महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-67, verse-16

सत्यं मे प्रतिजानीहि यत्त्वां वक्ष्याम्यहं रहः ।
मम जायेत यः पुत्रः स भवेत्त्वदनन्तरम् ॥१६॥

16. satyaṁ me pratijānīhi yattvāṁ vakṣyāmyahaṁ rahaḥ ,
mama jāyeta yaḥ putraḥ sa bhavettvadanantaram.

16. satyam me pratijānīhi yat tvām vakṣyāmi aham rahaḥ
mama jāyeta yaḥ putraḥ sa bhavet tvad anantaram

16. Promise me truly what I will tell you privately: that any son born to me shall succeed you (as king).

Words meanings summery:

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truly (as an adverb) (truth, truly, faithfully)

• मे (me) - my, to me (to me, for me, my)

• प्रतिजानीहि (pratijānīhi) - promise (imperative) (promise, acknowledge, assent)

• यत् (yat) - what (that which) (that, which (relative pronoun/conjunction))

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

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will tell (I will say, I will tell)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• रहः (rahaḥ) - privately (secretly, privately, in solitude)

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• जायेत (jāyeta) - should be born (may be born, should be born (optative))

• यः (yaḥ) - whatever (son) (who, which (masculine))

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son (son, child)

• स (sa) - he (that son) (he, that (masculine))

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should become (may be, should be, would be (optative))

• त्वद् (tvad) - from you (ablative, part of compound) (from you)

• अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately after you, succeeding you (immediately after, succeeding, next in succession)

Words meanings and morphology

सत्यम् (satyam) - truly (as an adverb) (truth, truly, faithfully)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, true, reality, sincerity

मे (me) - my, to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

प्रतिजानीहि (pratijānīhi) - promise (imperative) (promise, acknowledge, assent)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pratijñā

Imperative Active

Root jñā (9P) with upasarga prati-; imperative, second person singular, active voice. The stem is jānī.

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

यत् (yat) - what (that which) (that, which (relative pronoun/conjunction))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

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

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Object of 'vakṣyāmi'.

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will tell (I will say, I will tell)

(verb)

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

Future Active

Root vac (2P) future tense, first person singular, active voice. Irregular future stem (vakṣya-).

Root: vac (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Subject of 'vakṣyāmi'.

रहः (rahaḥ) - privately (secretly, privately, in solitude)

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

जायेत (jāyeta) - should be born (may be born, should be born (optative))

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of jan

Optative Middle

Root jan (4A) optative, third person singular, middle voice.

Root: jan (class 4)

यः (yaḥ) - whatever (son) (who, which (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son (son, child)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Subject of 'jāyeta'.

स (sa) - he (that son) (he, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

भवेत् (bhavet) - should become (may be, should be, would be (optative))

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative Active

Root bhū (1P) optative, third person singular, active voice.

Root: bhū (class 1)

त्वद् (tvad) - from you (ablative, part of compound) (from you)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Part of the compound 'tvadanantaram', meaning 'next after you'.

अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately after you, succeeding you (immediately after, succeeding, next in succession)

(indeclinable)

Compound: an (not) + antara (interval, space).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (an+antara)

• an – not, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• antara – interval, space, difference, interior
  noun (neuter)