महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-136, verse-107

छिन्नं तु तन्तुबाहुल्यं तन्तुरेकोऽवशेषितः ।
छेत्स्याम्यहं तदप्याशु निर्वृतो भव लोमश ॥१०७॥

107. chinnaṁ tu tantubāhulyaṁ tantureko'vaśeṣitaḥ ,
chetsyāmyahaṁ tadapyāśu nirvṛto bhava lomaśa.

107. chinnam tu tantubāhulyam tantuḥ ekaḥ avaśeṣitaḥ
chetsyāmi aham tat api āśu nirvṛtaḥ bhava lomaśa

107. chinnam tu tantubāhulyam tantuḥ ekaḥ avaśeṣitaḥ
chetsyāmi aham tat api āśu nirvṛtaḥ bhava lomaśa

107. The multitude of threads has indeed been cut, and only one thread remains. I will quickly cut that one too. Be free, O Lomasa.

Words meanings summery:

• छिन्नम् (chinnam) - cut, severed, broken

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• तन्तुबाहुल्यम् (tantubāhulyam) - multitude of threads, abundance of threads

• तन्तुः (tantuḥ) - thread, string

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

• अवशेषितः (avaśeṣitaḥ) - remained, left over, caused to remain

• छेत्स्यामि (chetsyāmi) - I will cut, I will sever

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तत् (tat) - refers to the single remaining thread (that, it)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• निर्वृतः (nirvṛtaḥ) - be free from trouble, relieved (calm, happy, at peace, free)

• भव (bhava) - be, become

• लोमश (lomaśa) - Addressing Lomasa, a character (likely a mouse). (O Lomasa (proper noun, vocative))

Words meanings and morphology

छिन्नम् (chinnam) - cut, severed, broken

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of chinna

chinna - cut, severed, broken, divided

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root chid (to cut) with suffix -na

Root: chid (class 7)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

तन्तुबाहुल्यम् (tantubāhulyam) - multitude of threads, abundance of threads

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tantubāhulya

tantubāhulya - multitude of threads, abundance of threads

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tantu+bāhulya)

• tantu – thread, string
  noun (masculine)
• bāhulya – abundance, multitude, excess
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from bahula (abundant) with suffix -ya

तन्तुः (tantuḥ) - thread, string

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tantu

tantu - thread, string, fibre

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

(numeral)

Note: Functions as an adjective to 'tantuḥ'.

अवशेषितः (avaśeṣitaḥ) - remained, left over, caused to remain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avaśeṣita

avaśeṣita - left over, remaining, caused to remain

Past Passive Participle (causative)

Derived from root śiṣ (to remain) with prefix ava- and causative suffix -i + -ta

Prefix: ava

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Often means 'remained' in intransitive context, even if technically causative.

छेत्स्यामि (chetsyāmi) - I will cut, I will sever

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of chid

Future Indicative

Root chid (7th conj. Parasmaipada) in Future tense

Root: chid (class 7)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I

तत् (tat) - refers to the single remaining thread (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

निर्वृतः (nirvṛtaḥ) - be free from trouble, relieved (calm, happy, at peace, free)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirvṛta

nirvṛta - calm, happy, contented, freed, relieved

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛ (to cover, to choose) with prefix nir- and suffix -ta

Prefix: nir

Root: vṛ (class 1)

भव (bhava) - be, become

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Imperative

Root bhū (1st conj. Parasmaipada) in Imperative mood

Root: bhū (class 1)

लोमश (lomaśa) - Addressing Lomasa, a character (likely a mouse). (O Lomasa (proper noun, vocative))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lomaśa

lomaśa - Lomasa (name of a sage or a mouse)