महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-54, verse-12

अथोवाच हृषीकेशं पाण्डुपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
नान्यस्त्वद्देवकीपुत्र शक्तः प्रष्टुं पितामहम् ॥१२॥

12. athovāca hṛṣīkeśaṁ pāṇḍuputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ,
nānyastvaddevakīputra śaktaḥ praṣṭuṁ pitāmaham.

12. atha uvāca hṛṣīkeśam pāṇḍuputraḥ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ na
anyaḥ tvat devakīputra śaktaḥ praṣṭum pitāmaham

12. atha pāṇḍuputraḥ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ hṛṣīkeśam uvāca
devakīputra tvat anyaḥ pitāmaham praṣṭum na śaktaḥ

12. Then Yudhishthira, the son of Pandu, spoke to Hrishikesha (Krishna): "O son of Devaki, no one else but you is capable of questioning the venerable grandsire (Bhishma)."

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, thus, next

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• हृषीकेशम् (hṛṣīkeśam) - to Hrishikesha (an epithet of Krishna, master of the senses) (to Hrishikesha)

• पाण्डुपुत्रः (pāṇḍuputraḥ) - son of Pandu

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, another

• त्वत् (tvat) - from you, than you

• देवकीपुत्र (devakīputra) - O son of Devaki

• शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable, able

• प्रष्टुम् (praṣṭum) - to ask, to question

• पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the venerable grandsire (Bhishma) (the grandsire, grandfather)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, thus, next

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect tense form of 'vac' (to speak), 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

हृषीकेशम् (hṛṣīkeśam) - to Hrishikesha (an epithet of Krishna, master of the senses) (to Hrishikesha)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hṛṣīkeśa

hṛṣīkeśa - Hrishikesha (name of Krishna)

पाण्डुपुत्रः (pāṇḍuputraḥ) - son of Pandu

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍuputra

pāṇḍuputra - son of Pandu

Compound type : tatpurusha (pāṇḍu+putra)

• pāṇḍu – Pandu (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (proper name, 'steady in battle')

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, another

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

त्वत् (tvat) - from you, than you

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Used here for comparison, 'than you'.

देवकीपुत्र (devakīputra) - O son of Devaki

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of devakīputra

devakīputra - son of Devaki

Compound type : tatpurusha (devakī+putra)

• devakī – Devaki (mother of Krishna)
  proper noun (feminine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable, able

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakta

śakta - able, capable, powerful

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

प्रष्टुम् (praṣṭum) - to ask, to question

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root praś with suffix -tum

Prefix: pra

Root: praś (class 6)

पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the venerable grandsire (Bhishma) (the grandsire, grandfather)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather, grandsire