महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-189, verse-3

जापकानां फलावाप्तिं श्रोतुमिच्छामि भारत ।
किं फलं जपतामुक्तं क्व वा तिष्ठन्ति जापकाः ॥३॥

3. jāpakānāṁ phalāvāptiṁ śrotumicchāmi bhārata ,
kiṁ phalaṁ japatāmuktaṁ kva vā tiṣṭhanti jāpakāḥ.

3. jāpakānām phala-avāptim śrotum icchāmi bhārata |
kim phalam japatām uktam kva vā tiṣṭhanti jāpakāḥ

3. bhārata jāpakānām phala-avāptim śrotum icchāmi
japatām kim phalam uktam vā jāpakāḥ kva tiṣṭhanti

3. O Bhārata, I wish to hear about the attainment of results by those who recite (mantras) (jāpakāḥ). What result is declared for reciters, and where do the reciters dwell?

Words meanings summery:

• जापकानाम् (jāpakānām) - of those who recite (mantras) (of reciters, of those who chant)

• फल-अवाप्तिम् (phala-avāptim) - attainment of results (attainment of results, acquisition of fruit)

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear (about) (to hear, to listen)

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

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (a common address in the Mahabharata) (O descendant of Bharata, O Indian)

• किम् (kim) - what (interrogative adjective) (what, why)

• फलम् (phalam) - result (fruit, result, reward)

• जपताम् (japatām) - for reciters (genitive of purpose/relation) (of those reciting, of reciters)

• उक्तम् (uktam) - declared (as in, 'what is declared as the result') (said, declared, spoken)

• क्व (kva) - where (where, in what place)

• वा (vā) - and (here, acts as an interrogative particle often translated as 'or' or 'and') (or, either)

• तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they dwell (they stand, they dwell, they remain)

• जापकाः (jāpakāḥ) - reciters (reciters, chanters)

Words meanings and morphology

जापकानाम् (jāpakānām) - of those who recite (mantras) (of reciters, of those who chant)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jāpaka

jāpaka - reciter, chanter, whisperer (of mantras)

Agent noun (kṛt)

From root jap (to mutter, chant) + -aka suffix

Root: jap (class 1)

Note: Possessive, relating to 'phala-avāptim'.

फल-अवाप्तिम् (phala-avāptim) - attainment of results (attainment of results, acquisition of fruit)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of phala-avāpti

phala-avāpti - attainment of fruit/result

Compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (phala+avāpti)

• phala – fruit, result, reward
  noun (neuter)
• avāpti – attainment, acquisition, obtaining
  noun (feminine)
  From ava- + āp (to obtain) + -ti suffix
  Prefix: ava
  Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Object of 'śrotum icchāmi'.

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear (about) (to hear, to listen)

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of śru

Infinitive

Root śru + -tum suffix

Root: śru (class 5)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire, I want)

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

Root iṣ + -āmi suffix (1st person singular)

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Subject is implied 'I'.

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (a common address in the Mahabharata) (O descendant of Bharata, O Indian)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, related to India, Indian

From Bharata + aṇ suffix

Root: bhṛ (implied in Bharata)

किम् (kim) - what (interrogative adjective) (what, why)

(interrogative pronoun)

फलम् (phalam) - result (fruit, result, reward)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

Note: Subject of 'uktam'.

जपताम् (japatām) - for reciters (genitive of purpose/relation) (of those reciting, of reciters)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of japat

japat - reciting, muttering, chanting

Present Active Participle

From root jap (to mutter, chant) + śatṛ suffix

Root: jap (class 1)

Note: Implies 'for the reciters'.

उक्तम् (uktam) - declared (as in, 'what is declared as the result') (said, declared, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak) + kta suffix (irregular formation)

Root: vac (class 2)

क्व (kva) - where (where, in what place)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

वा (vā) - and (here, acts as an interrogative particle often translated as 'or' or 'and') (or, either)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction/interrogative particle

तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they dwell (they stand, they dwell, they remain)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Present active indicative

Root sthā (with reduplication and -anti ending)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'jāpakāḥ'.

जापकाः (jāpakāḥ) - reciters (reciters, chanters)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jāpaka

jāpaka - reciter, chanter, whisperer (of mantras)

Agent noun (kṛt)

From root jap (to mutter, chant) + -aka suffix

Root: jap (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'tiṣṭhanti'.