महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-273, verse-29

ब्रह्मोवाच ।
बहुधा विभजिष्यामि ब्रह्महत्यामिमामहम् ।
शक्रस्याद्य विमोक्षार्थं चतुर्भागं प्रतीच्छ मे ॥२९॥

29. brahmovāca ,
bahudhā vibhajiṣyāmi brahmahatyāmimāmaham ,
śakrasyādya vimokṣārthaṁ caturbhāgaṁ pratīccha me.

29. brahmā uvāca bahudhā vibhajiṣyāmi brahmahatyām imām aham
śakrasya adya vimokṣārtham caturbhāgam pratīccha me

29. brahmā uvāca aham imām brahmahatyām bahudhā vibhajiṣyāmi
adya śakrasya vimokṣārtham me caturbhāgam pratīccha

29. Brahmā said, "I will now divide this sin of brahminicide (brahmahatyā) in various ways for Indra's liberation (vimokṣa). Please accept a quarter share from me."

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator god)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, manifoldly

• विभजिस्यामि (vibhajisyāmi) - I will divide, I will apportion

• ब्रह्महत्याम् (brahmahatyām) - the sin of killing a Brahmin, brahminicide

• इमाम् (imām) - this, this one

• अहम् (aham) - I

• शक्रस्य (śakrasya) - of Indra (Śakra)

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• विमोक्षार्थम् (vimokṣārtham) - for the sake of liberation/release

• चतुर्भागम् (caturbhāgam) - a fourth part, a quarter share

• प्रतीच्छ (pratīccha) - receive, accept

• मे (me) - from me (from me, to me, my)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator god)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - the creator god Brahmā; a Brahmin; the supreme reality

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active

Reduplicated perfect, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, manifoldly

(indeclinable)

Formed from bahu (many) with the suffix -dhā

विभजिस्यामि (vibhajisyāmi) - I will divide, I will apportion

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vibhaj

future active

Future tense, 1st person singular

Prefix: vi

Root: bhaj (class 1)

ब्रह्महत्याम् (brahmahatyām) - the sin of killing a Brahmin, brahminicide

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of brahmahatyā

brahmahatyā - the killing of a Brahmin, brahminicide

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+hatyā)

• brahman – a Brahmin, a priest, the supreme reality
  noun (masculine)
• hatyā – killing, murder, slaughter
  noun (feminine)
  From root han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

इमाम् (imām) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

शक्रस्य (śakrasya) - of Indra (Śakra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Indra (the chief of the devas); powerful

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

विमोक्षार्थम् (vimokṣārtham) - for the sake of liberation/release

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vimokṣa+artha)

• vimokṣa – liberation, release, final emancipation (mokṣa)
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-muc (to release)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: muc (class 6)
• artha – purpose, aim, sake, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for the sake of'.

चतुर्भागम् (caturbhāgam) - a fourth part, a quarter share

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of caturbhāga

caturbhāga - a fourth part, a quarter

Compound type : dvigu (catur+bhāga)

• catur – four
  numeral
• bhāga – part, share, portion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

प्रतीच्छ (pratīccha) - receive, accept

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pratīcch

imperative active

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular. Root is iṣ with prefix prati, which becomes īcch in present/imperative forms.

Prefix: prati

Root: iṣ (class 6)

मे (me) - from me (from me, to me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Can be dative or genitive; here it implies 'from me' or 'for me'.