महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-69, verse-10

परिक्षीणे कुले यस्माज्जातोऽयमभिमन्युजः ।
परिक्षिदिति नामास्य भवत्वित्यब्रवीत्तदा ॥१०॥

10. parikṣīṇe kule yasmājjāto'yamabhimanyujaḥ ,
parikṣiditi nāmāsya bhavatvityabravīttadā.

10. parikṣīṇe kule yasmāt jātaḥ ayam abhimanyujaḥ
parikṣit iti nāma asya bhavatu iti abravīt tadā

10. Because this son of Abhimanyu was born when the lineage was nearly destroyed, he then declared, 'Let his name be Parikṣit!'

Words meanings summery:

• परिक्षीणे (parikṣīṇe) - nearly destroyed (referring to the lineage) (completely diminished, destroyed, wasted)

• कुले (kule) - in the Kuru lineage (in the family, in the lineage, in the race)

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because (from which, because)

• जातः (jātaḥ) - was born (born, produced, arisen)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (child) (this, he)

• अभिमन्युजः (abhimanyujaḥ) - the son of Abhimanyu (born of Abhimanyu, son of Abhimanyu)

• परिक्षित् (parikṣit) - Parikṣit (the suggested name) (Parikshit (name of the king))

• इति (iti) - (marking the beginning of a quotation) (thus, in this manner, marking quotation)

• नाम (nāma) - name (name, appellation)

• अस्य (asya) - his (referring to the child) (of him, his)

• भवतु (bhavatu) - let it be (let it be, may it be)

• इति (iti) - (marking the end of a quotation) (thus, in this manner, marking quotation)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he (Kṛṣṇa) said (he said, he spoke)

• तदा (tadā) - then (at that moment of naming) (then, at that time)

Words meanings and morphology

परिक्षीणे (parikṣīṇe) - nearly destroyed (referring to the lineage) (completely diminished, destroyed, wasted)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of parikṣīṇa

parikṣīṇa - quite wasted, completely exhausted, diminished, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From pari + kṣi (to destroy, waste away)

Prefix: pari

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Agrees with kule. Part of a locative absolute construction.

कुले (kule) - in the Kuru lineage (in the family, in the lineage, in the race)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, lineage, race, clan, noble family

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with parikṣīṇe.

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because (from which, because)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Used here adverbially to mean 'because of which'.

जातः (jātaḥ) - was born (born, produced, arisen)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

From root jan (to be born, produce)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with ayam abhimanyujaḥ.

अयम् (ayam) - this (child) (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the newborn child.

अभिमन्युजः (abhimanyujaḥ) - the son of Abhimanyu (born of Abhimanyu, son of Abhimanyu)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhimanyuja

abhimanyuja - born of Abhimanyu, son of Abhimanyu

Compound type : tatpurusha (abhimanyu+ja)

• abhimanyu – name of Arjuna's son
  proper noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced, generated from
  suffix/adjective (masculine)
  Kṛt suffix
  From root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Qualifies ayam.

परिक्षित् (parikṣit) - Parikṣit (the suggested name) (Parikshit (name of the king))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parikṣit

parikṣit - surveyor, ruler, name of the son of Abhimanyu and grandson of Arjuna

From pari + kṣi (to rule, survey). Meaning 'one who surveys all sides', referring to his birth when the Kuru lineage was almost extinct and he was the only one left.

Prefix: pari

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: The actual name.

इति (iti) - (marking the beginning of a quotation) (thus, in this manner, marking quotation)

(indeclinable)

Note: First iti marks the name, second iti marks the entire statement.

नाम (nāma) - name (name, appellation)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, noun

Note: Subject of bhavatu.

अस्य (asya) - his (referring to the child) (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Possessive, 'his name'.

भवतु (bhavatu) - let it be (let it be, may it be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Imperative 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Part of the quoted statement.

इति (iti) - (marking the end of a quotation) (thus, in this manner, marking quotation)

(indeclinable)

Note: See previous iti.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he (Kṛṣṇa) said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Imperfect 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Subject is Janardana from the previous verse.

तदा (tadā) - then (at that moment of naming) (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

From tad (that) + -dā (adverbial suffix for time)