महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-54, verse-9

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
तमुवाच प्रसन्नात्मा गोविन्दो जनमेजय ।
वरं वृणीष्वेति तदा तमुत्तङ्कोऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥९॥

9. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tamuvāca prasannātmā govindo janamejaya ,
varaṁ vṛṇīṣveti tadā tamuttaṅko'bravīdidam.

9. vaiśampāyana uvāca tam uvāca prasanna-ātmā govindaḥ
janamejaya varam vṛṇīṣva iti tadā tam uttaṅkaḥ abravīt idam

9. vaiśampāyanaḥ uvāca janamejaya,
tadā prasanna-ātmā govindaḥ tam uvāca,
"varam vṛṇīṣva!" iti uttaṅkaḥ tam idam abravīt

9. Vaiśampāyana said: Then Govinda, with a pleased mind (ātman), said to him, 'Choose a boon!' At that, Uttanka said this to him, O Janamejaya.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तम् (tam) - to Uttanka (him, to him)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• प्रसन्न-आत्मा (prasanna-ātmā) - Govinda, whose mind was pleased (with a pleased mind, whose mind is pleased)

• गोविन्दः (govindaḥ) - Govinda

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - O Janamejaya!

• वरम् (varam) - boon, desired object

• वृणीष्व (vṛṇīṣva) - choose, select

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• तम् (tam) - to Govinda (him, to him)

• उत्तङ्कः (uttaṅkaḥ) - Uttanka

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• इदम् (idam) - this

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa

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)

तम् (tam) - to Uttanka (him, to him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

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)

प्रसन्न-आत्मा (prasanna-ātmā) - Govinda, whose mind was pleased (with a pleased mind, whose mind is pleased)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasannātman

prasannātman - whose mind is pleased, cheerful

Compound type : bahuvrihi (prasanna+ātman)

• prasanna – pleased, clear, tranquil
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from pra-√sad
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sad (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, mind, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: nominative singular masculine form of prasannātman

गोविन्दः (govindaḥ) - Govinda

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of govinda

govinda - cow-finder, name of Krishna/Vishnu

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - O Janamejaya!

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - name of a king, descendant of the Kuru dynasty

वरम् (varam) - boon, desired object

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, blessing, choice, best

वृणीष्व (vṛṇīṣva) - choose, select

(verb)

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

Imperative mood

2nd person singular, middle voice

Root: vṛ (class 5)

इति (iti) - thus, so saying

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - to Govinda (him, to him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उत्तङ्कः (uttaṅkaḥ) - Uttanka

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttaṅka

uttaṅka - name of a sage

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect tense

3rd person singular, active voice (from √brū)

Root: brū (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Can also be nominative neuter singular.