महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-222, verse-3

संशयो ह्यग्निरागच्छेद्दृष्टं वायोर्निवर्तनम् ।
मृत्युर्नो बिलवासिभ्यो भवेन्मातरसंशयम् ॥३॥

3. saṁśayo hyagnirāgaccheddṛṣṭaṁ vāyornivartanam ,
mṛtyurno bilavāsibhyo bhavenmātarasaṁśayam.

3. saṃśayaḥ hi agniḥ āgacchet dṛṣṭam vāyoḥ nivartanam
| mṛtyuḥ naḥ bilavāsibhyaḥ bhavet mātara asaṃśayam

3. Indeed, it is uncertain if fire might come, or if a change in the wind is observed. O mother, death will undoubtedly come to us who live in these holes.

Words meanings summery:

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty, risk

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire

• आगच्छेत् (āgacchet) - might come, should come

• दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - What is visibly observed (seen, observed, perceived)

• वायोः (vāyoḥ) - of the wind

• निवर्तनम् (nivartanam) - A change or cessation of the wind (stopping, cessation, turning back, retreat)

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• नः (naḥ) - The Śārṅgaka birds (to us, for us, our)

• बिलवासिभ्यः (bilavāsibhyaḥ) - For us (the birds), who live in this hole/nest (to those dwelling in holes, for those living in burrows)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - might be, should be, will be

• मातर (mātara) - Addressing Jaritā (O mother)

• असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - without doubt, certainly

Words meanings and morphology

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty, risk

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion, risk

From sam-√śī (to lie together, hesitate)

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire; the god Agni

Note: Subject of `āgacchet`.

आगच्छेत् (āgacchet) - might come, should come

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of gam

Optative active

From ā-√gam

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Expresses possibility or potential.

दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - What is visibly observed (seen, observed, perceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

Past Passive Participle

From √dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वायोः (vāyoḥ) - of the wind

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air; the god Vāyu

Note: Possessive of `nivartanam`.

निवर्तनम् (nivartanam) - A change or cessation of the wind (stopping, cessation, turning back, retreat)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nivartana

nivartana - stopping, cessation, turning back, retreat, return

From ni-√vṛt

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Subject of `dṛṣṭam`.

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, demise; the god of death

From √mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Subject of `bhavet`.

नः (naḥ) - The Śārṅgaka birds (to us, for us, our)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form; here, dative 'for us'.

बिलवासिभ्यः (bilavāsibhyaḥ) - For us (the birds), who live in this hole/nest (to those dwelling in holes, for those living in burrows)

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, plural of bilavāsin

bilavāsin - dwelling in a hole, living in a burrow

Compound: bila (hole) + vāsin (dweller)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bila+vāsin)

• bila – hole, cave, burrow, nest
  noun (neuter)
• vāsin – dweller, resident, inhabitant
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  From √vas (to dwell) + ṇin suffix
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Refers to the birds themselves.

भवेत् (bhavet) - might be, should be, will be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Optative active

From √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses potential or certainty in context.

मातर (mātara) - Addressing Jaritā (O mother)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - without doubt, certainly

(indeclinable)

Compound: a (not) + saṃśaya (doubt)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃśaya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Functions as an adverb modifying `bhavet`.