महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-154

ततः स एनं पुरुषः प्राह ।
प्रीतोऽस्मि तेऽहमनेन स्तोत्रेण ।
किं ते प्रियं करवाणीति ॥१५४॥

154. tataḥ sa enaṁ puruṣaḥ prāha ,
prīto'smi te'hamanena stotreṇa ,
kiṁ te priyaṁ karavāṇīti.

154. tataḥ saḥ enam puruṣaḥ prāha prītaḥ asmi te
aham anena stotreṇa kim te priyam karavāṇi iti

154. Then that being said to him: 'I am pleased with you by this hymn of praise. What dear thing can I do for you?'

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

• सः (saḥ) - that (being) (he, that)

• एनम् (enam) - him (the praiser) (him, this (masculine accusative singular))

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - being (referring to the praised deity) (man, person, being, cosmic person)

• प्राह (prāha) - said (he said)

• प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased (pleased, delighted, satisfied)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• ते (te) - with you (to you, for you, by you)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अनेन (anena) - by this

• स्तोत्रेण (stotreṇa) - by the hymn, by the praise

• किम् (kim) - what?

• ते (te) - for you (to you, for you)

• प्रियम् (priyam) - a dear thing, pleasing thing (dear, pleasing, beloved, a pleasing thing)

• करवाणि (karavāṇi) - can I do (may I do, let me do)

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of the quote) (thus, so (quotation marker))

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that (being) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the praised deity.

एनम् (enam) - him (the praiser) (him, this (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him, her, it (anaphoric pronoun)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - being (referring to the praised deity) (man, person, being, cosmic person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, human being, person, cosmic being (Puruṣa)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ'.

प्राह (prāha) - said (he said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of ah

perfect (liṭ)

perfect 3rd person singular of √ah with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: ah (class 2)

प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased (pleased, delighted, satisfied)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prīta

prīta - pleased, delighted, satisfied

past passive participle

from root √prī

Root: prī (class 4)

Note: Predicate adjective with 'asmi', agreeing with 'aham'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

ते (te) - with you (to you, for you, by you)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Here, functions as dative 'to you' or 'with you' in relation to being pleased.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

अनेन (anena) - by this

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Modifies 'stotreṇa'.

स्तोत्रेण (stotreṇa) - by the hymn, by the praise

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of stotra

stotra - hymn, praise, eulogy

action noun

from root √stu

Root: stu (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which?

ते (te) - for you (to you, for you)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Here, dative 'for you'.

प्रियम् (priyam) - a dear thing, pleasing thing (dear, pleasing, beloved, a pleasing thing)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing; a beloved person, a pleasing thing

Note: Functions as a noun here.

करवाणि (karavāṇi) - can I do (may I do, let me do)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Expresses a request or a wish for oneself to act.

इति (iti) - (marks the end of the quote) (thus, so (quotation marker))

(indeclinable)