महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-67, verse-10

तस्मै यमः समुत्थाय पूजां कृत्वा च वीर्यवान् ।
प्रोवाच नीयतामेष सोऽन्य आनीयतामिति ॥१०॥

10. tasmai yamaḥ samutthāya pūjāṁ kṛtvā ca vīryavān ,
provāca nīyatāmeṣa so'nya ānīyatāmiti.

10. tasmai yamaḥ samutthāya pūjām kṛtvā ca vīryavān
provāca nīyatām eṣaḥ saḥ anyaḥ ānīyatām iti

10. To him, the powerful Yama, having risen and performed reverence, said: 'Let this one be taken away, and let another be brought (instead).'

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मै (tasmai) - to him, for him

• यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama (the god of death)

• समुत्थाय (samutthāya) - having risen, having stood up

• पूजाम् (pūjām) - reverence (worship, adoration)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed

• च (ca) - and, also

• वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - powerful, valorous

• प्रोवाच (provāca) - said, spoke

• नीयताम् (nīyatām) - let him be taken away (let it be led away, let it be taken)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one (the brahmin who was mistakenly brought) (this one)

• सः (saḥ) - that one (i.e., another) (he, that one)

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other

• आनीयताम् (ānīyatām) - let him (the correct person) be brought (let it be brought, let it be led near)

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative marker)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मै (tasmai) - to him, for him

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the brahmin mentioned in the previous verse.

यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama (the god of death)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yama

yama - Yama (god of death), restraint

समुत्थाय (samutthāya) - having risen, having stood up

(indeclinable)

absolutive

prefixes sam + ut + root sthā + ya suffix

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

पूजाम् (pūjām) - reverence (worship, adoration)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pūjā

pūjā - worship, adoration, reverence

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root kṛ (8th class) + ktvā suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - powerful, valorous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīryavat

vīryavat - powerful, strong, valorous, heroic

noun vīrya + matup suffix

Note: Qualifies Yama.

प्रोवाच (provāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of pravac

perfect active

prefix pra + root vac (2nd class) in perfect tense

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

नीयताम् (nīyatām) - let him be taken away (let it be led away, let it be taken)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (Loṭ) of nī

passive imperative

root nī (1st class) in passive imperative, 3rd person singular

Root: nī (class 1)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one (the brahmin who was mistakenly brought) (this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

सः (saḥ) - that one (i.e., another) (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

आनीयताम् (ānīyatām) - let him (the correct person) be brought (let it be brought, let it be led near)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (Loṭ) of ānī

passive imperative

prefix ā + root nī (1st class) in passive imperative, 3rd person singular

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative marker)

(indeclinable)