महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-96, verse-22

पूरुरुवाच ।
चिकित्सायां प्रचरतु भार्यया चैव पुष्यतु ।
श्वशुरात्तस्य वृत्तिः स्याद्यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥२२॥

22. pūruruvāca ,
cikitsāyāṁ pracaratu bhāryayā caiva puṣyatu ,
śvaśurāttasya vṛttiḥ syādyaste harati puṣkaram.

22. pūruḥ uvāca | cikitsāyām pracaratu bhāryayā ca eva puṣyatu
| śvaśurāt tasya vṛttiḥ syāt yaḥ te harati puṣkaram

22. Pūru said: May he who takes your fortune be compelled to practice medicine, be supported by his wife, and derive his livelihood from his father-in-law.

Words meanings summery:

• पूरुः (pūruḥ) - Pūru

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• चिकित्सायाम् (cikitsāyām) - in the practice of medicine (in medical treatment, in healing)

• प्रचरतु (pracaratu) - may he wander (as a physician) (may he move about, may he practice, may he wander)

• भार्यया (bhāryayā) - by the wife

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

• पुष्यतु (puṣyatu) - may he be supported (may he nourish, may he thrive, may he be nourished)

• श्वशुरात् (śvaśurāt) - from the father-in-law

• तस्य (tasya) - his (the cursed person's) (his, its)

• वृत्तिः (vṛttiḥ) - livelihood, subsistence, course of action

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

• यः (yaḥ) - the one who (who, whoever)

• ते (te) - your, to you

• हरति (harati) - takes away, steals, carries off

• पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - fortune, prize (a valuable possession or outcome) (lotus, prize, fortune, wealth)

Words meanings and morphology

पूरुः (pūruḥ) - Pūru

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūru

pūru - name of an ancient king, son of Yayāti and Śarmiṣṭhā

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active

reduplicated perfect form of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

चिकित्सायाम् (cikitsāyām) - in the practice of medicine (in medical treatment, in healing)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of cikitsā

cikitsā - medical treatment, healing, practice of medicine

derived from the desiderative stem of root kit

Root: kit

प्रचरतु (pracaratu) - may he wander (as a physician) (may he move about, may he practice, may he wander)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pracar

imperative active

3rd person singular imperative of root car with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: car (class 1)

भार्यया (bhāryayā) - by the wife

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, she who is to be supported

feminine of bhārya (from root bhṛ)

Root: bhṛ

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

पुष्यतु (puṣyatu) - may he be supported (may he nourish, may he thrive, may he be nourished)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of puṣ

imperative active

3rd person singular imperative of root puṣ

Root: puṣ (class 4)

श्वशुरात् (śvaśurāt) - from the father-in-law

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śvaśura

śvaśura - father-in-law

तस्य (tasya) - his (the cursed person's) (his, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वृत्तिः (vṛttiḥ) - livelihood, subsistence, course of action

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - livelihood, subsistence, mode of life, course of action

from root vṛt + ktin

Root: vṛt

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

(verb)

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

optative active

3rd person singular optative of root as

Root: as (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - the one who (who, whoever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, whoever

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular, plural)

Note: Also dative singular

हरति (harati) - takes away, steals, carries off

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of hṛ

present active

3rd person singular present indicative of root hṛ

Root: hṛ (class 1)

पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - fortune, prize (a valuable possession or outcome) (lotus, prize, fortune, wealth)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṣkara

puṣkara - a lotus, a prize, good fortune, wealth, the tip of an elephant's trunk, a particular dice game