महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-136, verse-161

संमन्येऽहं तव प्रज्ञां यन्मोक्षात्प्रत्यनन्तरम् ।
भक्ष्यं मृगयसे नूनं सुखोपायमसंशयम् ॥१६१॥

161. saṁmanye'haṁ tava prajñāṁ yanmokṣātpratyanantaram ,
bhakṣyaṁ mṛgayase nūnaṁ sukhopāyamasaṁśayam.

161. saṃmanye aham tava prajñām yat mokṣāt prati anantaram
bhakṣyam mṛgayase nūnam sukhopāyam asaṃśayam

161. aham tava prajñām saṃmanye yat mokṣāt prati anantaram
nūnam asaṃśayam sukhopāyam bhakṣyam mṛgayase

161. I commend your intelligence, for immediately after being liberated (mokṣa), you certainly seek food by an easy means, without doubt.

Words meanings summery:

• संमन्ये (saṁmanye) - I consider, I approve, I commend

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• प्रज्ञाम् (prajñām) - wisdom, intelligence, discernment

• यत् (yat) - that, because, since, which

• मोक्षात् (mokṣāt) - from liberation, from release

• प्रति (prati) - towards, against, in return for, for each

• अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately after, next, without interval

• भक्ष्यम् (bhakṣyam) - food, eatable, sustenance

• मृगयसे (mṛgayase) - you seek, you hunt

• नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, indeed, surely

• सुखोपायम् (sukhopāyam) - an easy means, a pleasant method

• असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - without doubt, certainly

Words meanings and morphology

संमन्ये (saṁmanye) - I consider, I approve, I commend

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of saṃman

Present Tense

Root man (to think) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: man (class 8)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

प्रज्ञाम् (prajñām) - wisdom, intelligence, discernment

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prajñā

prajñā - wisdom, intelligence, discernment, understanding

Prefix: pra

Root: jñā (class 9)

यत् (yat) - that, because, since, which

(indeclinable)

मोक्षात् (mokṣāt) - from liberation, from release

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, release, freedom, salvation (mokṣa)

Derived from root muc (to free) + ghañ suffix.

Root: muc (class 6)

प्रति (prati) - towards, against, in return for, for each

(indeclinable)

Note: Here used in the sense of 'in return' or 'immediately after' when combined with 'anantaram'.

अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediately after, next, without interval

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anantara

anantara - contiguous, immediate, next, without interval

a (negation) + antara (interval).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+antara)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix
• antara – interval, space, interior
  noun (neuter)

Note: Combined with 'prati' it means 'immediately after'.

भक्ष्यम् (bhakṣyam) - food, eatable, sustenance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhakṣya

bhakṣya - food, eatable, that which is to be eaten

Gerundive

From root bhakṣ (to eat) + suffix ya.

Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

मृगयसे (mṛgayase) - you seek, you hunt

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of mṛg

Present Tense

mṛgāya is a denominative verb from mṛga (deer, game), or from root mṛg 10th class ātmanepadi.

Root: mṛg (class 10)

नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

सुखोपायम् (sukhopāyam) - an easy means, a pleasant method

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sukhopāya

sukhopāya - an easy means, a pleasant method, an easy access

sukha (ease, pleasure) + upāya (means, method).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sukha+upāya)

• sukha – ease, comfort, pleasure, happiness
  noun (neuter)
• upāya – means, method, resource, strategy
  noun (masculine)
  From upa + i (to go)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - without doubt, certainly

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asaṃśaya

asaṁśaya - without doubt, doubtless, certain

a (negation) + saṃśaya (doubt).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃśaya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negation prefix
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty, hesitation
  noun (masculine)
  From sam + śī (to lie, doubt)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śī (class 2)