महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-71, verse-44

शुक्र उवाच ।
किं ते प्रियं करवाण्यद्य वत्से वधेन मे जीवितं स्यात्कचस्य ।
नान्यत्र कुक्षेर्मम भेदनेन दृश्येत्कचो मद्गतो देवयानि ॥४४॥

44. śukra uvāca ,
kiṁ te priyaṁ karavāṇyadya vatse; vadhena me jīvitaṁ syātkacasya ,
nānyatra kukṣermama bhedanena; dṛśyetkaco madgato devayāni.

44. śukraḥ uvāca kim te priyam karavāṇi
adya vatse vadhena me jīvitam syāt
kacasya na anyatra kukṣeḥ mama
bhedanena dṛśyet kacaḥ matgataḥ devayāni

44. Śukra said: "My child, what dear thing shall I do for you today? Kaca's life would come about only through my death. He, being within me, would not be seen by any means other than the splitting open of my belly, O Devayani."

Words meanings summery:

• शुक्रः (śukraḥ) - The proper noun Śukra, the guru of the asuras. (Śukra)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• ते (te) - for you, Devayani (to you, for you, your)

• प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, pleasing, beloved, favorite thing

• करवाणि (karavāṇi) - shall I do, may I do

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• वत्से (vatse) - O Devayani, addressed affectionately by her father Śukra. (O child, O darling)

• वधेन (vadhena) - by my (Śukra's) death (by the slaying, by the killing)

• मे (me) - of me (Śukra) (my, of me)

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living

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

• कचस्य (kacasya) - of Kaca

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यत्र (anyatra) - elsewhere, otherwise than

• कुक्षेः (kukṣeḥ) - from the belly, from the womb

• मम (mama) - of me (Śukra) (my, of me)

• भेदनेन (bhedanena) - by the splitting, by the piercing

• दृश्येत् (dṛśyet) - would be seen, should be seen

• कचः (kacaḥ) - The proper noun Kaca, son of Bṛhaspati. (Kaca)

• मत्गतः (matgataḥ) - Kaca, who is inside me (Śukra) (gone into me, situated in me)

• देवयानि (devayāni) - O Devayani

Words meanings and morphology

शुक्रः (śukraḥ) - The proper noun Śukra, the guru of the asuras. (Śukra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śukra

śukra - Śukra (proper name, preceptor of the demons); semen; bright, clear

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why; whether

ते (te) - for you, Devayani (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, pleasing, beloved, favorite thing

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing; a beloved person or object

Root: prī (class 9)

करवाणि (karavāṇi) - shall I do, may I do

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative/imperative (loṭ (or vidhi-liṅ)) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used as both optative and imperative in 1st person.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

वत्से (vatse) - O Devayani, addressed affectionately by her father Śukra. (O child, O darling)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of vatsā

vatsā - female calf; child, darling (as a term of endearment)

वधेन (vadhena) - by my (Śukra's) death (by the slaying, by the killing)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaying, striking, death

Root: vadh (class 1)

मे (me) - of me (Śukra) (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, vitality; livelihood

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

Derived from root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

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

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

कचस्य (kacasya) - of Kaca

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kaca

kaca - Kaca (a proper name, son of Bṛhaspati); hair

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यत्र (anyatra) - elsewhere, otherwise than

(indeclinable)

कुक्षेः (kukṣeḥ) - from the belly, from the womb

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kukṣi

kukṣi - belly, abdomen, womb

मम (mama) - of me (Śukra) (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

भेदनेन (bhedanena) - by the splitting, by the piercing

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bhedana

bhedana - splitting, piercing, breaking; a means of dividing

Root: bhid (class 7)

दृश्येत् (dṛśyet) - would be seen, should be seen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, optative (liṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कचः (kacaḥ) - The proper noun Kaca, son of Bṛhaspati. (Kaca)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaca

kaca - Kaca (a proper name, son of Bṛhaspati); hair

मत्गतः (matgataḥ) - Kaca, who is inside me (Śukra) (gone into me, situated in me)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of matgata

matgata - gone to me, situated in me

Compound type : tatpurusha (mat+gata)

• mat – me, from me
  pronoun
• gata – gone, reached, arrived; situated in
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

देवयानि (devayāni) - O Devayani

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of devayānī

devayānī - Devayani (proper name, daughter of Śukra)