महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-91, verse-18

वसव ऊचुः ।
जातान्कुमारान्स्वानप्सु प्रक्षेप्तुं वै त्वमर्हसि ।
यथा नचिरकालं नो निष्कृतिः स्यात्त्रिलोकगे ॥१८॥

18. vasava ūcuḥ ,
jātānkumārānsvānapsu prakṣeptuṁ vai tvamarhasi ,
yathā nacirakālaṁ no niṣkṛtiḥ syāttrilokage.

18. vasavaḥ ūcuḥ jātān kumārān svān apsu prakṣeptum vai tvam
arhasi yathā na cirakālam naḥ niṣkṛtiḥ syāt trilokage

18. The Vasus said: 'Indeed, you must throw your born sons into the water, so that our liberation, O dweller of the three worlds, may come about soon.'

Words meanings summery:

• वसवः (vasavaḥ) - the Vasu deities (speaking) (Vasus, a class of deities)

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

• जातान् (jātān) - your born (sons) (born, begotten)

• कुमारान् (kumārān) - your sons (sons, boys, youths)

• स्वान् (svān) - your own (sons) (one's own)

• अप्सु (apsu) - in the waters, into the water

• प्रक्षेप्तुम् (prakṣeptum) - to throw, to cast, to hurl

• वै (vai) - emphatic particle (indeed, verily, certainly)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Gaṅgā) (you)

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

• यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that, as

• न (na) - not, no

• चिरकालम् (cirakālam) - soon, not for a long time (implying quickly) (for a long time, after a long time)

• नः (naḥ) - for us (Vasus) (our, for us, to us)

• निष्कृतिः (niṣkṛtiḥ) - our release (from the curse) (liberation, expiation, release, atonement)

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let it be, should be

• त्रिलोकगे (trilokage) - O Gaṅgā, dweller of the three worlds (O dweller of the three worlds, O one who moves in the three worlds)

Words meanings and morphology

वसवः (vasavaḥ) - the Vasu deities (speaking) (Vasus, a class of deities)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vasu

vasu - a deity of a particular class; wealth, riches; good, excellent

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense form of the root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

जातान् (jātān) - your born (sons) (born, begotten)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen; a child, offspring

Past Passive Participle

From root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

कुमारान् (kumārān) - your sons (sons, boys, youths)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kumāra

kumāra - boy, youth, son; prince

स्वान् (svān) - your own (sons) (one's own)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sva

sva - one's own; self; relative, kinsman

अप्सु (apsu) - in the waters, into the water

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water, waters

प्रक्षेप्तुम् (prakṣeptum) - to throw, to cast, to hurl

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root kṣip with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: kṣip (class 6)

वै (vai) - emphatic particle (indeed, verily, certainly)

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Gaṅgā) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Present tense form (laṭ)

Root: arh (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that, as

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

चिरकालम् (cirakālam) - soon, not for a long time (implying quickly) (for a long time, after a long time)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cirakāla

cirakāla - a long time

Compound type : tatpurusha (cira+kāla)

• cira – long (duration), ancient
  adjective
• kāla – time, period, season
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for a long time'

नः (naḥ) - for us (Vasus) (our, for us, to us)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Also appears as genitive or accusative

निष्कृतिः (niṣkṛtiḥ) - our release (from the curse) (liberation, expiation, release, atonement)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niṣkṛti

niṣkṛti - liberation, expiation, release, atonement; reparation

Prefix: nis

Root: kṛ (class 8)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let it be, should be

(verb)

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

Optative mood form (liṅ)

Root: as (class 2)

त्रिलोकगे (trilokage) - O Gaṅgā, dweller of the three worlds (O dweller of the three worlds, O one who moves in the three worlds)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of trilokaga

trilokaga - moving or residing in the three worlds (heaven, earth, and netherworld)

Compound type : tatpurusha (tri+loka+ga)

• tri – three
  numeral
• loka – world, realm
  noun (masculine)
• ga – going, moving, residing, dweller
  adjective
  Agent suffix -ga
  Derived from the root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Addressed to Gaṅgā