महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-92, verse-4

प्रतीपस्तु महीपालस्तामुवाच मनस्विनीम् ।
करवाणि किं ते कल्याणि प्रियं यत्तेऽभिकाङ्क्षितम् ॥४॥

4. pratīpastu mahīpālastāmuvāca manasvinīm ,
karavāṇi kiṁ te kalyāṇi priyaṁ yatte'bhikāṅkṣitam.

4. pratīpaḥ tu mahīpālaḥ tām uvāca manasvinīm karavāṇi
kim te kalyāṇi priyam yat te abhikāṅkṣitam

4. But King Prateepa said to that intelligent woman, 'O auspicious one, what is that dear thing you desire that I shall do for you?'

Words meanings summery:

• प्रतीपः (pratīpaḥ) - Prateepa (name of a king)

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• महीपालः (mahīpālaḥ) - king, protector of the earth

• ताम् (tām) - referring to the woman mentioned previously in the narrative (her, that (feminine accusative singular))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मनस्विनीम् (manasvinīm) - intelligent, proud, high-minded woman

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

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?, whether

• ते (te) - for you (dative) (for you, to you, by you)

• कल्याणि (kalyāṇi) - an address to the woman (O auspicious one, O beautiful one, O virtuous one)

• प्रियम् (priyam) - that which is dear to her (dear, beloved, agreeable, (a) favorite thing)

• यत् (yat) - refers to 'priyam' (which, that (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

• ते (te) - by you (instrumental, implied agent in passive construction) (by you, for you)

• अभिकाङ्क्षितम् (abhikāṅkṣitam) - desired, wished for

Words meanings and morphology

प्रतीपः (pratīpaḥ) - Prateepa (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratīpa

pratīpa - Prateepa (proper name), contrary, opposite, reverse

Prefix: prati

Root: i (class 2)

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

महीपालः (mahīpālaḥ) - king, protector of the earth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpāla

mahīpāla - king, protector of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pāla)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pāla – protector, guardian, keeper
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pāl (class 10)

ताम् (tām) - referring to the woman mentioned previously in the narrative (her, that (feminine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, her

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

root vac (2nd class) in perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

मनस्विनीम् (manasvinīm) - intelligent, proud, high-minded woman

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of manasvinī

manasvinī - intelligent, high-minded, proud (feminine)

feminine form of manasvin

Note: Agrees with 'tām'.

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

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Imperative Active

root kṛ (8th class) in imperative mood, 1st person singular

Root: kṛ (class 8)

किम् (kim) - what?, why?, whether

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, which?, why?

Note: Object of 'karavāṇi'.

ते (te) - for you (dative) (for you, to you, by you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

कल्याणि (kalyāṇi) - an address to the woman (O auspicious one, O beautiful one, O virtuous one)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of kalyāṇī

kalyāṇī - auspicious, beautiful, virtuous (feminine)

feminine form of kalyāṇa

प्रियम् (priyam) - that which is dear to her (dear, beloved, agreeable, (a) favorite thing)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, agreeable, a beloved object

यत् (yat) - refers to 'priyam' (which, that (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, what

ते (te) - by you (instrumental, implied agent in passive construction) (by you, for you)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Used as the agent of the past passive participle 'abhikāṅkṣitam'.

अभिकाङ्क्षितम् (abhikāṅkṣitam) - desired, wished for

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abhikāṅkṣita

abhikāṅkṣita - desired, longed for, wished

Past Passive Participle

from verb abhi-kāṅkṣ (to desire)

Prefix: abhi

Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'priyam' and 'yat'.