महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-54, verse-12

उत्तङ्क उवाच ।
अवश्यकरणीयं वै यद्येतन्मन्यसे विभो ।
तोयमिच्छामि यत्रेष्टं मरुष्वेतद्धि दुर्लभम् ॥१२॥

12. uttaṅka uvāca ,
avaśyakaraṇīyaṁ vai yadyetanmanyase vibho ,
toyamicchāmi yatreṣṭaṁ maruṣvetaddhi durlabham.

12. uttaṅkaḥ uvāca avaśya-karaṇīyam vai yadi etat manyase
vibho toyam icchāmi yatra iṣṭam maruṣu etat hi durlabham

12. uttaṅkaḥ uvāca vibho,
yadi etat avaśya-karaṇīyam vai manyase,
toyam icchāmi yatra iṣṭam hi etat maruṣu durlabham

12. Uttanka said: 'If you consider this to be certainly accomplishable, O All-pervading Lord (vibho), then I desire water wherever it is wished, for this (water) is indeed difficult to obtain in deserts.'

Words meanings summery:

• उत्तङ्कः (uttaṅkaḥ) - Uttanka

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अवश्य-करणीयम् (avaśya-karaṇīyam) - necessarily to be done, certainly accomplishable

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

• एतत् (etat) - this (request of Uttanka) (this)

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you consider, you think

• विभो (vibho) - O Krishna (O Lord, O all-pervading one)

• तोयम् (toyam) - water

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

• यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

• इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - wished, desired, liked

• मरुषु (maruṣu) - in deserts, in arid regions

• एतत् (etat) - this (water) (this)

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• दुर्लभम् (durlabham) - difficult to obtain, rare

Words meanings and morphology

उत्तङ्कः (uttaṅkaḥ) - Uttanka

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttaṅka

uttaṅka - name of a sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

अवश्य-करणीयम् (avaśya-karaṇīyam) - necessarily to be done, certainly accomplishable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avaśyakaraṇīya

avaśyakaraṇīya - necessarily to be done, that which must be done

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avaśya+karaṇīya)

• avaśya – without choice, necessarily, inevitably
  indeclinable
• karaṇīya – to be done, proper to be done
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  from √kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Can also be accusative neuter singular.

वै (vai) - indeed, verily

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (request of Uttanka) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this

Note: Can also be nominative neuter singular.

मन्यसे (manyase) - you consider, you think

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Present tense

2nd person singular, middle voice

Root: man (class 4)

विभो (vibho) - O Krishna (O Lord, O all-pervading one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vibhu

vibhu - all-pervading, powerful, lord, ruler

तोयम् (toyam) - water

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of toya

toya - water

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present tense

1st person singular, active voice (from √iṣ)

Root: iṣ (class 6)

यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

(indeclinable)

इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - wished, desired, liked

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, wished, liked, sacrificed

Past Passive Participle

from √yaj or √iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Can also be accusative neuter singular.

मरुषु (maruṣu) - in deserts, in arid regions

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of maru

maru - desert, arid region, wilderness

एतत् (etat) - this (water) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this

Note: Can also be accusative neuter singular.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

दुर्लभम् (durlabham) - difficult to obtain, rare

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of durlabha

durlabha - difficult to obtain, rare, scarce

from dur-√labh

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dur+labha)

• dur – difficult, bad, hard
  indeclinable
  prefix indicating difficulty
• labha – obtaining, acquisition, gain
  noun (masculine)
  from √labh
  Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Can also be accusative neuter singular.