महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-87, verse-13

प्रतर्दन उवाच ।
पृच्छामि त्वां स्पृहणीयरूप प्रतर्दनोऽहं यदि मे सन्ति लोकाः ।
यद्यन्तरिक्षे यदि वा दिवि श्रिताः क्षेत्रज्ञं त्वां तस्य धर्मस्य मन्ये ॥१३॥

13. pratardana uvāca ,
pṛcchāmi tvāṁ spṛhaṇīyarūpa; pratardano'haṁ yadi me santi lokāḥ ,
yadyantarikṣe yadi vā divi śritāḥ; kṣetrajñaṁ tvāṁ tasya dharmasya manye.

13. pratardanaḥ uvāca pṛcchāmi tvāṃ
spṛhaṇīyarūpa pratardanaḥ ahaṃ yadi me santi
lokāḥ yadi antarikṣe yadi vā divi śritāḥ
kṣetrajñaṃ tvāṃ tasya dharmasya manye

13. Pratardana said: "I ask you, O you of desirable form; I am Pratardana. If there are worlds (lokā) for me, whether they are situated in the atmosphere or in heaven, I consider you the knower (kṣetrajña) of the natural law (dharma) concerning them."

Words meanings summery:

• प्रतर्दनः (pratardanaḥ) - Pratardana (speaker) (Pratardana (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask, I inquire

• त्वां (tvāṁ) - you (accusative singular)

• स्पृहणीयरूप (spṛhaṇīyarūpa) - O you of desirable form/appearance

• प्रतर्दनः (pratardanaḥ) - Pratardana (speaker identifying himself) (Pratardana (proper name))

• अहं (ahaṁ) - I

• यदि (yadi) - if

• मे (me) - for me (dative of possession or interest) (to me, for me, my)

• सन्ति (santi) - are, exist

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - spiritual realms or abodes (e.g., heaven) (worlds, realms, people)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• अन्तरिक्षे (antarikṣe) - in the intermediate space, in the atmosphere

• यदि (yadi) - if

• वा (vā) - or

• दिवि (divi) - in heaven, in the sky

• श्रिताः (śritāḥ) - situated, resting (referring to worlds) (resorted to, dependent on, situated)

• क्षेत्रज्ञं (kṣetrajñaṁ) - knower of the implications or principles (knower of the field, knower of the body, knower of the soul)

• त्वां (tvāṁ) - you (accusative singular)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (dharma) (of that, his)

• धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of the natural law (dharma) governing these worlds (of dharma, of natural law, of duty)

• मन्ये (manye) - I consider, I think, I believe

Words meanings and morphology

प्रतर्दनः (pratardanaḥ) - Pratardana (speaker) (Pratardana (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratardana

pratardana - Pratardana (a king, son of Divodasa)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active

third person singular, perfect active, parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask, I inquire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prach

present active

first person singular, present active, parasmaipada

Root: prach (class 6)

त्वां (tvāṁ) - you (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you

second person pronoun

स्पृहणीयरूप (spṛhaṇīyarūpa) - O you of desirable form/appearance

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of spṛhaṇīyarūpa

spṛhaṇīyarūpa - having a desirable form, beautiful

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (spṛhaṇīya+rūpa)

• spṛhaṇīya – desirable, covetable
  adjective (masculine)
  gerundive
  gerundive from √spṛh (to desire)
  Root: spṛh (class 10)
• rūpa – form, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)

प्रतर्दनः (pratardanaḥ) - Pratardana (speaker identifying himself) (Pratardana (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratardana

pratardana - Pratardana (a king, son of Divodasa)

अहं (ahaṁ) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

first person pronoun

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - for me (dative of possession or interest) (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

dative/genitive singular of asmad

सन्ति (santi) - are, exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of as

present active

third person plural, present active, parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - spiritual realms or abodes (e.g., heaven) (worlds, realms, people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, space, people

Root: lok (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

अन्तरिक्षे (antarikṣe) - in the intermediate space, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antarikṣa

antarikṣa - atmosphere, intermediate space (between heaven and earth)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

दिवि (divi) - in heaven, in the sky

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of div

div - heaven, sky, day

श्रिताः (śritāḥ) - situated, resting (referring to worlds) (resorted to, dependent on, situated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śrita

śrita - resorted to, situated, dependent on, resting in

past passive participle

past passive participle from √śri (to resort to, lean on)

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `lokāḥ`.

क्षेत्रज्ञं (kṣetrajñaṁ) - knower of the implications or principles (knower of the field, knower of the body, knower of the soul)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣetrajña

kṣetrajña - knower of the field; the soul; the individual soul; a wise man; a physician

compound from kṣetra (field/body) + jña (knower)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣetra+jña)

• kṣetra – field, ground, region, body, sacred place
  noun (neuter)
• jña – knower, understanding
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun from √jñā
  Root: jñā (class 9)

त्वां (tvāṁ) - you (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you

second person pronoun

तस्य (tasya) - of that (dharma) (of that, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

masculine/neuter genitive singular

धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of the natural law (dharma) governing these worlds (of dharma, of natural law, of duty)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteous conduct, duty, natural law, cosmic order, virtue, merit

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

मन्ये (manye) - I consider, I think, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

present middle

first person singular, present middle, ātmanepada

Root: man (class 4)