महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-15, verse-28

ईक्षितुं च महादेवं न मे शक्तिरभूत्तदा ।
ततो मामब्रवीद्देवः पश्य कृष्ण वदस्व च ॥२८॥

28. īkṣituṁ ca mahādevaṁ na me śaktirabhūttadā ,
tato māmabravīddevaḥ paśya kṛṣṇa vadasva ca.

28. īkṣitum ca mahādevam na me śaktiḥ abhūt tadā
tataḥ mām abravīt devaḥ paśya kṛṣṇa vadasva ca

28. ca tadā me mahādevam īkṣitum śaktiḥ na abhūt
tataḥ devaḥ mām abravīt kṛṣṇa paśya ca vadasva

28. And then I had no power (śakti) to see Mahādeva (Śiva). Thereupon, the god spoke to me, 'Behold, Kṛṣṇa, and speak!'

Words meanings summery:

• ईक्षितुम् (īkṣitum) - to see (to see, to observe)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• महादेवम् (mahādevam) - Mahādeva (Śiva) (the great god, Mahadeva (a name of Shiva))

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my)

• शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power (śakti) (power, ability, strength, energy (śakti))

• अभूत् (abhūt) - had (was, became)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon (then, thereupon, from there, therefore)

• माम् (mām) - me

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (he/she/it spoke, said)

• देवः (devaḥ) - the god (god, deity)

• पश्य (paśya) - behold (see! behold!)

• कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Kṛṣṇa (O Krishna (vocative))

• वदस्व (vadasva) - speak (speak! say!)

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

ईक्षितुम् (īkṣitum) - to see (to see, to observe)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From √īkṣ (to see)

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Infinitive of purpose.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

महादेवम् (mahādevam) - Mahādeva (Śiva) (the great god, Mahadeva (a name of Shiva))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahādeva

mahādeva - great god, a name of Shiva

Compound: mahā (great) + deva (god)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahant+deva)

• mahant – great, mighty, large
  adjective (masculine)
• deva – god, deity, divine being
  noun (masculine)
  From √div (to shine)
  Root: div (class 1)

Note: Object of 'īkṣitum'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negation particle

Note: Negates the verb 'abhūt' in connection with 'śaktiḥ'.

मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

First person pronoun, enclitic form

Note: Used in a possessive sense 'my power'.

शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power (śakti) (power, ability, strength, energy (śakti))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, strength, ability, faculty, energy; a goddess, the divine feminine power (śakti)

From √śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Subject of 'abhūt'.

अभूत् (abhūt) - had (was, became)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist Tense, Third Person, Singular

Root verb, aorist form (luṅ)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Parasmaipada conjugation. Often translated as simple past.

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from 'tad' (that)

ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon (then, thereupon, from there, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from 'tad' (that)

Note: Temporal conjunction.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

First person pronoun

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (he/she/it spoke, said)

(verb)

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

Imperfect Tense, Third Person, Singular

Root verb

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Parasmaipada conjugation.

देवः (devaḥ) - the god (god, deity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

From √div (to shine)

Root: div (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'abravīt'. Refers to Mahadeva from the first line.

पश्य (paśya) - behold (see! behold!)

(verb)

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

Imperative, Second Person, Singular

Root verb, irregular present stem 'paśya'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Parasmaipada conjugation.

कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Kṛṣṇa (O Krishna (vocative))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - black, dark; Krishna (a name of Vishnu/God)

Root: kṛṣ (class 6)

वदस्व (vadasva) - speak (speak! say!)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Imperative, Second Person, Singular

Root verb, Ātmanepada

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Ātmanepada conjugation.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)