महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-39, verse-17

तक्षक उवाच ।
यावद्धनं प्रार्थयसे तस्माद्राज्ञस्ततोऽधिकम् ।
अहं तेऽद्य प्रदास्यामि निवर्तस्व द्विजोत्तम ॥१७॥

17. takṣaka uvāca ,
yāvaddhanaṁ prārthayase tasmādrājñastato'dhikam ,
ahaṁ te'dya pradāsyāmi nivartasva dvijottama.

17. takṣakaḥ uvāca yāvat dhanaṃ prārthayase tasmāt rājñaḥ
tataḥ adhikam ahaṃ te adya pradāsyāmi nivartasva dvijottama

17. Takṣaka said: "Whatever wealth you seek from that king, I will give you even more than that today. Return, O best of the twice-born!"

Words meanings summery:

• तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka (the Nāga king) (Takṣaka (a proper name, name of a Nāga king))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• यावत् (yāvat) - whatever (amount of wealth) (as much as, as many, as long as, until)

• धनं (dhanaṁ) - wealth (wealth, riches)

• प्रार्थयसे (prārthayase) - you seek (you request, you seek, you pray for)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (king) (from that, than that)

• राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - from the king (of the king, from the king)

• ततः (tataḥ) - than that (amount, implied from `yāvat dhanaṃ`) (then, therefrom, than that)

• अधिकम् (adhikam) - more (than that) (more, additional, excessive)

• अहं (ahaṁ) - I

• ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, your)

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• प्रदास्यामि (pradāsyāmi) - I will give (I will give, I will bestow)

• निवर्तस्व (nivartasva) - return (home) (return, turn back)

• द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of the twice-born (vocative) (best of twice-born, chief of brahmins)

Words meanings and morphology

तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka (the Nāga king) (Takṣaka (a proper name, name of a Nāga king))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of takṣaka

takṣaka - a carpenter; a Nāga king (son of Kadrū)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

यावत् (yāvat) - whatever (amount of wealth) (as much as, as many, as long as, until)

(indeclinable)

Note: Acts as a correlative adverb/pronoun, here qualifying 'dhana'.

धनं (dhanaṁ) - wealth (wealth, riches)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, riches, property, money

Note: Object of 'prārthayase'.

प्रार्थयसे (prārthayase) - you seek (you request, you seek, you pray for)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of arth

Prefix: pra

Root: arth (class 10)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (king) (from that, than that)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, it

Note: Refers to the king, implied by 'rājñaḥ'.

राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - from the king (of the king, from the king)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

Note: Here in ablative, meaning "from the king", parallel to `tasmāt`.

ततः (tataḥ) - than that (amount, implied from `yāvat dhanaṃ`) (then, therefrom, than that)

(indeclinable)

ablative of tad (that)

Note: Used here in a comparative sense with `adhikam`.

अधिकम् (adhikam) - more (than that) (more, additional, excessive)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of adhika

adhika - additional, excessive, superior, more

Note: Functions adverbially, "more".

अहं (ahaṁ) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person singular pronoun)

ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

Note: Enclitic form of dative/genitive. Here, dative with 'pradāsyāmi'.

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time.

प्रदास्यामि (pradāsyāmi) - I will give (I will give, I will bestow)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of dā

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

निवर्तस्व (nivartasva) - return (home) (return, turn back)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of vṛt

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: With prefix `ni-` means 'to return', 'to turn back'.

द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of the twice-born (vocative) (best of twice-born, chief of brahmins)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijottama

dvijottama - best of the twice-born (Brahmins)

superlative compound of dvija (twice-born) and uttama (best)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+uttama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya); a bird; a tooth
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – highest, best, chief, excellent
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Used as an address for Kaśyapa.