महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-335, verse-32

को हि शोकार्णवे मग्नं मामितोऽद्य समुद्धरेत् ।
वेदांस्तानानयेन्नष्टान्कस्य चाहं प्रियो भवे ॥३२॥

32. ko hi śokārṇave magnaṁ māmito'dya samuddharet ,
vedāṁstānānayennaṣṭānkasya cāhaṁ priyo bhave.

32. kaḥ hi śokārṇave magnam mām itaḥ adya samuddharet
vedān tān ānayet naṣṭān kasya ca aham priyaḥ bhave

32. kaḥ hi adya itaḥ śokārṇave magnam mām samuddharet kaḥ
tān naṣṭān vedān ānayet ca aham kasya priyaḥ bhave

32. Who indeed will rescue me today, submerged as I am in this ocean of grief? Who will bring back those lost Vedas? And whose beloved will I become?

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• शोकार्णवे (śokārṇave) - in the ocean of grief

• मग्नम् (magnam) - submerged, immersed

• माम् (mām) - me

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, from this (situation)

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• समुद्धरेत् (samuddharet) - will rescue, should rescue

• वेदान् (vedān) - the Vedas

• तान् (tān) - those

• आनयेत् (ānayet) - will bring back, should bring back

• नष्टान् (naṣṭān) - lost, destroyed

• कस्य (kasya) - whose? to whom?

• च (ca) - and, also

• अहम् (aham) - I

• प्रियः (priyaḥ) - dear, beloved

• भवे (bhave) - I should become, I may be

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which?

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

शोकार्णवे (śokārṇave) - in the ocean of grief

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śokārṇava

śokārṇava - ocean of grief

Tatpurusha compound: śoka (grief) + arṇava (ocean)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoka+arṇava)

• śoka – grief, sorrow, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  From √śuc (to grieve)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

मग्नम् (magnam) - submerged, immersed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of magna

magna - submerged, immersed, sunk

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √majj (to sink, dive)

Root: majj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'mām'

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Object of 'samuddharet'

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, from this (situation)

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates origin or separation

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

समुद्धरेत् (samuddharet) - will rescue, should rescue

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of samuddhṛ

Optative Mood

Compound of 'sam' (together), 'ud' (up) + √hṛ (to carry, take), Optative 3rd person singular, parasmaipada of √hṛ

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)

वेदान् (vedān) - the Vedas

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - Veda, sacred knowledge, knowledge

From √vid 'to know'

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Object of 'ānayet'

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Qualifies 'vedān'

आनयेत् (ānayet) - will bring back, should bring back

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of ānī

Optative Mood

Compound of 'ā' (towards) + √nī (to lead), Optative 3rd person singular, parasmaipada of √nī (class 1)

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

नष्टान् (naṣṭān) - lost, destroyed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, perished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √naś (to perish, be lost)

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'vedān'

कस्य (kasya) - whose? to whom?

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what?, who?, which?

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

प्रियः (priyaḥ) - dear, beloved

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing

Note: Predicate adjective for 'aham'

भवे (bhave) - I should become, I may be

(verb)

1st person , singular, ātmanepada, optative (vidhi liṅ) of bhū

Optative Mood

Optative 1st person singular, ātmanepada of √bhū (class 1)

Root: bhū (class 1)