महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-136, verse-72

अहं त्वानुप्रवेक्ष्यामि नकुलान्मे महद्भयम् ।
त्रायस्व मां मा वधीश्च शक्तोऽस्मि तव मोक्षणे ॥७२॥

72. ahaṁ tvānupravekṣyāmi nakulānme mahadbhayam ,
trāyasva māṁ mā vadhīśca śakto'smi tava mokṣaṇe.

72. aham tvām anu pravekṣyāmi nakulāt me mahat bhayam
trāyasva mām mā vadhīḥ ca śaktaḥ asmi tava mokṣaṇe

72. aham tvām anu pravekṣyāmi me nakulāt mahat bhayam
trāyasva mām ca mā vadhīḥ tava mokṣaṇe śaktaḥ asmi

72. I will enter you, for I have great fear of mongooses. Protect me, and do not kill me, for I am capable of freeing you.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• अनु (anu) - after, along, toward, into

• प्रवेक्ष्यामि (pravekṣyāmi) - I will enter

• नकुलात् (nakulāt) - from a mongoose, from mongooses

• मे (me) - for me (I have) (to me, for me, my)

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, strong

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread

• त्रायस्व (trāyasva) - protect, save

• माम् (mām) - me

• मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

• वधीः (vadhīḥ) - you kill (injunctive aorist)

• च (ca) - and, also

• शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable, able, powerful

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• मोक्षणे (mokṣaṇe) - in delivering you from danger (in freeing, in liberation, in release)

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Nominative singular.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular), thou

Accusative singular.

अनु (anu) - after, along, toward, into

(indeclinable)

Functions as a preposition with accusative or as a prefix to a verb. Here prefixed to √praviś.

प्रवेक्ष्यामि (pravekṣyāmi) - I will enter

(verb)

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

Future tense, active voice

From root √viś with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Often combined with 'anu' as 'anu-praviś' for 'to enter into'.

नकुलात् (nakulāt) - from a mongoose, from mongooses

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - mongoose

Note: Expresses source of fear "from mongooses".

मे (me) - for me (I have) (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Enclitic dative/genitive singular.

महत् (mahat) - great, large, strong

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, big, considerable

Present Active Participle (from √mah 'to be great')

Used as an adjective

Root: mah (class 1)

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, terror

From root √bhī 'to fear'

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Subject of implied 'asti'.

त्रायस्व (trāyasva) - protect, save

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of trā

Imperative, middle voice

Pāṇinian dhātupāṭha class 2

Root: trā (class 2)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Accusative singular.

मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

वधीः (vadhīḥ) - you kill (injunctive aorist)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist injunctive (luṅ) of vadh

Injunctive Aorist, active voice

From root √vadh 'to strike, kill' (related to √han).

Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Used with mā for prohibition.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable, able, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakta

śakta - able, capable, powerful, mighty

Past Passive Participle (from √śak) used as adjective

From root √śak 'to be able, strong'

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Agrees with implicit 'I' (aham).

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Present tense, active voice

Pāṇinian dhātupāṭha class 2

Root: as (class 2)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular), thou

Genitive singular.

मोक्षणे (mokṣaṇe) - in delivering you from danger (in freeing, in liberation, in release)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mokṣaṇa

mokṣaṇa - freeing, liberating, releasing, deliverance

Action noun

From root √muc 'to free, release'

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Refers to the act of freeing someone.