महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-95, verse-23

यातुधान्युवाच ।
समयेन बिसानीतो गृह्णीध्वं कामकारतः ।
एकैको नाम मे प्रोक्त्वा ततो गृह्णीत माचिरम् ॥२३॥

23. yātudhānyuvāca ,
samayena bisānīto gṛhṇīdhvaṁ kāmakārataḥ ,
ekaiko nāma me proktvā tato gṛhṇīta māciram.

23. yātudhāniḥ uvāca samayena bisāni itaḥ gṛhṇīdhvam
kāmakārataḥ ekaikaḥ nāma me proktvā tataḥ gṛhṇīta mā ciram

23. yātudhāniḥ uvāca samayena itaḥ bisāni kāmakārataḥ
gṛhṇīdhvam ekaikaḥ me nāma proktvā tataḥ mā ciram gṛhṇīta

23. The female demon (yātudhāni) said: 'You may take the lotus stalks from here, freely, but on a condition. Each one of you, having first stated my name, should then take them without delay.'

Words meanings summery:

• यातुधानिः (yātudhāniḥ) - a female demoness

• उवाच (uvāca) - she spoke, she said

• समयेन (samayena) - by agreement, on condition, in due time

• बिसानि (bisāni) - lotus stalks

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence

• गृह्णीध्वम् (gṛhṇīdhvam) - you all take, you all seize

• कामकारतः (kāmakārataḥ) - at will, freely, according to desire

• एकैकः (ekaikaḥ) - each one, every single one

• नाम (nāma) - my name (name)

• मे (me) - my

• प्रोक्त्वा (proktvā) - having told, having spoken

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

• गृह्णीत (gṛhṇīta) - you all take, you all seize

• मा (mā) - do not

• चिरम् (ciram) - long, for a long time

Words meanings and morphology

यातुधानिः (yātudhāniḥ) - a female demoness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yātudhāni

yātudhāni - a female demon, a rākṣasī

उवाच (uvāca) - she spoke, she said

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Strong form of root vac, with reduplication.

समयेन (samayena) - by agreement, on condition, in due time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of samaya

samaya - agreement, convention, time, condition

Derived from sam-i (to come together, to agree)

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'on condition' or 'by agreement'.

बिसानि (bisāni) - lotus stalks

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bisa

bisa - lotus stalk or fiber

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence

(indeclinable)

Ablative suffix -tas added to idam (this)

गृह्णीध्वम् (gṛhṇīdhvam) - you all take, you all seize

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of grah

Root: grah (class 9)

कामकारतः (kāmakārataḥ) - at will, freely, according to desire

(indeclinable)

Derived from kāma (desire) and kāra (doing). The suffix -tas forms an indeclinable from ablative.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+kāra)

• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)
• kāra – doing, making, action
  noun (masculine)
  From root kṛ with suffix -a
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Functions adverbially.

एकैकः (ekaikaḥ) - each one, every single one

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekaika

ekaika - each one, one by one

Reduplication of eka for distributive meaning

Note: Used distributively.

नाम (nāma) - my name (name)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name, appellation

मे (me) - my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

प्रोक्त्वा (proktvā) - having told, having spoken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Gerund of root vac (to speak) with upasarga pra, irregular formation.

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

(indeclinable)

Ablative suffix -tas added to tad (that)

गृह्णीत (gṛhṇīta) - you all take, you all seize

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of grah

Root: grah (class 9)

मा (mā) - do not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with aorist or imperative to express prohibition.

चिरम् (ciram) - long, for a long time

(indeclinable)

Note: Here used adverbially with mā to mean 'without delay'.