महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-30, verse-20

अन्यान्बाणान्समीक्षस्व यैस्त्वं मां सूदयिष्यसि ।
तच्छ्रुत्वा स विचिन्त्याथ ततो वचनमब्रवीत् ॥२०॥

20. anyānbāṇānsamīkṣasva yaistvaṁ māṁ sūdayiṣyasi ,
tacchrutvā sa vicintyātha tato vacanamabravīt.

20. anyān bāṇān samīkṣasva yaiḥ tvam mām sūdayiṣyasi |
tat śrutvā saḥ vicintya atha tataḥ vacanam abravīt

20. tvam yaiḥ mām sūdayiṣyasi,
anyān bāṇān samīkṣasva tat śrutvā saḥ atha vicintya tataḥ vacanam abravīt

20. "Consider other arrows, with which you might destroy me. Having heard that, he (Alarka) then pondered and spoke these words."

Words meanings summery:

• अन्यान् (anyān) - other, different

• बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

• समीक्षस्व (samīkṣasva) - consider, look for, examine

• यैः (yaiḥ) - by which, with which

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• माम् (mām) - me

• सूदयिष्यसि (sūdayiṣyasi) - you will destroy, you will kill

• तत् (tat) - Refers to the words spoken by the Ear. (that)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• सः (saḥ) - Alarka (he)

• विचिन्त्य (vicintya) - having pondered, having thought

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, moreover

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

Words meanings and morphology

अन्यान् (anyān) - other, different

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Agrees with 'bāṇān'.

बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

समीक्षस्व (samīkṣasva) - consider, look for, examine

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of samīkṣ

imperative mood form

From root īkṣ (class 1) with prefix sam, imperative mood, 2nd person singular, Ātmanepada.

Prefix: sam

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

यैः (yaiḥ) - by which, with which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Refers to 'anyān bāṇān'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

सूदयिष्यसि (sūdayiṣyasi) - you will destroy, you will kill

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of sūd

future tense form

From root sūd (class 10, or causal of sū), future tense, 2nd person singular.

Root: sūd (class 10)

तत् (tat) - Refers to the words spoken by the Ear. (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Indeclinable participle formed with suffix -tvā.

Root: śru (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - Alarka (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

विचिन्त्य (vicintya) - having pondered, having thought

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root cit (class 10) with prefix vi, absolutive ending in -ya.

Prefix: vi

Root: cit (class 10)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, moreover

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom

(indeclinable)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, saying

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of vac

aorist tense form

From root vac (class 2), aorist tense (Luṅ), 3rd person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)