महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-55, verse-20

उत्तङ्क उवाच ।
गुर्वर्थं कं प्रयच्छामि ब्रूहि त्वं द्विजसत्तम ।
तमुपाकृत्य गच्छेयमनुज्ञातस्त्वया विभो ॥२०॥

20. uttaṅka uvāca ,
gurvarthaṁ kaṁ prayacchāmi brūhi tvaṁ dvijasattama ,
tamupākṛtya gaccheyamanujñātastvayā vibho.

20. uttaṅka uvāca | gurvartham kam prayacchāmi brūhi tvam
dvijasattama | tat upākṛtya gaccheyam anujñātaḥ tvayā vibho

20. uttaṅka uvāca dvijasattama vibho,
tvam brūhi gurvartham kam prayacchāmi tat upākṛtya tvayā anujñātaḥ [aham] gaccheyam.

20. Uttanka said: "O best among Brahmins, O mighty one, tell me what I should offer as a teacher's fee. Having presented that, I shall depart, having been permitted by you."

Words meanings summery:

• उत्तङ्क (uttaṅka) - Uttanka (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• गुर्वर्थम् (gurvartham) - for the sake of the guru (teacher), as a teacher's fee

• कम् (kam) - what? (interrogative pronoun)

• प्रयच्छामि (prayacchāmi) - shall I give, do I give

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, say

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best among Brahmins (Gautama) (O best among Brahmins, O excellent twice-born)

• तत् (tat) - that (which is to be offered) (that, it)

• उपाकृत्य (upākṛtya) - having prepared, having offered, having presented

• गच्छेयम् (gaccheyam) - I shall depart (I would go, I should go, I may go)

• अनुज्ञातः (anujñātaḥ) - permitted, allowed, having received permission

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• विभो (vibho) - O mighty one (Gautama) (O mighty one, O lord, O pervasive one)

Words meanings and morphology

उत्तङ्क (uttaṅka) - Uttanka (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttaṅka

uttaṅka - Uttanka (name of a sage, Gautama's disciple)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active

root 'vac' (2nd class), perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

गुर्वर्थम् (gurvartham) - for the sake of the guru (teacher), as a teacher's fee

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (guru+artha)

• guru – teacher, preceptor
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial accusative, implying "for the purpose of the guru".

कम् (kam) - what? (interrogative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Object of 'prayacchāmi'.

प्रयच्छामि (prayacchāmi) - shall I give, do I give

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of dā

present active

root 'dā' (3rd class, reduplicated, irregular 'yaccha' stem) with 'pra', present tense, 1st person singular

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Used in an interrogative sense ("What should I give?").

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present imperative (loṭ) of brū

present imperative active

root 'brū' (2nd class), present tense, 2nd person singular, active voice imperative

Root: brū (class 2)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of 'brūhi'.

द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best among Brahmins (Gautama) (O best among Brahmins, O excellent twice-born)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijasattama

dvijasattama - best among the twice-born

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvija+sattama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya; also bird, tooth)
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative of 'sat'

Note: Term of address for Gautama.

तत् (tat) - that (which is to be offered) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

उपाकृत्य (upākṛtya) - having prepared, having offered, having presented

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

from root 'kṛ' with 'upa' and 'ā'

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

गच्छेयम् (gaccheyam) - I shall depart (I would go, I should go, I may go)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of gam

optative active

root 'gam' (1st class), optative mood, 1st person singular, active voice

Root: gam (class 1)

अनुज्ञातः (anujñātaḥ) - permitted, allowed, having received permission

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anujñāta

anujñāta - permitted, allowed, assented to

Past Passive Participle

from root 'jñā' with 'anu'

Prefix: anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Past Passive Participle used as predicate adjective.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Agent in passive construction ('permitted by you').

विभो (vibho) - O mighty one (Gautama) (O mighty one, O lord, O pervasive one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vibhu

vibhu - all-pervading, mighty, lord, master

Note: Term of address for Gautama.