महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-98, verse-9

अयं च मे महाभाग कुक्षावेव बृहस्पते ।
औतथ्यो वेदमत्रैव षडङ्गं प्रत्यधीयत ॥९॥

9. ayaṁ ca me mahābhāga kukṣāveva bṛhaspate ,
autathyo vedamatraiva ṣaḍaṅgaṁ pratyadhīyata.

9. ayam ca me mahābhāga kukṣau eva bṛhaspate
autathyaḥ vedam atra eva ṣaḍaṅgam pratyadhīyata

9. And this child (ayam) of mine, O highly esteemed (mahābhāga) Bṛhaspati, is right here within my womb. My son, Autathya, is studying the Veda along with its six ancillary branches (ṣaḍaṅga) right within it.

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this child (this, this one)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my, of me)

• महाभाग (mahābhāga) - O highly esteemed one (O great-souled one, O greatly fortunate one, O highly esteemed one)

• कुक्षौ (kukṣau) - in my womb (in the womb, in the belly)

• एव (eva) - right, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• बृहस्पते (bṛhaspate) - O Bṛhaspati

• औतथ्यः (autathyaḥ) - my son, Autathya (Autathya (son of Utathya))

• वेदम् (vedam) - the Veda (the Veda, knowledge)

• अत्र (atra) - right here (here, in this place)

• एव (eva) - right, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• षडङ्गम् (ṣaḍaṅgam) - along with its six ancillary branches

• प्रत्यधीयत (pratyadhīyata) - is studying (he was studying, he studied)

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this child (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Note: Also possibly dative case.

महाभाग (mahābhāga) - O highly esteemed one (O great-souled one, O greatly fortunate one, O highly esteemed one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābhāga

mahābhāga - great-souled, highly fortunate, illustrious

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bhāga)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• bhāga – share, fortune, lot, part
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

कुक्षौ (kukṣau) - in my womb (in the womb, in the belly)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kukṣi

kukṣi - womb, belly, abdomen

एव (eva) - right, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

बृहस्पते (bṛhaspate) - O Bṛhaspati

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bṛhaspati

bṛhaspati - Bṛhaspati (preceptor of the gods)

औतथ्यः (autathyaḥ) - my son, Autathya (Autathya (son of Utathya))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of autathya

autathya - son of Utathya, a proper name

Derived from Utathya (उतथ्य) with a patronymic suffix (ण्युण्).

वेदम् (vedam) - the Veda (the Veda, knowledge)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of veda

veda - Veda (sacred Hindu scriptures), knowledge

From root vid, 'to know'.

Root: vid (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - right here (here, in this place)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - right, indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

षडङ्गम् (ṣaḍaṅgam) - along with its six ancillary branches

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ṣaḍaṅga

ṣaḍaṅga - having six parts/limbs, referring to the six Vedāṅgas (ancillary sciences of the Veda)

Compound type : dvigu (ṣaṣ+aṅga)

• ṣaṣ – six
  numeral
• aṅga – limb, part, ancillary branch
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the Vedāṅgas, the six auxiliary disciplines for understanding the Vedas.

प्रत्यधीयत (pratyadhīyata) - is studying (he was studying, he studied)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of adhī

Imperfect

Imperfect tense (laṅ), 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada, from verbal root ī (to go) with prefixes prati and adhi. adhi-ī means 'to study', prati-adhi-ī indicates intensive study or repetition.

Prefixes: prati+adhi

Root: ī (class 2)