महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-29, verse-23

बलं विज्ञातुमिच्छामि यत्ते परमनुत्तमम् ।
सख्यं चानन्तमिच्छामि त्वया सह खगोत्तम ॥२३॥

23. balaṁ vijñātumicchāmi yatte paramanuttamam ,
sakhyaṁ cānantamicchāmi tvayā saha khagottama.

23. balam vijñātum icchāmi yat te paramanuttamam
sakhyam ca anantam icchāmi tvayā saha khagottama

23. O best of birds, I wish to know your supreme and unequalled strength, and I also desire an eternal friendship with you.

Words meanings summery:

• बलम् (balam) - your strength (strength, power)

• विज्ञातुम् (vijñātum) - to ascertain (your strength) (to know, to understand, to ascertain)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

• यत् (yat) - that (strength) (which, what, that)

• ते (te) - your (your, to you)

• परमनुत्तमम् (paramanuttamam) - supreme and unequalled (strength) (supreme and unequalled)

• सख्यम् (sakhyam) - friendship (friendship, companionship)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अनन्तम् (anantam) - endless (endless, eternal, infinite)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire (I wish, I desire)

• त्वया (tvayā) - with you (by you, with you)

• सह (saha) - with (with, accompanied by)

• खगोत्तम (khagottama) - O best among birds (vocative) (best among birds)

Words meanings and morphology

बलम् (balam) - your strength (strength, power)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, might

विज्ञातुम् (vijñātum) - to ascertain (your strength) (to know, to understand, to ascertain)

(verb)

infinitive of vijñā

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

(verb)

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

Prefix:

Root: iṣ (class 6)

यत् (yat) - that (strength) (which, what, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with 'balam'.

ते (te) - your (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form, also dative singular.

परमनुत्तमम् (paramanuttamam) - supreme and unequalled (strength) (supreme and unequalled)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of paramanuttama

paramanuttama - supreme and unequalled

karmadhāraya compound: parama (supreme) + anuttama (unequalled)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+anuttama)

• parama – supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix:
• anuttama – unequalled, unsurpassed, best
  adjective (masculine)
  nañ-tatpuruṣa compound: na (not) + uttama (best)
  Prefix: an

Note: Agrees with 'balam'.

सख्यम् (sakhyam) - friendship (friendship, companionship)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sakhya

sakhya - friendship, companionship, alliance

derived from sakhi (friend) with -ya suffix

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अनन्तम् (anantam) - endless (endless, eternal, infinite)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ananta

ananta - endless, infinite, eternal, limitless

nañ-tatpuruṣa compound: na (not) + anta (end)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+anta)

• na – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Prefix:
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix:

Note: Agrees with 'sakhyam'.

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire (I wish, I desire)

(verb)

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

Prefix:

Root: iṣ (class 6)

त्वया (tvayā) - with you (by you, with you)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

सह (saha) - with (with, accompanied by)

(indeclinable)

खगोत्तम (khagottama) - O best among birds (vocative) (best among birds)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of khagottama

khagottama - best among birds

ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa compound: khaga (bird) + uttama (best)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (khaga+uttama)

• khaga – bird, one who moves in the sky
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  kha (sky) + ga (goer), from root gam
  Prefix:
  Root: gam (class 1)
• uttama – best, highest, supreme, principal
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative degree
  Prefix: ut