महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-57, verse-9

उत्तङ्क उवाच ।
राजंस्तथेह कर्तास्मि पुनरेष्यामि ते वशम् ।
प्रश्नं तु कंचित्प्रष्टुं त्वां व्यवसिष्ये परंतप ॥९॥

9. uttaṅka uvāca ,
rājaṁstatheha kartāsmi punareṣyāmi te vaśam ,
praśnaṁ tu kaṁcitpraṣṭuṁ tvāṁ vyavasiṣye paraṁtapa.

9. uttaṅka uvāca rājan tathā iha kartā asmi punaḥ eṣyāmi te
vaśam praśnam tu kaṃcit praṣṭum tvām vyavasiṣye paraṃtapa

9. uttaṅka uvāca rājan iha tathā kartā asmi,
punaḥ te vaśam eṣyāmi tu paraṃtapa tvām kaṃcit praśnam praṣṭum vyavasiṣye

9. Uttanka said: 'O King, I shall act accordingly here, and I will return to your command. But, O scorcher of foes, I intend to ask you a certain question.'

Words meanings summery:

• उत्तङ्क (uttaṅka) - Uttanka (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• तथा (tathā) - accordingly (thus, so, in that way)

• इह (iha) - here (in this matter) (here, in this world, in this matter)

• कर्ता (kartā) - I will do (doer, agent, one who makes)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• एष्यामि (eṣyāmi) - I will return (I will go, I will come)

• ते (te) - your (your, of you)

• वशम् (vaśam) - control, command (control, power, sway)

• प्रश्नम् (praśnam) - question, inquiry

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, yet)

• कंचित् (kaṁcit) - a certain (some, any, a certain)

• प्रष्टुम् (praṣṭum) - to ask, to inquire

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

• व्यवसिष्ये (vyavasiṣye) - I intend to (ask) (I will resolve, I will undertake, I will endeavor)

• परंतप (paraṁtapa) - O scorcher of foes, O tormentor of enemies

Words meanings and morphology

उत्तङ्क (uttaṅka) - Uttanka (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttaṅka

uttaṅka - Uttanka (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect

Third person singular, perfect active.

Root: √vac (class 2)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

Note: Addressed to the king.

तथा (tathā) - accordingly (thus, so, in that way)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

इह (iha) - here (in this matter) (here, in this world, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place or context.

कर्ता (kartā) - I will do (doer, agent, one who makes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, agent, maker

Agent Noun

Derived from root √kṛ.

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used with 'asmi' to denote a future action: 'I shall be the doer'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Present

First person singular, present active.

Root: √as (class 2)

Note: Auxiliary verb, forming a future sense with 'kartā'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

एष्यामि (eṣyāmi) - I will return (I will go, I will come)

(verb)

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

Future

First person singular, future active.

Root: √i (class 2)

ते (te) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Here, genitive singular.

वशम् (vaśam) - control, command (control, power, sway)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaśa

vaśa - will, power, control

Note: Often used with verbs of motion to indicate 'into control'.

प्रश्नम् (praśnam) - question, inquiry

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of praśna

praśna - question, inquiry

From root √prach.

Prefix: pra

Root: √prach (class 6)

Note: Object of 'praṣṭum'.

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, yet)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle indicating contrast or emphasis.

कंचित् (kaṁcit) - a certain (some, any, a certain)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kaṃcid

kaṁcid - some, any, a certain

Indefinite pronoun/adjective formed from 'kim' + 'cid'.

Note: Modifies 'praśnam'.

प्रष्टुम् (praṣṭum) - to ask, to inquire

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of praś

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root √prach.

Root: √prach (class 6)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Object of 'praṣṭum'.

व्यवसिष्ये (vyavasiṣye) - I intend to (ask) (I will resolve, I will undertake, I will endeavor)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of vyavasā

Future

First person singular, future middle.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: √so (class 4)

परंतप (paraṁtapa) - O scorcher of foes, O tormentor of enemies

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of paraṃtapa

paraṁtapa - tormentor of enemies, scorcher of foes

Compound 'para' (other, enemy) + 'tapa' (scorcher, tormentor).

Compound type : aluk-tatpurusha (para+tapa)

• para – other, enemy, supreme
  noun/adjective (masculine)
• tapa – heat, torment, asceticism, scorcher
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √tap.
  Root: √tap (class 1)

Note: An epithet for the king.