महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-30, verse-9

अलर्क उवाच ।
आघ्राय सुबहून्गन्धांस्तानेव प्रतिगृध्यति ।
तस्माद्घ्राणं प्रति शरान्प्रतिमोक्ष्याम्यहं शितान् ॥९॥

9. alarka uvāca ,
āghrāya subahūngandhāṁstāneva pratigṛdhyati ,
tasmādghrāṇaṁ prati śarānpratimokṣyāmyahaṁ śitān.

9. alarka uvāca āghrāya subahūn gandhān tān eva pratigṛdhyati
tasmāt ghrāṇam prati śarān pratimokṣyāmi aham śitān

9. alarka uvāca āghrāya subahūn gandhān tān eva pratigṛdhyati
tasmāt aham ghrāṇam prati śitān śarān pratimokṣyāmi

9. Alarka said: 'Having smelled many fragrances, (the mind) greedily clings to those very same ones. Therefore, I will release my sharpened arrows against the sense of smell (ghrāṇa).'

Words meanings summery:

• अलर्क (alarka) - Alarka (Alarka (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• आघ्राय (āghrāya) - having smelled (having smelled, having sniffed)

• सुबहून् (subahūn) - many (very many, numerous)

• गन्धान् (gandhān) - fragrances (fragrances, smells)

• तान् (tān) - those very same (fragrances) (those)

• एव (eva) - very same (only, indeed, even, very)

• प्रतिगृध्यति (pratigṛdhyati) - greedily clings to (desires, longs for, clings to greedily)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, hence)

• घ्राणम् (ghrāṇam) - sense of smell (ghrāṇa) (sense of smell, nose)

• प्रति (prati) - against (towards, against, in regard to)

• शरान् (śarān) - arrows (arrows, missiles)

• प्रतिमोक्ष्यामि (pratimokṣyāmi) - I will release (I will release, I will discharge)

• अहम् (aham) - I (Alarka) (I)

• शितान् (śitān) - sharpened (sharpened, made sharp)

Words meanings and morphology

अलर्क (alarka) - Alarka (Alarka (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of alarka

alarka - Alarka (a king's name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (lit)

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

आघ्राय (āghrāya) - having smelled (having smelled, having sniffed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable participle formed from root ghrā (class 1) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: ghrā (class 1)

सुबहून् (subahūn) - many (very many, numerous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of subahu

subahu - very much, very many, numerous

Compound type : karmadharaya (su+bahu)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
• bahu – much, many, numerous
  adjective

गन्धान् (gandhān) - fragrances (fragrances, smells)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gandha

gandha - smell, fragrance, odor

तान् (tān) - those very same (fragrances) (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - very same (only, indeed, even, very)

(indeclinable)

प्रतिगृध्यति (pratigṛdhyati) - greedily clings to (desires, longs for, clings to greedily)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of gṛdh

Present tense

Root gṛdh (class 4) with prefix prati-

Prefix: prati

Root: gṛdh (class 4)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, hence)

(indeclinable)

घ्राणम् (ghrāṇam) - sense of smell (ghrāṇa) (sense of smell, nose)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ghrāṇa

ghrāṇa - sense of smell, the nose

प्रति (prati) - against (towards, against, in regard to)

(indeclinable)

शरान् (śarān) - arrows (arrows, missiles)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, dart, reed

प्रतिमोक्ष्यामि (pratimokṣyāmi) - I will release (I will release, I will discharge)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of muc

Future tense

Root muc (class 6) with prefix prati-, forms future stem pratimokṣya

Prefix: prati

Root: muc (class 6)

अहम् (aham) - I (Alarka) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

शितान् (śitān) - sharpened (sharpened, made sharp)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śita

śita - sharpened, whetted, sharp

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root śo (to sharpen)

Root: śo (class 4)