महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-95, verse-43

पशुसख उवाच ।
सखा सखे यः सख्येयः पशूनां च सखा सदा ।
गौणं पशुसखेत्येवं विद्धि मामग्निसंभवे ॥४३॥

43. paśusakha uvāca ,
sakhā sakhe yaḥ sakhyeyaḥ paśūnāṁ ca sakhā sadā ,
gauṇaṁ paśusakhetyevaṁ viddhi māmagnisaṁbhave.

43. paśusakhaḥ uvāca sakhā sakhe yaḥ sakhya-eyaḥ paśūnām ca
sakhā sadā gauṇam paśusakha iti evam viddhi mām agni-saṃbhave

43. paśusakhaḥ uvāca he agni-saṃbhave! yaḥ sakhā sakhe (bhavati),
ca (yaḥ) sadā paśūnām sakhā (bhavati),
(saḥ) sakhya-eyaḥ (bhavati).
(tvam) mām gauṇam paśusakha iti evam viddhi.

43. Paśusakha said: O born from Agni, know me by this secondary designation 'Paśusakha', (because I am) he who is a friend to a friend, who is worthy of friendship, and always a friend to animals.

Words meanings summery:

• पशुसखः (paśusakhaḥ) - The speaker's name, meaning 'friend of animals' (friend of animals; Paśusakha (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सखा (sakhā) - friend, companion

• सखे (sakhe) - to a friend

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• सख्य-एयः (sakhya-eyaḥ) - worthy of friendship, friendly

• पशूनाम् (paśūnām) - of animals

• च (ca) - and

• सखा (sakhā) - friend, companion

• सदा (sadā) - always, perpetually

• गौणम् (gauṇam) - Referring to 'Paśusakha' as a descriptive or secondary name rather than a primary one (secondary, figurative, indirect)

• पशुसख (paśusakha) - The name being explained, 'friend of animals' (friend of animals; Paśusakha (proper name))

• इति (iti) - Marks 'Paśusakha' as the name (thus, so, in this manner, 'quote marker')

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

• माम् (mām) - me

• अग्नि-संभवे (agni-saṁbhave) - Addressing the person born from Agni (fire deity) (O born from fire)

Words meanings and morphology

पशुसखः (paśusakhaḥ) - The speaker's name, meaning 'friend of animals' (friend of animals; Paśusakha (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paśusakha

paśusakha - friend of animals

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

सखा (sakhā) - friend, companion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sakhi

sakhi - friend, companion, comrade

सखे (sakhe) - to a friend

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of sakhi

sakhi - friend, companion, comrade

Note: Can also be locative or vocative, but dative fits the 'friend to a friend' meaning best.

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

सख्य-एयः (sakhya-eyaḥ) - worthy of friendship, friendly

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sakhya-eya

sakhya-eya - worthy of friendship, friendly, amiable

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sakhya+īya)

• sakhya – friendship, alliance
  noun (neuter)
• īya – worthy of, fit for, belonging to
  suffix
  Suffix for derivation of adjectives indicating worthiness or belonging.

पशूनाम् (paśūnām) - of animals

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of paśu

paśu - animal, beast, cattle

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सखा (sakhā) - friend, companion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sakhi

sakhi - friend, companion, comrade

सदा (sadā) - always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

गौणम् (gauṇam) - Referring to 'Paśusakha' as a descriptive or secondary name rather than a primary one (secondary, figurative, indirect)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gauṇa

gauṇa - secondary, subordinate, indirect, figurative

Note: Qualifies an implied noun like 'nāma' (name).

पशुसख (paśusakha) - The name being explained, 'friend of animals' (friend of animals; Paśusakha (proper name))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paśusakha

paśusakha - friend of animals

इति (iti) - Marks 'Paśusakha' as the name (thus, so, in this manner, 'quote marker')

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 2)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

अग्नि-संभवे (agni-saṁbhave) - Addressing the person born from Agni (fire deity) (O born from fire)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of agni-saṃbhavā

agni-saṁbhavā - born from fire, originating from Agni

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agni+saṃbhavā)

• agni – fire, the fire god Agni
  noun (masculine)
• saṃbhavā – born from, originating from, produced by (feminine)
  adjective (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)