महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-99, verse-14

अम्बरीष उवाच ।
कानि यज्ञे हवींष्यत्र किमाज्यं का च दक्षिणा ।
ऋत्विजश्चात्र के प्रोक्तास्तन्मे ब्रूहि शतक्रतो ॥१४॥

14. ambarīṣa uvāca ,
kāni yajñe havīṁṣyatra kimājyaṁ kā ca dakṣiṇā ,
ṛtvijaścātra ke proktāstanme brūhi śatakrato.

14. ambarīṣaḥ uvāca kāni yajñe havīṃṣi atra kim ājyam kā ca
dakṣiṇā ṛtvijaḥ ca atra ke proktāḥ tat me brūhi śatakrato

14. ambarīṣaḥ uvāca he śatakrato,
atra yajñe kāni havīṃṣi,
kim ājyam,
kā ca dakṣiṇā (bhavati)? atra ke ṛtvijaḥ ca proktāḥ (santi)? tat me brūhi.

14. Ambarīṣa said: What are the oblations (havis) in this Vedic ritual (yajña)? What is the clarified butter (ājya), and what is the sacrificial fee (dakṣiṇā)? Who are said to be the priests (ṛtvij) here? Tell me that, O Śatakratu.

Words meanings summery:

• अम्बरीषः (ambarīṣaḥ) - Ambarīṣa (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कानि (kāni) - what (plural)

• यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the sacrifice

• हवींषि (havīṁṣi) - oblations, offerings

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this (context)

• किम् (kim) - what (singular)

• आज्यम् (ājyam) - clarified butter, ghee

• का (kā) - what (feminine)

• च (ca) - and

• दक्षिणा (dakṣiṇā) - sacrificial fee, gift

• ऋत्विजः (ṛtvijaḥ) - priests, officiants

• च (ca) - and

• अत्र (atra) - here

• के (ke) - who (plural)

• प्रोक्ताः (proktāḥ) - declared, said

• तत् (tat) - that

• मे (me) - to me

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

• शतक्रतो (śatakrato) - O Śatakratu (Indra)

Words meanings and morphology

अम्बरीषः (ambarīṣaḥ) - Ambarīṣa (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ambarīṣa

ambarīṣa - a proper name (of a king); a large frying pan, a solar disc

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

कानि (kāni) - what (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kim

kim - what, which, who

यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the sacrifice

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - sacrifice, oblation, act of worship

Root: yaj (class 1)

हवींषि (havīṁṣi) - oblations, offerings

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of havis

havis - oblation, offering, clarified butter

Root: hu (class 3)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this (context)

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what (singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

आज्यम् (ājyam) - clarified butter, ghee

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ājya

ājya - clarified butter, ghee

का (kā) - what (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

दक्षिणा (dakṣiṇā) - sacrificial fee, gift

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dakṣiṇā

dakṣiṇā - sacrificial fee, gift, donation; south; right (side)

ऋत्विजः (ṛtvijaḥ) - priests, officiants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛtvij

ṛtvij - priest, sacrificial priest, officiant

Derived from ṛtu (season) + yaj (to sacrifice)

Root: yaj (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here

(indeclinable)

के (ke) - who (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, which, what

प्रोक्ताः (proktāḥ) - declared, said

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prokta

prokta - declared, said, announced, spoken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac (to speak) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मे (me) - to me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

शतक्रतो (śatakrato) - O Śatakratu (Indra)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śatakratu

śatakratu - Śatakratu (an epithet of Indra, 'he of a hundred sacrifices')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śata+kratu)

• śata – a hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• kratu – power, might, intelligence, sacrifice
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)