महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-160

स ते प्रतिजग्राहोत्तङ्कः ।
कुण्डले प्रतिगृह्याचिन्तयत् ।
अद्य तत्पुण्यकमुपाध्यायिन्याः ।
दूरं चाहमभ्यागतः ।
कथं नु खलु संभावयेयमिति ॥१६०॥

160. sa te pratijagrāhottaṅkaḥ ,
kuṇḍale pratigṛhyācintayat ,
adya tatpuṇyakamupādhyāyinyāḥ ,
dūraṁ cāhamabhyāgataḥ ,
kathaṁ nu khalu saṁbhāvayeyamiti.

160. sa te pratijagrāha uttaṅkaḥ kuṇḍale
pratigṛhya acintayat adya tatpuṇyakam
upādhyāyinyāḥ dūram ca aham abhyāgataḥ
katham nu khalu saṃbhāvayeyam iti

160. Uttanka accepted them from him. Having received the earrings, he thought, "Today is the day for the teacher's wife's meritorious offering, and I have come a long way. How indeed can I possibly manage this?"

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - He (Uttanka) (he, that)

• ते (te) - from him (the Nāga king) (from you, to you, by you)

• प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - he took back (the earrings) (he accepted, he took back)

• उत्तङ्कः (uttaṅkaḥ) - Uttanka (Uttanka (a proper name))

• कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - the two earrings (which he had to deliver) (two earrings)

• प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received (the earrings) (having received, having taken)

• अचिन्तयत् (acintayat) - he thought

• अद्य (adya) - today

• तत्पुण्यकम् (tatpuṇyakam) - that sacred duty/offering (of delivering the earrings) (that meritorious act, that sacred offering)

• उपाध्यायिन्याः (upādhyāyinyāḥ) - for the teacher's wife (of the teacher's wife, for the teacher's wife)

• दूरम् (dūram) - a long distance (far, distant)

• च (ca) - and

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अभ्यागतः (abhyāgataḥ) - I have come (one who has arrived, guest; having come)

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• नु (nu) - indeed (an interrogative particle, indeed, now)

• खलु (khalu) - certainly (indeed, certainly)

• संभावयेयम् (saṁbhāvayeyam) - I might accomplish it (deliver the earrings) (I might accomplish, I might manage)

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of Uttanka's thought) (thus, so saying, indicating end of speech)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - He (Uttanka) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Masculine singular nominative of tad

ते (te) - from him (the Nāga king) (from you, to you, by you)

(pronoun)

singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you

Note: 2nd person singular dative/genitive/ablative, here understood as ablative 'from him' by context

प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - he took back (the earrings) (he accepted, he took back)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of grah

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: From root √grah (to seize, take) with prefix prati-

उत्तङ्कः (uttaṅkaḥ) - Uttanka (Uttanka (a proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttaṅka

uttaṅka - Uttanka (name of a sage)

कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - the two earrings (which he had to deliver) (two earrings)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of kuṇḍala

kuṇḍala - earring, bracelet

Note: Neuter dual accusative

प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received (the earrings) (having received, having taken)

(indeclinable)

indeclinable participle (absolutive)

Prefix 'prati' + root 'grah' + suffix '-ya'

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

अचिन्तयत् (acintayat) - he thought

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of cintay

causative/denominal

From root √cit with -aya suffix (denominal from cintā or causative of cit)

Root: cit (class 10)

अद्य (adya) - today

(indeclinable)

तत्पुण्यकम् (tatpuṇyakam) - that sacred duty/offering (of delivering the earrings) (that meritorious act, that sacred offering)

(noun)

neuter, singular of tatpuṇyaka

tatpuṇyaka - that meritorious act/offering

Compound type : tatpuruşa (tad+puṇyaka)

• tad – that
  pronoun
• puṇyaka – meritorious act, virtuous deed, sacred offering
  noun (neuter)
  From puṇya (merit) + -ka (diminutive/affectionate suffix)

Note: Neuter singular nominative or accusative

उपाध्यायिन्याः (upādhyāyinyāḥ) - for the teacher's wife (of the teacher's wife, for the teacher's wife)

(noun)

feminine, singular of upādhyāyinī

upādhyāyinī - teacher's wife

Feminine form of upādhyāya (teacher)

Note: Feminine singular genitive or dative

दूरम् (dūram) - a long distance (far, distant)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: 1st person singular nominative

अभ्यागतः (abhyāgataḥ) - I have come (one who has arrived, guest; having come)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhyāgata

abhyāgata - one who has approached or arrived, guest

past participle

From prefix 'abhi-' + 'ā-' + root 'gam'

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Masculine singular nominative, functioning as a predicate adjective with 'aham'

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed (an interrogative particle, indeed, now)

(indeclinable)

खलु (khalu) - certainly (indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

संभावयेयम् (saṁbhāvayeyam) - I might accomplish it (deliver the earrings) (I might accomplish, I might manage)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of saṃbhāvay

causative/denominal

Causative of √bhū (to be) with 'sam-'

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

इति (iti) - (marks the end of Uttanka's thought) (thus, so saying, indicating end of speech)

(indeclinable)