महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-144, verse-39

न तु पादतले लिप्ते कस्मात्ते पुत्रकाद्य वै ।
नैतन्मे प्रियमित्येव स मां प्रीतोऽब्रवीत्तदा ।
इत्युक्तोऽहं शरीरं स्वमपश्यं श्रीसमायुतम् ॥३९॥

39. na tu pādatale lipte kasmātte putrakādya vai ,
naitanme priyamityeva sa māṁ prīto'bravīttadā ,
ityukto'haṁ śarīraṁ svamapaśyaṁ śrīsamāyutam.

39. na tu pādatale lipte kasmāt te putrakāt
adya vai | na etat me priyam iti eva
sa mām prītaḥ abravīt tadā | iti uktaḥ
aham śarīram svam apaśyam śrī-samāyutam

39. putrakāt pādatale lipte te adya vai kasmāt
na tu saḥ prītaḥ (san) etat me priyam
na iti eva tadā mām abravīt iti uktaḥ
aham svam śrī-samāyutam śarīram apaśyam

39. “Why then, my son, should it not be smeared on your feet today?” With these words, “This is not dear to me,” he, being pleased, spoke to me then. Thus addressed, I saw my own body endowed with splendor.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• पादतले (pādatale) - on the sole of the foot, at the feet

• लिप्ते (lipte) - smeared, anointed

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (from what, why, whence)

• ते (te) - your (to you, your)

• पुत्रकात् (putrakāt) - O son (from a son, O son)

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• न (na) - not, no

• एतत् (etat) - this

• मे (me) - my (to me, my)

• प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, beloved, pleasing

• इति (iti) - thus, so, marking direct speech

• एव (eva) - even, only, just, indeed

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• माम् (mām) - me

• प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased, satisfied, glad

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• इति (iti) - thus, so, marking direct speech/conclusion

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

• अहम् (aham) - I

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

• स्वम् (svam) - own

• अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw

• श्री-समायुतम् (śrī-samāyutam) - endowed with splendor, combined with prosperity/beauty

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

पादतले (pādatale) - on the sole of the foot, at the feet

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pādatala

pādatala - sole of the foot, foot

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāda+tala)

• pāda – foot, quarter
  noun (masculine)
• tala – surface, sole, flat ground
  noun (neuter)

लिप्ते (lipte) - smeared, anointed

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of lipta

lipta - smeared, anointed, soiled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root LIP (to smear)

Root: lip (class 6)

Note: Agrees with pādatale.

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why (from what, why, whence)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Note: Used here adverbially to mean 'why'.

ते (te) - your (to you, your)

(pronoun)

singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Here in dative case, meaning 'to you' or 'for you', or genitive 'your'.

पुत्रकात् (putrakāt) - O son (from a son, O son)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of putraka

putraka - little son, dear son

Diminutive of putra

Note: Often used in vocative sense with ablative ending.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Here nominative singular neuter.

मे (me) - my (to me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Here in genitive, meaning 'my'.

प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, beloved, pleasing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing

Note: Agrees with etat.

इति (iti) - thus, so, marking direct speech

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to introduce or conclude direct speech.

एव (eva) - even, only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Nominative singular masculine of tad.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased, satisfied, glad

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prīta

prīta - pleased, satisfied, glad

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root PRĪ (to please)

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Agrees with saḥ.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect tense, active voice

Root: brū (class 2)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so, marking direct speech/conclusion

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to introduce or conclude direct speech or describe a state.

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, addressed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root VAC (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with aham.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body

Note: Object of apaśyam.

स्वम् (svam) - own

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own

Note: Agrees with śarīram.

अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paś

Imperfect tense, active voice

Derived from root DṚŚ (to see), with 'paśya' as present stem

Root: dṛś (class 1)

श्री-समायुतम् (śrī-samāyutam) - endowed with splendor, combined with prosperity/beauty

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śrī-samāyuta

śrī-samāyuta - endowed with splendor/beauty/prosperity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+samāyuta)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, wealth, beauty, Lakṣmī
  noun (feminine)
• samāyuta – joined, endowed with, possessed of
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root YUJ (to join) with prefix SAM-Ā-
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with śarīram.