महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-349, verse-16

तस्य मे प्रश्नमुत्पन्नं छिन्धि त्वमनिलाशन ।
पश्चात्कार्यं वदिष्यामि श्रोतुमर्हति मे भवान् ॥१६॥

16. tasya me praśnamutpannaṁ chindhi tvamanilāśana ,
paścātkāryaṁ vadiṣyāmi śrotumarhati me bhavān.

16. tasya me praśnam utpannam chindhi tvam anilāśana
paścāt kāryam vadiṣyāmi śrotum arhati me bhavān

16. O wind-eater (anilāśana), please resolve this question that has arisen. Afterwards, I will tell you my purpose, which your honor ought to hear.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - regarding that (arisen question) (of that, his, her, its, therefore, concerning that)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, by me)

• प्रश्नम् (praśnam) - question (question, inquiry)

• उत्पन्नम् (utpannam) - that has arisen (arisen, produced, born)

• छिन्धि (chindhi) - answer, resolve (cut, break, dispel, resolve, answer)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अनिलाशन (anilāśana) - O wind-eater (addressing the snake) (wind-eater (a snake))

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards (afterwards, later, behind)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - my purpose/matter (to be done, duty, business, purpose, task)

• वदिष्यामि (vadiṣyāmi) - I will tell (I will speak/tell)

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• अर्हति (arhati) - you ought (he/she/it ought, deserves, is fit for)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, by me)

• भवान् (bhavān) - your honor (you) (your honor, you (polite address))

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - regarding that (arisen question) (of that, his, her, its, therefore, concerning that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the 'praśnam utpannam'

मे (me) - my (my, to me, by me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Possessive for 'praśnam'

प्रश्नम् (praśnam) - question (question, inquiry)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of praśna

praśna - question, inquiry, problem

From root prach (to ask) with suffix -na

Prefix: pra

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Object of 'chindhi'

उत्पन्नम् (utpannam) - that has arisen (arisen, produced, born)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of utpanna

utpanna - arisen, produced, born, come into being

Past Passive Participle

From root pad (to go) with prefixes ut-pra-

Prefixes: ut+pra

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'praśnam'

छिन्धि (chindhi) - answer, resolve (cut, break, dispel, resolve, answer)

(verb)

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

Root: chid (class 7)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अनिलाशन (anilāśana) - O wind-eater (addressing the snake) (wind-eater (a snake))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anilāśana

anilāśana - wind-eater (a poetic epithet for a snake, which is believed to subsist on air)

Compound type : tatpurusha (anila+aśana)

• anila – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)
• aśana – eating, food
  noun (neuter)
  kṛt (substantive derived from verb)
  From root aś (to eat)
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Addressing the snake

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards (afterwards, later, behind)

(indeclinable)

Ablative adverb from paśca (western)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - my purpose/matter (to be done, duty, business, purpose, task)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, business, purpose, deed

Gerundive

From root kṛ (to do) with suffix -ya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'vadiṣyāmi'

वदिष्यामि (vadiṣyāmi) - I will tell (I will speak/tell)

(verb)

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

Root: vad (class 1)

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root śru (to hear) with suffix -tum

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Used with 'arhati'

अर्हति (arhati) - you ought (he/she/it ought, deserves, is fit for)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)

Note: Its subject is 'bhavān'

मे (me) - my (my, to me, by me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Possessive, referring to the speaker's 'kāryam'

भवान् (bhavān) - your honor (you) (your honor, you (polite address))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you, your honor (polite address)

Present Active Participle

From root bhū (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'arhati'. Used for respectful address.