महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-43, verse-36

ज्ञातीनां हितमिच्छन्ती भगवंस्त्वां प्रसादये ।
इममव्यक्तरूपं मे गर्भमाधाय सत्तम ।
कथं त्यक्त्वा महात्मा सन्गन्तुमिच्छस्यनागसम् ॥३६॥

36. jñātīnāṁ hitamicchantī bhagavaṁstvāṁ prasādaye ,
imamavyaktarūpaṁ me garbhamādhāya sattama ,
kathaṁ tyaktvā mahātmā sangantumicchasyanāgasam.

36. jñātīnām hitam icchantī bhagavan tvām
prasādaye imam avyaktarūpam me
garbham ādhāya sattama katham tyaktvā
mahātmā san gantum icchasi anāgasam

36. O worshipful one, O best of beings, I, who desire the welfare of my relatives, implore you. Having placed this embryo of unmanifest form within me, how can you, being a great-souled one, wish to abandon me, who am sinless?

Words meanings summery:

• ज्ञातीनाम् (jñātīnām) - for my relatives (of relatives, of kinsmen)

• हितम् (hitam) - welfare (beneficial, welfare, good)

• इच्छन्ती (icchantī) - desiring (desiring, wishing)

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O worshipful one (glorious, divine, worshipful)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (you (accusative))

• प्रसादये (prasādaye) - I implore (I propitiate, I calm, I implore)

• इमम् (imam) - this (embryo) (this)

• अव्यक्तरूपम् (avyaktarūpam) - of unmanifest form (of unmanifested form, invisible form)

• मे (me) - my (in me) (my, of me)

• गर्भम् (garbham) - embryo (womb, embryo, fetus)

• आधाय (ādhāya) - having placed (having placed, having deposited, having undertaken)

• सत्तम (sattama) - O best of beings (best of beings, excellent one)

• कथम् (katham) - how? (how? in what manner?)

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having left)

• महात्मा (mahātmā) - (you) a great-souled one (great-souled, noble-minded)

• सन् (san) - being (being, existing)

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go away (to go)

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish (you desire, you wish)

• अनागसम् (anāgasam) - sinless (referring to the nāgī, the speaker) (sinless, faultless)

Words meanings and morphology

ज्ञातीनाम् (jñātīnām) - for my relatives (of relatives, of kinsmen)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jñāti

jñāti - relative, kinsman, caste-fellow

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Expresses purpose for `hitam`.

हितम् (hitam) - welfare (beneficial, welfare, good)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hita

hita - beneficial, good, welfare, well-being

past passive participle (used as noun)

from root dhā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of `icchantī`.

इच्छन्ती (icchantī) - desiring (desiring, wishing)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of icchant

icchant - desiring, wishing

present active participle

from root iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Refers to the speaker (the nāgī).

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O worshipful one (glorious, divine, worshipful)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - possessing fortune, glorious, divine, worshipful, venerable

possessive adjective

from bhaga + -vat

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (you (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Object of `prasādaye`.

प्रसादये (prasādaye) - I implore (I propitiate, I calm, I implore)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of prasād

causative (from sad)

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

इमम् (imam) - this (embryo) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with `garbham`.

अव्यक्तरूपम् (avyaktarūpam) - of unmanifest form (of unmanifested form, invisible form)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of avyaktarūpa

avyaktarūpa - having an unmanifested form, invisible

compound: a + vyakta + rūpa

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+vyakta+rūpa)

• a – not, un-
  prefix
• vyakta – manifested, perceptible, clear
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root añj with vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: añj (class 7)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `garbham`.

मे (me) - my (in me) (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, ego

Note: Possessive, indicating ownership or location ('in me').

गर्भम् (garbham) - embryo (womb, embryo, fetus)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - womb, fetus, embryo, interior

Note: Object of `ādhāya`.

आधाय (ādhāya) - having placed (having placed, having deposited, having undertaken)

(verb)

absolutive (gerund)

Prefix: ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Connects with the action of abandoning.

सत्तम (sattama) - O best of beings (best of beings, excellent one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sattama

sattama - best, most excellent, chief of existing beings

superlative

superlative of sat (from root as)

Root: as (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how? (how? in what manner?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having left)

(verb)

absolutive (gerund)

Root: tyaj (class 1)

महात्मा (mahātmā) - (you) a great-souled one (great-souled, noble-minded)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, a great person

compound: mahā + ātman

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to implied 'tvam'.

सन् (san) - being (being, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous

present active participle

from root as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agrees with implied 'tvam'.

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go away (to go)

(verb)

infinitive of gam

infinitive

Root: gam (class 1)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish (you desire, you wish)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 4)

अनागसम् (anāgasam) - sinless (referring to the nāgī, the speaker) (sinless, faultless)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anāgas

anāgas - sinless, faultless, innocent

negative prefix 'an' + āgas

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+āgas)

• an – not, un-
  prefix
• āgas – fault, offence, crime, sin
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with implied `mām` (me).