महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-51, verse-8

नहुष उवाच ।
सहस्राणां शतं क्षिप्रं निषादेभ्यः प्रदीयताम् ।
स्यादेतत्तु भवेन्मूल्यं किं वान्यन्मन्यते भवान् ॥८॥

8. nahuṣa uvāca ,
sahasrāṇāṁ śataṁ kṣipraṁ niṣādebhyaḥ pradīyatām ,
syādetattu bhavenmūlyaṁ kiṁ vānyanmanyate bhavān.

8. nahuṣa uvāca sahasrāṇām śatam kṣipram niṣādebhyah pradīyatām
syāt etat tu bhavet mūlyam kim vā anyat manyate bhavān

8. nahuṣa uvāca sahasrāṇām śatam kṣipram niṣādebhyah pradīyatām
etat tu mūlyam syāt bhavet bhavān kim vā anyat manyate

8. Nahusha said: Let a hundred thousand be quickly given to the Nishadas. This, indeed, would be the (appropriate) price. Or what else does Your Honor (Bhavān) think?

Words meanings summery:

• नहुष (nahuṣa) - Nahusha (a king)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सहस्राणाम् (sahasrāṇām) - of thousands

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• निषादेभ्यह् (niṣādebhyah) - To the palanquin bearers/fishermen. (to the Nishadas)

• प्रदीयताम् (pradīyatām) - let it be given, let it be offered

• स्यात् (syāt) - it may be, let it be, it would be

• एतत् (etat) - this

• तु (tu) - indeed, but, however

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it may be, it would be, it should be

• मूल्यम् (mūlyam) - price, worth, compensation

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• वा (vā) - or, and

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, else

• मन्यते (manyate) - thinks, considers

• भवान् (bhavān) - Your Honor, you (respectful)

Words meanings and morphology

नहुष (nahuṣa) - Nahusha (a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nahuṣa

nahuṣa - Nahusha (name of a king)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

सहस्राणाम् (sahasrāṇām) - of thousands

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śata

śata - a hundred

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

निषादेभ्यह् (niṣādebhyah) - To the palanquin bearers/fishermen. (to the Nishadas)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of niṣāda

niṣāda - a Nishada (a tribe or caste), a hunter, a fisherman

प्रदीयताम् (pradīyatām) - let it be given, let it be offered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of dā

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

स्यात् (syāt) - it may be, let it be, it would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (proximal demonstrative pronoun)

तु (tu) - indeed, but, however

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - it may be, it would be, it should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

मूल्यम् (mūlyam) - price, worth, compensation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mūlya

mūlya - price, value, worth, compensation

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? who? which?

Note: Used as an interrogative pronoun or adverb.

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

Note: In an interrogative context, can imply 'or else?'

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, else

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different, else

मन्यते (manyate) - thinks, considers

(verb)

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

Root: man (class 4)

भवान् (bhavān) - Your Honor, you (respectful)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - being, existing; Your Honor, you (polite address)

Present Active Participle (of bhū)

Used as an honorific pronoun for 'you'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Honorific form of address.