महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-250, verse-25

ततोऽब्रवीत्पुनर्मृत्युर्भगवन्तं पितामहम् ।
न हरेयं प्रजा देव पुनस्त्वाहं प्रसादये ॥२५॥

25. tato'bravītpunarmṛtyurbhagavantaṁ pitāmaham ,
na hareyaṁ prajā deva punastvāhaṁ prasādaye.

25. tataḥ abravīt punar mṛtyuḥ bhagavantam pitāmaham
na hareyam prajā deva punas tvā aham prasādaye

25. tataḥ punar mṛtyuḥ bhagavantam pitāmaham abravīt: "deva,
aham prajā na hareyam.
punas tvā prasādaye.
"

25. Then Death (mṛtyu) again spoke to the revered Grandfather (pitāmaha), saying: "O Lord (deva), I shall not take away (destroy) beings. I implore you again."

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• पुनर् (punar) - again, anew

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death, the deity of Death

• भगवन्तम् (bhagavantam) - Brahmā, who is revered (the blessed one, the revered one, the glorious one)

• पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the Grandfather, Brahmā

• न (na) - not, no

• हरेयम् (hareyam) - I should carry off, I should destroy

• प्रजा (prajā) - beings, creatures, progeny

• देव (deva) - O Brahmā (O God, O Lord)

• पुनस् (punas) - again, anew

• त्वा (tvā) - you (accusative)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• प्रसादये (prasādaye) - I propitiate, I seek your favor, I appease

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

Derived from the pronoun 'tad' with the suffix 'tas'

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

पुनर् (punar) - again, anew

(indeclinable)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death, the deity of Death

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, the deity Death, mortality

भगवन्तम् (bhagavantam) - Brahmā, who is revered (the blessed one, the revered one, the glorious one)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, fortunate, divine, venerable, glorious, prosperous (often used as an epithet for deities)

Note: Used here as a noun, referring to Brahmā

पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the Grandfather, Brahmā

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather; Brahmā (as the great ancestor of beings)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हरेयम् (hareyam) - I should carry off, I should destroy

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of hṛ

Root: hṛ (class 1)

प्रजा (prajā) - beings, creatures, progeny

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, creatures, subjects, people

Note: Can be singular or plural in accusative based on context; here referring to creatures in general

देव (deva) - O Brahmā (O God, O Lord)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - a god, deity, divine being, lord

पुनस् (punas) - again, anew

(indeclinable)

त्वा (tvā) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

Note: Enclitic form of 'tvām'

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

प्रसादये (prasādaye) - I propitiate, I seek your favor, I appease

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pra-sad

Causative formation

Causative stem 'prasādaya' in middle voice

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)