महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-17, verse-17

स भक्ष्यमाणस्त्राणार्थी पितामहमुपाद्रवत् ।
आभ्यो मां भगवान्पातु वृत्तिरासां विधीयताम् ॥१७॥

17. sa bhakṣyamāṇastrāṇārthī pitāmahamupādravat ,
ābhyo māṁ bhagavānpātu vṛttirāsāṁ vidhīyatām.

17. saḥ bhakṣyamāṇaḥ trāṇa-arthī pitāmahaṃ upā-ādravat
ābhyaḥ mām bhagavan pātu vṛttiḥ āsām vidhīyatām

17. saḥ bhakṣyamāṇaḥ trāṇa-arthī pitāmahaṃ upā-ādravat
bhagavan mām ābhyaḥ pātu āsām vṛttiḥ vidhīyatām

17. Being devoured, he, seeking protection, rushed to the Grandfather (Brahmā). (He pleaded): "May you, revered lord, protect me from these! Let a means of subsistence be provided for them!"

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• भक्ष्यमाणः (bhakṣyamāṇaḥ) - being devoured, being eaten

• त्राण-अर्थी (trāṇa-arthī) - seeking protection, desiring salvation

• पितामहं (pitāmahaṁ) - to the grandfather, to Brahmā

• उपा-आद्रवत् (upā-ādravat) - rushed to, approached quickly

• आभ्यः (ābhyaḥ) - from these (feminine)

• माम् (mām) - me

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one, O lord

• पातु (pātu) - may he protect

• वृत्तिः (vṛttiḥ) - livelihood, subsistence, mode of existence

• आसाम् (āsām) - of these (feminine)

• विधीयताम् (vidhīyatām) - let it be arranged, let it be provided, let it be done

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भक्ष्यमाणः (bhakṣyamāṇaḥ) - being devoured, being eaten

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhakṣyamāṇa

bhakṣyamāṇa - being eaten, being devoured

Present Passive Participle

derived from bhakṣ- 'to eat/devour' with suffix -māna (śānac)

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

त्राण-अर्थी (trāṇa-arthī) - seeking protection, desiring salvation

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of trāṇa-arthin

trāṇa-arthin - seeking protection, desiring welfare

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (trāṇa+arthin)

• trāṇa – protection, rescue, salvation
  noun (neuter)
  derived from trā- 'to protect'
  Root: trā (class 2)
• arthin – seeking, desiring, suitor
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  suffix forming an agent noun or adjective from artha- 'purpose, object'
  Root: arth (class 10)

पितामहं (pitāmahaṁ) - to the grandfather, to Brahmā

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather, creator, Brahmā

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+maha)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• maha – great, chief, revered
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  Often used as a component in compounds to signify 'great' or 'revered'.

उपा-आद्रवत् (upā-ādravat) - rushed to, approached quickly

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of dru

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: dru (class 1)

आभ्यः (ābhyaḥ) - from these (feminine)

(pronoun)

Ablative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, this one

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one, O lord

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, divine, venerable, lord

पातु (pātu) - may he protect

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pā

Root: pā (class 2)

वृत्तिः (vṛttiḥ) - livelihood, subsistence, mode of existence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - mode of life, livelihood, subsistence, course, activity

derived from vṛt- 'to exist, turn' with suffix -ti

Root: vṛt (class 1)

आसाम् (āsām) - of these (feminine)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, this one

विधीयताम् (vidhīyatām) - let it be arranged, let it be provided, let it be done

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of dhā

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)