महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-25, verse-32

यैषा मम महाशाखा शतयोजनमायता ।
एतामास्थाय शाखां त्वं खादेमौ गजकच्छपौ ॥३२॥

32. yaiṣā mama mahāśākhā śatayojanamāyatā ,
etāmāsthāya śākhāṁ tvaṁ khādemau gajakacchapau.

32. yā eṣā mama mahāśākhā śatayojanam āyatā etām
āsthāya śākhām tvam khādeḥ imau gajakacchapau

32. This great branch of mine, which extends for a hundred yojanas – settle upon this branch, and then you may eat these two, the elephant and the tortoise.

Words meanings summery:

• या (yā) - which (branch) (which)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (branch) (this)

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• महाशाखा (mahāśākhā) - great branch

• शतयोजनम् (śatayojanam) - a hundred yojanas long (a hundred yojanas (a unit of distance))

• आयता (āyatā) - long (in extent) (long, extended, stretched)

• एताम् (etām) - this (branch) (this)

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having settled upon (having stood upon, having taken recourse to, having settled on)

• शाखाम् (śākhām) - this branch (branch)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Garuda) (you)

• खादेः (khādeḥ) - you may eat (you may eat, you should eat)

• इमौ (imau) - these two (elephant and tortoise) (these two)

• गजकच्छपौ (gajakacchapau) - the elephant and tortoise (elephant and tortoise)

Words meanings and morphology

या (yā) - which (branch) (which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to 'mahāśākhā'.

एषा (eṣā) - this (branch) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: Demonstrative pronoun referring to 'mahāśākhā'.

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Possessive form.

महाशाखा (mahāśākhā) - great branch

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahāśākhā

mahāśākhā - large branch

compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+śākhā)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• śākhā – branch, tree branch
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the clause.

शतयोजनम् (śatayojanam) - a hundred yojanas long (a hundred yojanas (a unit of distance))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śatayojana

śatayojana - a hundred yojanas (a measure of distance, approx 800 miles)

compound

Compound type : dvigu (śata+yojana)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• yojana – a measure of distance (approx. 8-10 miles or more)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially to indicate extent.

आयता (āyatā) - long (in extent) (long, extended, stretched)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āyata

āyata - long, extended, stretched, wide

past passive participle

from root yam (to restrain, extend) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'mahāśākhā'.

एताम् (etām) - this (branch) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: Refers to 'śākhām'.

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having settled upon (having stood upon, having taken recourse to, having settled on)

(verb)

active

absolutive (gerund)

suffix -ya, from root sthā with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Indicates a completed action preceding the main verb.

शाखाम् (śākhām) - this branch (branch)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śākhā

śākhā - branch, tree branch

Note: Direct object of 'āsthāya'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Garuda) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Note: Subject of 'khādeḥ'.

खादेः (khādeḥ) - you may eat (you may eat, you should eat)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of khād

Root: khād (class 1)

Note: Expresses permission or suggestion. Combines with 'imau' to form 'khādemau' in sandhi.

इमौ (imau) - these two (elephant and tortoise) (these two)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Refers to the two creatures Garuda intends to eat. Combines with 'khādeḥ' to form 'khādemau' in sandhi.

गजकच्छपौ (gajakacchapau) - the elephant and tortoise (elephant and tortoise)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of gajakacchapa

gajakacchapa - elephant and tortoise

compound

Compound type : dvandva (gaja+kacchapa)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• kacchapa – tortoise, turtle
  noun (masculine)

Note: Direct object of 'khādeḥ'.