महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-29, verse-105

यस्मै वह्निर्वरान्प्रादात्ततो वव्रे वरान्गयः ।
ददतो मेऽक्षया चास्तु धर्मे श्रद्धा च वर्धताम् ॥१०५॥

105. yasmai vahnirvarānprādāttato vavre varāngayaḥ ,
dadato me'kṣayā cāstu dharme śraddhā ca vardhatām.

105. yasmai vahniḥ varān prādāt tataḥ vavre varān gayaḥ
dadato me akṣayā ca astu dharme śraddhā ca vardhatām

105. yasmai vahniḥ varān prādāt tataḥ gayaḥ varān vavre
me dadato akṣayā ca astu dharme śraddhā ca vardhatām

105. To whom Agni granted boons, Gaya then chose these boons: 'May my capacity for giving be inexhaustible, and may my faith (śraddhā) in righteousness (dharma) increase.'

Words meanings summery:

• यस्मै (yasmai) - to King Gaya (to whom)

• वह्निः (vahniḥ) - The god Agni (fire, Agni (god of fire))

• वरान् (varān) - boons, blessings (accusative plural)

• प्रादात् (prādāt) - he gave, granted

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards

• वव्रे (vavre) - he chose, asked for

• वरान् (varān) - boons, blessings (accusative plural)

• गयः (gayaḥ) - King Gaya (Gaya (nominative))

• ददतो (dadato) - my giving (as a continuous act) (of him who gives, of giving)

• मे (me) - my (possessive) (my, to me, for me)

• अक्षया (akṣayā) - inexhaustible, imperishable (feminine nominative)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• धर्मे (dharme) - in righteousness (dharma) (in righteousness, in duty, in natural law (dharma))

• श्रद्धा (śraddhā) - faith, trust, belief (śraddhā)

• च (ca) - and, also

• वर्धताम् (vardhatām) - let it increase, may it grow

Words meanings and morphology

यस्मै (yasmai) - to King Gaya (to whom)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to Gaya.

वह्निः (vahniḥ) - The god Agni (fire, Agni (god of fire))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, Agni (the god of fire)

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Subject of `prādāt`.

वरान् (varān) - boons, blessings (accusative plural)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vara

vara - boon, wish, blessing

Root: vṛ (class 9)

Note: Object of `prādāt` and `vavre`.

प्रादात् (prādāt) - he gave, granted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist past (luṅ) of dā

Aorist Active

Root dā with prefix pra- and Aorist ending

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards

(indeclinable)

वव्रे (vavre) - he chose, asked for

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of vṛ

Perfect Middle

Root vṛ + Perfect Middle ending

Root: vṛ (class 9)

वरान् (varān) - boons, blessings (accusative plural)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vara

vara - boon, wish, blessing

Root: vṛ (class 9)

Note: Object of `vavre`.

गयः (gayaḥ) - King Gaya (Gaya (nominative))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gaya

gaya - name of an ancient king

Note: Subject of `vavre`.

ददतो (dadato) - my giving (as a continuous act) (of him who gives, of giving)

(present active participle)

Note: Genitive used with `me`. `dadato me` means 'of my giving'.

मे (me) - my (possessive) (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

Note: Enclitic form of genitive/dative of `asmad`.

अक्षया (akṣayā) - inexhaustible, imperishable (feminine nominative)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of akṣaya

akṣaya - inexhaustible, imperishable, eternal

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+kṣaya)

• a – negation, without
  indeclinable
• kṣaya – decay, loss, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  Root kṣi + a
  Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Predicate nominative for an implied feminine noun like `śakti` (power) or `vṛtti` (act), referring to the act of giving.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Imperative Active

Root as + Imperative ending

Root: as (class 2)

धर्मे (dharme) - in righteousness (dharma) (in righteousness, in duty, in natural law (dharma))

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, natural law, virtue, constitution

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

श्रद्धा (śraddhā) - faith, trust, belief (śraddhā)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śraddhā

śraddhā - faith, trust, belief, confidence

Note: Subject of `vardhatām`.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वर्धताम् (vardhatām) - let it increase, may it grow

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of vṛdh

Imperative Middle

Root vṛdh + Imperative Middle ending

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Intransitive verb.