महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-136, verse-48

सौहृदेनाभिभाषे त्वा कच्चिन्मार्जार जीवसि ।
जीवितं हि तवेच्छामि श्रेयः साधारणं हि नौ ॥४८॥

48. sauhṛdenābhibhāṣe tvā kaccinmārjāra jīvasi ,
jīvitaṁ hi tavecchāmi śreyaḥ sādhāraṇaṁ hi nau.

48. sauhṛdena abhibhāṣe tvā kaccit mārjāra jīvasi
jīvitam hi tava icchāmi śreyaḥ sādhāraṇam hi nau

48. sauhṛdena tvā abhibhāṣe kaccit mārjāra jīvasi hi
tava jīvitam icchāmi hi nau śreyaḥ sādhāraṇam

48. I address you with friendship. O cat, are you alive? Indeed, I desire your well-being, for our prosperity (śreyas) is common.

Words meanings summery:

• सौहृदेन (sauhṛdena) - with friendship, affectionately

• अभिभाषे (abhibhāṣe) - I speak to, I address

• त्वा (tvā) - you (accusative)

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that...?, perhaps?, is it possible that...?

• मार्जार (mārjāra) - O cat!

• जीवसि (jīvasi) - you live, you are alive

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence, well-being

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, certainly

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish for

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare, prosperity, good, auspiciousness

• साधारणम् (sādhāraṇam) - common, general, shared

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, certainly

• नौ (nau) - our (dual) (of us two, to us two)

Words meanings and morphology

सौहृदेन (sauhṛdena) - with friendship, affectionately

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sauhṛda

sauhṛda - friendship, affection, good-heartedness

Derived from suhṛd (friend) with -a suffix (bhāve pratyaya).

अभिभाषे (abhibhāṣe) - I speak to, I address

(verb)

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

Present tense, First person singular, Ātmanepada

From root bhāṣ- with prefix abhi-.

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

त्वा (tvā) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Alternate form for tvām.

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that...?, perhaps?, is it possible that...?

(indeclinable)

मार्जार (mārjāra) - O cat!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mārjāra

mārjāra - cat, tomcat

जीवसि (jīvasi) - you live, you are alive

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jīv

Present tense, Second person singular, Parasmaipada

From root jīv-.

Root: jīv (class 1)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence, well-being

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, livelihood, existence, animate

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jīv- (to live) with -ta suffix, used as a noun.

Root: jīv (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, certainly

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish for

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present tense, First person singular, Parasmaipada

From root iṣ-.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare, prosperity, good, auspiciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - welfare, prosperity, good fortune, virtue, superior

Comparative form of praśasya (excellent) or śrī (prosperity, wealth), used as a noun.

साधारणम् (sādhāraṇam) - common, general, shared

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sādhāraṇa

sādhāraṇa - common, general, shared, belonging to all

Derived from sādhāra (common) or sam-dhṛ- (to hold together).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, certainly

(indeclinable)

नौ (nau) - our (dual) (of us two, to us two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Genitive or Dative dual of 'asmad'.