महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-49, verse-16

अमोघं नः कृतं तत्स्याद्यदहं तव धीमते ।
पित्रे दत्ता विमोक्षार्थं कथं वा पुत्र मन्यसे ॥१६॥

16. amoghaṁ naḥ kṛtaṁ tatsyādyadahaṁ tava dhīmate ,
pitre dattā vimokṣārthaṁ kathaṁ vā putra manyase.

16. amogham naḥ kṛtam tat syāt yat aham tava dhīmate
pitre dattā vimokṣārtham katham vā putra manyase

16. May that deed performed by us be fruitful, by which I was given to your wise father for the sake of liberation. Or what do you think, son?

Words meanings summery:

• अमोघम् (amogham) - fruitful, effective (not failing, unfailing, fruitful, effective)

• नः (naḥ) - by us (by us, to us, our)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - deed, act (done, made; deed, act)

• तत् (tat) - that (deed) (that)

• स्यात् (syāt) - may it be (may be, would be)

• यत् (yat) - by which (which, that, because, by which)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तव (tava) - your

• धीमते (dhīmate) - to the wise (father) (to the intelligent/wise one)

• पित्रे (pitre) - to the father

• दत्ता (dattā) - (I was) given (given, offered)

• विमोक्षार्थम् (vimokṣārtham) - for the purpose of release (from the curse) (for the sake of release/liberation)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

• वा (vā) - or (or, alternatively)

• पुत्र (putra) - O son

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you consider (you think, you consider)

Words meanings and morphology

अमोघम् (amogham) - fruitful, effective (not failing, unfailing, fruitful, effective)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of amogha

amogha - not failing, unerring, unfailing, effective

नः (naḥ) - by us (by us, to us, our)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Can also be dative or genitive

कृतम् (kṛtam) - deed, act (done, made; deed, act)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

past passive participle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that (deed) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

स्यात् (syāt) - may it be (may be, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

यत् (yat) - by which (which, that, because, by which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, because, if

Note: Used here effectively as a relative pronoun indicating cause or circumstance

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

धीमते (dhīmate) - to the wise (father) (to the intelligent/wise one)

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of dhīmat

dhīmat - intelligent, wise, thoughtful, sagacious

possessive suffix matup

Derived from dhī (intellect) + matup

पित्रे (pitre) - to the father

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

दत्ता (dattā) - (I was) given (given, offered)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of datta

datta - given, offered, granted

past passive participle

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Refers to the mother of Astika, who is speaking, thus feminine.

विमोक्षार्थम् (vimokṣārtham) - for the purpose of release (from the curse) (for the sake of release/liberation)

(compound)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vimokṣa+artha)

• vimokṣa – release, liberation, deliverance
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  From √muc with vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: muc (class 6)
• artha – purpose, aim, object, sake, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially

कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, alternatively)

(indeclinable)

पुत्र (putra) - O son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

मन्यसे (manyase) - you consider (you think, you consider)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present indicative (lat) of man

Root: man (class 4)