महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-99, verse-17

तव ह्यनुमते भीष्म नियतं स महातपाः ।
विचित्रवीर्यक्षेत्रेषु पुत्रानुत्पादयिष्यति ॥१७॥

17. tava hyanumate bhīṣma niyataṁ sa mahātapāḥ ,
vicitravīryakṣetreṣu putrānutpādayiṣyati.

17. tava hi anumate bhīṣma niyatam saḥ mahātapāḥ
vicitravīryakṣetreṣu putrān utpādayiṣyati

17. Indeed, O Bhishma, with your permission, that great ascetic (Vyāsa) will certainly beget sons through the wives of Vichitravīrya.

17. הו בְּהִישְׁמַה, בהסכמתך הוא, בעל העוצמה הרוחנית הגדולה, יוליד בוודאי בנים בנשותיו של וִיצ׳ִיטְרַוִירְיַה.

Words meanings summery:

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• अनुमते (anumate) - with permission, by approval

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - O Bhishma!

• नियतम् (niyatam) - certainly, surely, definitely

• सः (saḥ) - he (referring to the great ascetic Vyāsa) (he, that one)

• महातपाः (mahātapāḥ) - great ascetic

• विचित्रवीर्यक्षेत्रेषु (vicitravīryakṣetreṣu) - in the fields (wives) of Vichitravirya

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

• उत्पादयिष्यति (utpādayiṣyati) - will cause to be born, will procreate, will beget

Words meanings and morphology

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

अनुमते (anumate) - with permission, by approval

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of anumati

anumati - permission, consent, approval

Prefix: anu

Root: man (class 4)

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - O Bhishma!

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a character)

नियतम् (niyatam) - certainly, surely, definitely

(indeclinable)

adverbial form of niyata (fixed, restrained)

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he (referring to the great ascetic Vyāsa) (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महातपाः (mahātapāḥ) - great ascetic

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātapāḥ

mahātapāḥ - a great ascetic, one who performs great penance

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+tapas)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• tapas – asceticism, penance, heat, religious austerity
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tap (class 1)

विचित्रवीर्यक्षेत्रेषु (vicitravīryakṣetreṣu) - in the fields (wives) of Vichitravirya

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of vicitravīryakṣetra

vicitravīryakṣetra - the wives of Vichitravirya (regarded as 'fields' for procreation)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vicitravīrya+kṣetra)

• vicitravīrya – Vichitravirya (name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• kṣetra – field, land, wife (as a field for progeny)
  noun (neuter)

पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

उत्पादयिष्यति (utpādayiṣyati) - will cause to be born, will procreate, will beget

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of ut-pad

causative stem

root pad with prefix ut, in causative formation

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

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