, who were young birds living in the Khāṇḍava forest. (sons)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Object of `visarjaya`.

विसर्जय (visarjaya) - Release from the burning forest. (release, send forth, let go)

(verb)

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

Imperative, active voice, 2nd person singular (causative stem)

`vi` (apart) + √sṛj (to send) + `āyā` (causative suffix)

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛj (class 6)