महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-78, verse-40

शुक्र उवाच ।
संक्रामयिष्यसि जरां यथेष्टं नहुषात्मज ।
मामनुध्याय भावेन न च पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥४०॥

40. śukra uvāca ,
saṁkrāmayiṣyasi jarāṁ yatheṣṭaṁ nahuṣātmaja ,
māmanudhyāya bhāvena na ca pāpamavāpsyasi.

40. śukraḥ uvāca saṃkrāmayiṣyasi jarām yathā iṣṭam
nahuṣātmaja mām anudhyāya bhāvena na ca pāpam avāpsyasi

40. Śukra said: "O son of Nahuṣa, you shall transfer your old age as you desire. And by meditating upon me with devotion, you will not incur any sin."

Words meanings summery:

• शुक्रः (śukraḥ) - Śukra

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• संक्रामयिष्यसि (saṁkrāmayiṣyasi) - you will transfer, you will cause to pass on

• जराम् (jarām) - old age, decrepitude

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desired, wished for, agreeable

• नहुषात्मज (nahuṣātmaja) - Address to Yayāti, son of King Nahuṣa. (O son of Nahuṣa!)

• माम् (mām) - Referring to Śukra. (me)

• अनुध्याय (anudhyāya) - having meditated upon, having thought of

• भावेन (bhāvena) - with feeling, with devotion, with intent, sincerely

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, demerit

• अवाप्स्यसि (avāpsyasi) - you will obtain, you will incur

Words meanings and morphology

शुक्रः (śukraḥ) - Śukra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śukra

śukra - Śukra (name of the preceptor of the Daityas, same as Uśanas), bright, clear

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

3rd singular perfect active of √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

संक्रामयिष्यसि (saṁkrāmayiṣyasi) - you will transfer, you will cause to pass on

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of saṃkram

Future Active (Causative)

2nd singular future active (causative) of √kram (to go) with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: kram (class 1)

जराम् (jarām) - old age, decrepitude

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, infirmity

Root: jṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'saṃkrāmayiṣyasi'.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction/adverb.

इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desired, wished for, agreeable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, wished for, performed, sacrificed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √iṣ (to wish)

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Adverbial accusative, 'as desired'.

नहुषात्मज (nahuṣātmaja) - Address to Yayāti, son of King Nahuṣa. (O son of Nahuṣa!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nahuṣātmaja

nahuṣātmaja - son of Nahuṣa

compound 'Nahuṣa-ātmaja' (Nahuṣa's son)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nahuṣa+ātmaja)

• nahuṣa – Nahuṣa (name of a king, father of Yayāti)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – son, born from oneself
  noun (masculine)
  compound 'ātman-ja' (self-born), from √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Compound word, vocative singular.

माम् (mām) - Referring to Śukra. (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Object of 'anudhyāya'.

अनुध्याय (anudhyāya) - having meditated upon, having thought of

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund) with prefix

Absolutive formed with prefix 'anu-' and root √dhyā (to meditate)

Prefix: anu

Root: dhyā (class 2)

Note: Absolutive, 'having done X'.

भावेन (bhāvena) - with feeling, with devotion, with intent, sincerely

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - state, condition, feeling, devotion, intent

from √bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Indicates manner.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

conjunction

Note: Conjunction.

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, demerit

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wickedness, demerit

Note: Object of 'avāpsyasi'.

अवाप्स्यसि (avāpsyasi) - you will obtain, you will incur

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of avāp

Future Active

2nd singular future active of √āp (to obtain) with prefix 'ava'

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)