महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-105, verse-58

शक्र उवाच ।
अयं सुतस्ते द्विजमुख्य नागश्चाघ्रायते त्वामभिवीक्षमाणः ।
पादौ च ते नासिकयोपजिघ्रते श्रेयो मम ध्याहि नमश्च तेऽस्तु ॥५८॥

58. śakra uvāca ,
ayaṁ sutaste dvijamukhya nāga;ścāghrāyate tvāmabhivīkṣamāṇaḥ ,
pādau ca te nāsikayopajighrate; śreyo mama dhyāhi namaśca te'stu.

58. śakraḥ uvāca ayam sutaḥ te dvijamukhya
nāgaḥ ca āghrāyate tvām abhivīkṣamāṇaḥ
pādau ca te nāsikayā upajighrate
śreyaḥ mama dhyāhi namaḥ ca te astu

58. śakraḥ uvāca dvijamukhya ayam te sutaḥ
nāgaḥ tvām abhivīkṣamāṇaḥ ca
āghrāyate te pādau ca nāsikayā upajighrate
mama śreyaḥ dhyāhi te namaḥ ca astu

58. Indra said: "O chief among the twice-born (dvija), this elephant-son of yours, looking at you, is smelling you. He also sniffs your feet with his trunk. Please contemplate my well-being, and salutations be to you."

Words meanings summery:

• शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra (Indra, mighty one)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (referring to the elephant) (this)

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - son (son, child)

• ते (te) - your (to you, for you, your)

• द्विजमुख्य (dvijamukhya) - O chief among the twice-born (dvija) (chief among the twice-born)

• नागः (nāgaḥ) - the elephant (elephant, serpent)

• च (ca) - and

• आघ्रायते (āghrāyate) - is smelling (is smelling, sniffing)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (Gautama) (you)

• अभिवीक्षमाणः (abhivīkṣamāṇaḥ) - looking at (you) (looking at, observing)

• पादौ (pādau) - your two feet (feet (dual))

• च (ca) - and

• ते (te) - your (to you, for you, your)

• नासिकया (nāsikayā) - with his trunk (elephant's trunk) (with the nose, with the trunk)

• उपजिघ्रते (upajighrate) - is sniffing (your feet) (is sniffing, smelling)

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare, well-being (welfare, good, prosperity)

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• ध्याहि (dhyāhi) - contemplate, think of (contemplate, meditate, think of)

• नमः (namaḥ) - salutations (salutation, obeisance)

• च (ca) - and

• ते (te) - to you (to you, for you)

• अस्तु (astu) - let there be (salutations) (let it be)

Words meanings and morphology

शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra (Indra, mighty one)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Indra, mighty, powerful

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect tense

perfect 3rd person singular of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अयम् (ayam) - this (referring to the elephant) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son (son, child)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, child, born

Root: sū (class 4)

Note: Refers to the elephant, called a son by Gautama.

ते (te) - your (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive pronoun.

द्विजमुख्य (dvijamukhya) - O chief among the twice-born (dvija) (chief among the twice-born)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijamukhya

dvijamukhya - chief of the twice-born, best of Brahmins

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+mukhya)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya), bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)
• mukhya – chief, principal, foremost
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Address to Gautama.

नागः (nāgaḥ) - the elephant (elephant, serpent)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāga

nāga - serpent, elephant, a mountain, a specific tribe

Note: Subject of 'āghrāyate' and 'upajighrate'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

आघ्रायते (āghrāyate) - is smelling (is smelling, sniffing)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ghrā

present tense

present 3rd person singular ātmanepada of √ghrā with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: ghrā (class 1)

Note: Used with 'tvām'.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (Gautama) (you)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Object of 'āghrāyate'.

अभिवीक्षमाणः (abhivīkṣamāṇaḥ) - looking at (you) (looking at, observing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhivīkṣamāṇa

abhivīkṣamāṇa - looking at, observing, beholding

present active participle (ātmanepada)

present active participle ātmanepada of √īkṣ (to see) with prefixes abhi-vi

Prefixes: abhi+vi

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'nāgaḥ'.

पादौ (pādau) - your two feet (feet (dual))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of pāda

pāda - foot, leg, quarter, ray

Note: Object of 'upajighrate'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive pronoun.

नासिकया (nāsikayā) - with his trunk (elephant's trunk) (with the nose, with the trunk)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of nāsikā

nāsikā - nose, nostril, trunk (of an elephant)

Note: Instrument of smelling.

उपजिघ्रते (upajighrate) - is sniffing (your feet) (is sniffing, smelling)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ghrā

present tense

present 3rd person singular ātmanepada of √ghrā (to smell) with prefix upa

Prefix: upa

Root: ghrā (class 1)

Note: Used with 'pādau'.

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare, well-being (welfare, good, prosperity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - welfare, good, excellence, bliss

Note: Object of 'dhyāhi'.

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Possessive pronoun.

ध्याहि (dhyāhi) - contemplate, think of (contemplate, meditate, think of)

(verb)

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

imperative mood

imperative 2nd person singular of √dhyā

Root: dhyā (class 1)

Note: Command from Indra to Gautama.

नमः (namaḥ) - salutations (salutation, obeisance)

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of the salutation 'namaḥ te astu'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you (to you, for you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Recipient of salutations.

अस्तु (astu) - let there be (salutations) (let it be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

imperative mood

imperative 3rd person singular of √as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Forms the benediction.