महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-57, verse-17

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
यष्टिं च वैणवीं तस्मै ददौ वृत्रनिषूदनः ।
इष्टप्रदानमुद्दिश्य शिष्टानां परिपालिनीम् ॥१७॥

17. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
yaṣṭiṁ ca vaiṇavīṁ tasmai dadau vṛtraniṣūdanaḥ ,
iṣṭapradānamuddiśya śiṣṭānāṁ paripālinīm.

17. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca yaṣṭim ca vaiṇavīm tasmai dadau
vṛtraniṣūdanaḥ iṣṭapradānam uddiśya śiṣṭānām paripālinīm

17. Vaiśampāyana said: The slayer of Vṛtra (Indra) also gave him a bamboo staff, intending it for the granting of desired boons and for the protection of the virtuous.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यष्टिम् (yaṣṭim) - a staff (staff, stick)

• च (ca) - also (and, also)

• वैणवीम् (vaiṇavīm) - bamboo (made of bamboo, bamboo)

• तस्मै (tasmai) - to him (Arjuna) (to him, for him)

• ददौ (dadau) - gave (gave, bestowed)

• वृत्रनिषूदनः (vṛtraniṣūdanaḥ) - Indra (epithet) (slayer of Vṛtra)

• इष्टप्रदानम् (iṣṭapradānam) - for granting desired boons (granting of desired things/boons)

• उद्दिश्य (uddiśya) - intending it as (having intended, aiming at, for the purpose of)

• शिष्टानाम् (śiṣṭānām) - of the virtuous (of the virtuous, of the disciplined)

• परिपालिनीम् (paripālinīm) - protector (protecting, guarding)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṁpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - name of a sage, a pupil of Vyāsa

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative

root vac (reduplicated va-vac -> uvāca)

Root: vac (class 2)

यष्टिम् (yaṣṭim) - a staff (staff, stick)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yaṣṭi

yaṣṭi - staff, stick, pillar, club, stem

च (ca) - also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

वैणवीम् (vaiṇavīm) - bamboo (made of bamboo, bamboo)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vaiṇava

vaiṇava - made of bamboo, relating to bamboo

From veṇu (bamboo) + a (suffix)

तस्मै (tasmai) - to him (Arjuna) (to him, for him)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to Arjuna in context.

ददौ (dadau) - gave (gave, bestowed)

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative

root dā (reduplicated da-dā -> dadau)

Root: dā (class 3)

वृत्रनिषूदनः (vṛtraniṣūdanaḥ) - Indra (epithet) (slayer of Vṛtra)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛtraniṣūdana

vṛtraniṣūdana - slayer of Vṛtra (an epithet of Indra)

Compound, agent noun

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vṛtra+niṣūdana)

• vṛtra – Vṛtra (name of a demon)
  noun (masculine)
• niṣūdana – slayer, destroyer
  agent noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  ni + sūd (to kill) + ana
  Prefix: ni
  Root: sūd (class 10)

इष्टप्रदानम् (iṣṭapradānam) - for granting desired boons (granting of desired things/boons)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of iṣṭapradāna

iṣṭapradāna - giving of what is desired, granting of boons

Compound noun

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (iṣṭa+pradāna)

• iṣṭa – desired, wished; sacrifice
  adjective / noun
  past passive participle
  root iṣ (to wish) + kta
  Root: iṣ (class 4)
• pradāna – giving, granting, bestowal
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  pra + dā (to give) + lyuṭ
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dā (class 3)

उद्दिश्य (uddiśya) - intending it as (having intended, aiming at, for the purpose of)

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

ud + diś (to point, show) + lyap (gerund suffix with prefix)

Prefixes: ud+diś

Root: diś (class 6)

शिष्टानाम् (śiṣṭānām) - of the virtuous (of the virtuous, of the disciplined)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śiṣṭa

śiṣṭa - disciplined, educated, learned, virtuous, well-behaved

past passive participle

root śiṣ (to teach, discipline) + kta

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

परिपालिनीम् (paripālinīm) - protector (protecting, guarding)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paripālin

paripālin - protecting, guarding, maintaining

agent noun

pari + pā (to protect) + ṇini

Root: pā (class 2)