महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-52, verse-31

न प्रबोध्योऽस्मि संसुप्त इत्युवाचाथ भार्गवः ।
संवाहितव्यौ पादौ मे जागर्तव्यं च वां निशि ॥३१॥

31. na prabodhyo'smi saṁsupta ityuvācātha bhārgavaḥ ,
saṁvāhitavyau pādau me jāgartavyaṁ ca vāṁ niśi.

31. na prabodhyaḥ asmi saṃsuptaḥ iti uvāca atha bhārgavaḥ
saṃvāhitavyau pādau me jāgartavyam ca vām niśi

31. atha bhārgavaḥ uvāca aham saṃsuptaḥ (san) na prabodhyaḥ
asmi iti me pādau saṃvāhitavyau ca vām niśi jāgartavyam

31. Then Bhārgava said: "If I fall into a deep sleep, I am not to be awakened. My feet are to be massaged, and you two must remain awake throughout the night."

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• प्रबोध्यः (prabodhyaḥ) - should not be awakened (to be awakened, capable of being awakened)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• संसुप्तः (saṁsuptaḥ) - if I am in deep sleep (deeply asleep, completely asleep)

• इति (iti) - indicating the end of the direct speech (thus, so, indicating direct speech)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke (he said)

• अथ (atha) - then, next (then, now, moreover)

• भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - the sage Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu, Bhārgava (name of a sage, e.g., Paraśurāma))

• संवाहितव्यौ (saṁvāhitavyau) - requiring massage (to be massaged, to be stroked)

• पादौ (pādau) - (my) two feet (two feet)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me)

• जागर्तव्यम् (jāgartavyam) - (you two) should remain awake (to be awakened, to be kept awake, vigilance is to be maintained)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वाम् (vām) - by you two (the couple) (by you two, to you two, of you two)

• निशि (niśi) - throughout the night (in the night)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

negative particle

प्रबोध्यः (prabodhyaḥ) - should not be awakened (to be awakened, capable of being awakened)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabodhya

prabodhya - to be awakened, to be known, to be instructed

gerundive

from root budh with prefix pra- and suffix -ya

Prefix: pra

Root: budh (class 1)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present active 1st singular

Present tense of root as with personal ending

Root: as (class 2)

संसुप्तः (saṁsuptaḥ) - if I am in deep sleep (deeply asleep, completely asleep)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsupta

saṁsupta - deeply asleep

past passive participle

from root svap with prefix saṃ- and suffix -ta

Prefix: sam

Root: svap (class 1)

Note: Implies 'if I am deeply asleep' (satsu saṃsupte).

इति (iti) - indicating the end of the direct speech (thus, so, indicating direct speech)

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke (he said)

(verb)

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

perfect 3rd singular

Perfect tense of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then, next (then, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - the sage Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu, Bhārgava (name of a sage, e.g., Paraśurāma))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhārgava

bhārgava - descendant of Bhṛgu, name of a sage (e.g., Paraśurāma, Śukra)

patronymic from Bhṛgu

संवाहितव्यौ (saṁvāhitavyau) - requiring massage (to be massaged, to be stroked)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of saṃvāhitavya

saṁvāhitavya - to be massaged, to be moved about, to be wafted

gerundive

from root vah (to carry) with prefix saṃ- and causative -i + suffix -tavya

Prefix: sam

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with pādau.

पादौ (pādau) - (my) two feet (two feet)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of pāda

pāda - foot, leg, quarter

मे (me) - my (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

जागर्तव्यम् (jāgartavyam) - (you two) should remain awake (to be awakened, to be kept awake, vigilance is to be maintained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāgartavya

jāgartavya - to be awakened, to be kept awake

gerundive

from root jāgṛ (to wake) with suffix -tavya

Root: jāgṛ (class 2)

Note: The implied agent 'by you two' (vāṃ) is in the dative/genitive. Equivalent to 'it is to be woken by you'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

conjunctive particle

वाम् (vām) - by you two (the couple) (by you two, to you two, of you two)

(pronoun)

Dative, dual of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular or plural)

Note: Used as the agent of the passive gerundive 'jāgartavyam'.

निशि (niśi) - throughout the night (in the night)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of niś

niś - night

Root: niś