महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-218, verse-23

शक्र उवाच ।
आप एव मनुष्येषु द्रवन्त्यः परिचारिकाः ।
तास्ते पादं तितिक्षन्तामलमापस्तितिक्षितुम् ॥२३॥

23. śakra uvāca ,
āpa eva manuṣyeṣu dravantyaḥ paricārikāḥ ,
tāste pādaṁ titikṣantāmalamāpastitikṣitum.

23. śakraḥ uvāca āpaḥ eva manuṣyeṣu dravantyaḥ paricārikāḥ
tāḥ te pādam titikṣantām alam āpaḥ titikṣitum

23. śakraḥ uvāca āpaḥ eva manuṣyeṣu dravantyaḥ paricārikāḥ
tāḥ te pādam titikṣantām āpaḥ titikṣitum alam

23. Śakra said: "Indeed, the flowing waters serve humanity. May those (waters) endure your foot; the waters are well capable of enduring (it)."

Words meanings summery:

• शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Śakra, Indra

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• मनुष्येषु (manuṣyeṣu) - among men, in humans

• द्रवन्त्यः (dravantyaḥ) - flowing, running

• परिचारिकाः (paricārikāḥ) - female attendants, servants

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine)

• ते (te) - your, to you

• पादम् (pādam) - foot, leg, quarter (of a verse), ray

• तितिक्षन्ताम् (titikṣantām) - may they endure, tolerate

• अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficient, capable

• आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

• तितिक्षितुम् (titikṣitum) - to endure, to tolerate

Words meanings and morphology

शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Śakra, Indra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Śakra, a name of Indra (meaning 'powerful')

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active

Root vac, Lit lakara, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

मनुष्येषु (manuṣyeṣu) - among men, in humans

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of manuṣya

manuṣya - man, human being

द्रवन्त्यः (dravantyaḥ) - flowing, running

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dravat

dravat - flowing, running, swift

Present active participle

Derived from root dru

Root: dru (class 1)

परिचारिकाः (paricārikāḥ) - female attendants, servants

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of paricārikā

paricārikā - female attendant, servant

Derived from root car with prefix pari and suffix -ikā

Prefix: pari

Root: car (class 1)

ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पादम् (pādam) - foot, leg, quarter (of a verse), ray

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāda

pāda - foot, leg, quarter (of a verse), ray

तितिक्षन्ताम् (titikṣantām) - may they endure, tolerate

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (Lot) of titikṣ

Desiderative Imperative active

Desiderative stem of root tij, Lot lakara, 3rd person plural

Root: tij (class 1)

अलम् (alam) - enough, sufficient, capable

(indeclinable)

आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

तितिक्षितुम् (titikṣitum) - to endure, to tolerate

(verb)

infinitive of titikṣ

Infinitive

Desiderative stem of root tij, infinitive

Root: tij (class 1)