महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-23, verse-11

किमाहृत्य विदित्वा वा किं वा कृत्वेह पौरुषम् ।
दास्याद्वो विप्रमुच्येयं सत्यं शंसत लेलिहाः ॥११॥

11. kimāhṛtya viditvā vā kiṁ vā kṛtveha pauruṣam ,
dāsyādvo vipramucyeyaṁ satyaṁ śaṁsata lelihāḥ.

11. kim āhṛtya viditvā vā kim vā kṛtvā iha pauruṣam
dāsyāt vaḥ vipramucyeyam satyam śaṃsata lelihāḥ

11. "What should I bring, or what should I know, or what valorous deed should I perform here, by which I may be freed from servitude to you? Tell me the truth, O serpents."

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what (what?, why? (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

• आहृत्य (āhṛtya) - having brought (having brought, having fetched (gerund))

• विदित्वा (viditvā) - having known (having known, having learned (gerund))

• वा (vā) - or (or (conjunction))

• किम् (kim) - what (what?, why? (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

• वा (vā) - or (or (conjunction))

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having performed (having done, having made (gerund))

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world (adverb))

• पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - valorous deed, act of valor (valor, manliness, heroic deed (neuter accusative singular))

• दास्यात् (dāsyāt) - from servitude (from servitude, from slavery (ablative singular))

• वः (vaḥ) - to you (the serpents), from you (in context of servitude to them) (you (plural accusative, dative, or genitive enclitic pronoun))

• विप्रमुच्येयम् (vipramucyeyam) - I would be freed (I would be released, I would be freed (optative passive, first person singular))

• सत्यम् (satyam) - the truth (truth (neuter accusative singular))

• शंसत (śaṁsata) - tell (me) (tell, declare (imperative plural))

• लेलिहाः (lelihāḥ) - O serpents (referring to their forked tongues) (O licking ones, O serpents (vocative plural))

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what (what?, why? (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, why (interrogative pronoun)

interrogative pronoun

Note: Functions as an interrogative adverb here, referring to the action of bringing.

आहृत्य (āhṛtya) - having brought (having brought, having fetched (gerund))

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

derived from root `hṛ` with prefix `ā-`

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Part of an interrogative question.

विदित्वा (viditvā) - having known (having known, having learned (gerund))

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

derived from root `vid`

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Part of an interrogative question.

वा (vā) - or (or (conjunction))

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what (what?, why? (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, why (interrogative pronoun)

interrogative pronoun

Note: Functions as an interrogative adverb here, referring to the action of doing.

वा (vā) - or (or (conjunction))

(indeclinable)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having performed (having done, having made (gerund))

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

derived from root `kṛ`

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Part of an interrogative question.

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world (adverb))

(indeclinable)

पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - valorous deed, act of valor (valor, manliness, heroic deed (neuter accusative singular))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - manliness, valor, energy, heroic deed

derived from `puruṣa` (man)

Note: Object of `kṛtvā`.

दास्यात् (dāsyāt) - from servitude (from servitude, from slavery (ablative singular))

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dāsya

dāsya - servitude, slavery, bondage

derived from `dāsa` (servant)

Note: Indicates the source from which one wishes to be freed.

वः (vaḥ) - to you (the serpents), from you (in context of servitude to them) (you (plural accusative, dative, or genitive enclitic pronoun))

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

enclitic form

Note: Refers to the serpents.

विप्रमुच्येयम् (vipramucyeyam) - I would be freed (I would be released, I would be freed (optative passive, first person singular))

(verb)

1st person , singular, passive, optative (liṅ) of muc

optative passive

derived from root `muc` with prefixes `vi-` and `pra-`

Prefixes: vi+pra

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Expresses a wish or possibility.

सत्यम् (satyam) - the truth (truth (neuter accusative singular))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true

derived from `sat` (being, existing)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Object of `śaṃsata`.

शंसत (śaṁsata) - tell (me) (tell, declare (imperative plural))

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of śaṃs

imperative active

derived from root `śaṃs`

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

Note: Addressed to the serpents.

लेलिहाः (lelihāḥ) - O serpents (referring to their forked tongues) (O licking ones, O serpents (vocative plural))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of leliha

leliha - licking, a serpent (often associated with licking flames or poison)

intensive verb form, agent noun

reduplicated intensive of root `lih` (to lick)

Root: lih (class 2)

Note: Address to the serpents.