महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-298, verse-6

प्रभवं चाप्ययं चैव कालसंख्यां तथैव च ।
वक्तुमर्हसि विप्रेन्द्र त्वदनुग्रहकाङ्क्षिणः ॥६॥

6. prabhavaṁ cāpyayaṁ caiva kālasaṁkhyāṁ tathaiva ca ,
vaktumarhasi viprendra tvadanugrahakāṅkṣiṇaḥ.

6. prabhavam ca api ayam ca eva kālasaṃkhyām tathā eva
ca vaktum arhasi viprendra tvat anugrahakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

6. viprendra tvat anugrahakāṅkṣiṇaḥ prabhavam ca api
ayam ca eva tathā eva ca kālasaṃkhyām vaktum arhasi

6. O chief of Brahmins, you should recount the origin, the dissolution, and the calculation of time, as I am one who desires your favor.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रभवम् (prabhavam) - Referring to the origin of the universe/creation. (origin, source, creation)

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - Emphatic. (also, even, too)

• अयम् (ayam) - Referring to the dissolution of the universe. (dissolution, destruction)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - Emphatic. (indeed, certainly, only)

• कालसंख्याम् (kālasaṁkhyām) - calculation of time, reckoning of ages

• तथा (tathā) - Used to connect with the previous items. (thus, so, in the same way)

• एव (eva) - Emphatic. (indeed, certainly, only)

• च (ca) - and

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to tell, to recount

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you should, you are able

• विप्रेन्द्र (viprendra) - O chief of Brahmins, O foremost among Brahmins

• त्वत् (tvat) - Your favor. (from you)

• अनुग्रहकाङ्क्षिणः (anugrahakāṅkṣiṇaḥ) - The speaker (Janaka) is requesting Yājñavalkya's favor/grace. (one who desires favor, seeker of grace)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रभवम् (prabhavam) - Referring to the origin of the universe/creation. (origin, source, creation)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prabhava

prabhava - origin, source, birth, power

Derived from pra-bhū (to arise, originate)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of 'vaktum'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'prabhavam' and 'ayam'.

अपि (api) - Emphatic. (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for emphasis with 'ca'.

अयम् (ayam) - Referring to the dissolution of the universe. (dissolution, destruction)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aya

aya - going, coming, approach, end, dissolution

Derived from i (to go)

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Object of 'vaktum'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'prabhavam' and 'ayam'.

एव (eva) - Emphatic. (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

कालसंख्याम् (kālasaṁkhyām) - calculation of time, reckoning of ages

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kālasaṃkhyā

kālasaṁkhyā - computation of time, reckoning of ages

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+saṃkhyā)

• kāla – time, season, age
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkhyā – number, reckoning, calculation
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from sam-khyā (to enumerate)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Object of 'vaktum'.

तथा (tathā) - Used to connect with the previous items. (thus, so, in the same way)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - Emphatic. (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'kālasaṃkhyām' with the previous items.

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to tell, to recount

(verb)

infinitive of vac

Infinitive

Infinitive form of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Used with 'arhasi'.

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you should, you are able

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

present tense

Present 2nd person singular Parasmaipada

Root: arh (class 1)

Note: Main verb.

विप्रेन्द्र (viprendra) - O chief of Brahmins, O foremost among Brahmins

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of viprendra

viprendra - chief of Brahmins, king of Brahmins

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vipra+indra)

• vipra – Brahmin, priest
  noun (masculine)
• indra – Indra (king of gods), chief, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressed to Yājñavalkya.

त्वत् (tvat) - Your favor. (from you)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (pronoun)

Note: Often used with compound nouns ending in kāṅkṣin, meaning 'desiring of X'.

अनुग्रहकाङ्क्षिणः (anugrahakāṅkṣiṇaḥ) - The speaker (Janaka) is requesting Yājñavalkya's favor/grace. (one who desires favor, seeker of grace)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anugrahakāṅkṣin

anugrahakāṅkṣin - desiring grace, seeking favor

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anugraha+kāṅkṣin)

• anugraha – favor, grace, kindness
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from anu-grah (to favor, oblige)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: grah (class 9)
• kāṅkṣin – desiring, wishing for, eager for
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from kāṅkṣ (to desire)
  Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the implied speaker (Janaka). The ablative 'tvat' acts as a genitive here: 'one desiring your favor'.