महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-192, verse-11

सावित्र्युवाच ।
किं प्रार्थयसि विप्रर्षे किं चेष्टं करवाणि ते ।
प्रब्रूहि जपतां श्रेष्ठ सर्वं तत्ते भविष्यति ॥११॥

11. sāvitryuvāca ,
kiṁ prārthayasi viprarṣe kiṁ ceṣṭaṁ karavāṇi te ,
prabrūhi japatāṁ śreṣṭha sarvaṁ tatte bhaviṣyati.

11. sāvitrī uvāca kim prārthayasi viprarṣe kim ca iṣṭam karavāṇi
te prabrūhi japatām śreṣṭha sarvam tat te bhaviṣyati

11. sāvitrī uvāca viprarṣe kim prārthayasi ? te ca kim iṣṭam
karavāṇi ? japatām śreṣṭha prabrūhi tat sarvam te bhaviṣyati

11. Savitri said: "What do you desire, O Brahmin-sage? What is dear to you that I should do for you? Tell me, O best among those who perform recitation (japa)! All that will be yours."

Words meanings summery:

• सावित्री (sāvitrī) - Savitri (a proper name, the goddess of the Gayatri mantra)

• उवाच (uvāca) - she said, spoke

• किम् (kim) - what?

• प्रार्थयसि (prārthayasi) - you pray, you request, you desire

• विप्रर्षे (viprarṣe) - O Brahmin-sage

• किम् (kim) - what?

• च (ca) - and

• इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desired, dear, favorite

• करवाणि (karavāṇi) - shall I do, may I do

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

• प्रब्रूहि (prabrūhi) - tell, say

• जपताम् (japatām) - of those who recite (japa), of reciters

• श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha) - O best, O foremost

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• तत् (tat) - that

• ते (te) - to you, your

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - it will be, it will happen

Words meanings and morphology

सावित्री (sāvitrī) - Savitri (a proper name, the goddess of the Gayatri mantra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāvitrī

sāvitrī - Savitri (name of a goddess, daughter of the sun-god, associated with the Savitri mantra)

उवाच (uvāca) - she said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, interrogative particle

Note: Can also be nominative singular neuter, or an indeclinable particle.

प्रार्थयसि (prārthayasi) - you pray, you request, you desire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of prārthay

Denominative verb derived from 'prārthā' (desire), which is from 'pra' + root 'arth'.

Prefix: pra

Root: arth (class 10)

विप्रर्षे (viprarṣe) - O Brahmin-sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of viprarṣi

viprarṣi - a brahmin who is also a sage, a sage among brahmins

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vipra+ṛṣi)

• vipra – Brahmin, inspired, wise
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, interrogative particle

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desired, dear, favorite

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, wished, beloved, sacrificed, worshipped

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'yaj' (to sacrifice) or 'iṣ' (to wish, desire).

Root: yaj/iṣ (class 1)

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

करवाणि (karavāṇi) - shall I do, may I do

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperative (Loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular, plural, dual)

Note: Can also be genitive singular.

प्रब्रूहि (prabrūhi) - tell, say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (Loṭ) of brū

Root 'brū' with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: brū (class 2)

जपताम् (japatām) - of those who recite (japa), of reciters

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of japat

japat - reciting, muttering (present active participle)

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'jap'.

Root: jap (class 1)

श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha) - O best, O foremost

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, chief, foremost

Superlative degree of 'praśasya' (praise-worthy).

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

ते (te) - to you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular, plural, dual)

Note: Can also be genitive singular.

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - it will be, it will happen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (Lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)