महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-47, verse-3

यो मे हिंसितवांस्तातं तक्षकः स दुरात्मवान् ।
प्रतिकुर्यां यथा तस्य तद्भवन्तो ब्रुवन्तु मे ॥३॥

3. yo me hiṁsitavāṁstātaṁ takṣakaḥ sa durātmavān ,
pratikuryāṁ yathā tasya tadbhavanto bruvantu me.

3. yaḥ me hiṃsitavān tātam takṣakaḥ saḥ durātmavān
pratikuryām yathā tasya tat bhavantaḥ bruvantu me

3. That wicked Takṣaka who killed my father—please tell me, how can I retaliate against him?

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which)

• मे (me) - my (my, for me, to me)

• हिंसितवान् (hiṁsitavān) - who killed (killed, injured, harmed)

• तातम् (tātam) - father

• तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka (Takṣaka (name of a Naga))

• सः (saḥ) - that (Takṣaka) (he, that)

• दुरात्मवान् (durātmavān) - wicked (evil-minded, wicked, having a bad soul)

• प्रतिकुर्याम् (pratikuryām) - I should retaliate (I should retaliate, I should act against)

• यथा (yathā) - how (as, just as, so that, how)

• तस्य (tasya) - against him (his, of him, to him)

• तत् (tat) - that (matter/way) (that, this)

• भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (plural, polite) (you (pl.), respected sirs)

• ब्रुवन्तु (bruvantu) - please tell (tell, speak)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

मे (me) - my (my, for me, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, ego

हिंसितवान् (hiṁsitavān) - who killed (killed, injured, harmed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hiṃsitavat

hiṁsitavat - having killed, having injured, having harmed

perfect active participle

formed from root hiṃs with suffix ktavat

Root: hiṃs (class 7)

तातम् (tātam) - father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one

तक्षकः (takṣakaḥ) - Takṣaka (Takṣaka (name of a Naga))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of takṣaka

takṣaka - Takṣaka (name of a Naga or serpent deity)

सः (saḥ) - that (Takṣaka) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दुरात्मवान् (durātmavān) - wicked (evil-minded, wicked, having a bad soul)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durātmavat

durātmavat - evil-minded, wicked, having a bad soul

possessive adjective

formed from durātman with possessive suffix -vat

प्रतिकुर्याम् (pratikuryām) - I should retaliate (I should retaliate, I should act against)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of pratikṛ

Prefix: prati

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यथा (yathā) - how (as, just as, so that, how)

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - against him (his, of him, to him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तत् (tat) - that (matter/way) (that, this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (plural, polite) (you (pl.), respected sirs)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - you (polite), respected one, being, existing

present participle

formed from root bhū with suffix śatṛ

Root: bhū (class 1)

ब्रुवन्तु (bruvantu) - please tell (tell, speak)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I, ego