महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-150, verse-10

किं नु ते मारुतस्तात प्रीतिमानथ वा सुहृत् ।
त्वां रक्षति सदा येन वनेऽस्मिन्पवनो ध्रुवम् ॥१०॥

10. kiṁ nu te mārutastāta prītimānatha vā suhṛt ,
tvāṁ rakṣati sadā yena vane'sminpavano dhruvam.

10. kim nu te mārutaḥ tāta prītimān atha vā suhṛt
tvām rakṣati sadā yena vane asmin pavanaḥ dhruvam

10. tāta kim nu mārutaḥ te prītimān atha vā suhṛt
yena pavanaḥ asmin vane tvām sadā dhruvam rakṣati

10. O dear one (tāta), is it that the wind (māruta) is affectionate towards you, or perhaps a friend, which is why the wind (pavana) certainly always protects you in this forest?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what, why, is it that

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then (particle of interrogation/emphasis)

• ते (te) - to you, your

• मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - the wind, Maruta

• तात (tāta) - O dear one, dear father

• प्रीतिमान् (prītimān) - affectionate, loving, beloved

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• वा (vā) - or

• सुहृत् (suhṛt) - friend, well-wisher

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• रक्षति (rakṣati) - protects

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• येन (yena) - by which, whereby, because of which

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• पवनः (pavanaḥ) - wind, purifier

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely, fixed

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what, why, is it that

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then (particle of interrogation/emphasis)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - the wind, Maruta

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māruta

māruta - wind, son of Marut, deity of wind

तात (tāta) - O dear one, dear father

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one (term of endearment, often used by younger to older or among equals)

प्रीतिमान् (prītimān) - affectionate, loving, beloved

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prītimat

prītimat - having affection, affectionate

Derived from prīti (affection) with the matup suffix

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

सुहृत् (suhṛt) - friend, well-wisher

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suhṛd

suhṛd - friend, well-wisher

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

रक्षति (rakṣati) - protects

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of rakṣ

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

येन (yena) - by which, whereby, because of which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, that

पवनः (pavanaḥ) - wind, purifier

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pavana

pavana - wind, air, purifier, fan

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely, fixed

(indeclinable)