महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-17, verse-4

स त्वा कुरुकुलश्रेष्ठ किंचिदर्थमभीप्सति ।
श्राद्धमिच्छति दातुं स गाङ्गेयस्य महात्मनः ॥४॥

4. sa tvā kurukulaśreṣṭha kiṁcidarthamabhīpsati ,
śrāddhamicchati dātuṁ sa gāṅgeyasya mahātmanaḥ.

4. sa tvā kurukulaśreṣṭha kiñcit artham abhīpsati
śrāddham icchati dātum sa gāṅgeyasya mahātmanaḥ

4. kurukulaśreṣṭha,
saḥ tvā kiñcit artham abhīpsati.
saḥ mahātmanaḥ gāṅgeyasya śrāddham dātum icchati.

4. He (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), O best of the Kuru dynasty, desires something from you. He wishes to perform the ancestral offering (śrāddha) for the great-souled Gaṅgeya (Bhīṣma).

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that

• त्वा (tvā) - (to Yudhiṣṭhira) (you, to you)

• कुरुकुलश्रेष्ठ (kurukulaśreṣṭha) - vocative address to Yudhiṣṭhira (best of the Kuru clan)

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something (something, a little, anything)

• अर्थम् (artham) - for a purpose, a certain matter (purpose, meaning, object, thing)

• अभीप्सति (abhīpsati) - desires, wishes for

• श्राद्धम् (śrāddham) - ancestral offering (śrāddha) (funeral rite, ancestral offering, faith)

• इच्छति (icchati) - wishes, desires

• दातुम् (dātum) - to perform (an offering) (to give, to offer)

• स (sa) - (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (he, that)

• गाङ्गेयस्य (gāṅgeyasya) - of Gaṅgeya, of Bhīṣma

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled, of the noble-minded

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of abhīpsati and icchati.

त्वा (tvā) - (to Yudhiṣṭhira) (you, to you)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Object of abhīpsati.

कुरुकुलश्रेष्ठ (kurukulaśreṣṭha) - vocative address to Yudhiṣṭhira (best of the Kuru clan)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurukulaśreṣṭha

kurukulaśreṣṭha - best of the Kuru family/dynasty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+kula+śreṣṭha)

• kuru – Kuru (name of an ancient king, also refers to his descendants)
  proper noun (masculine)
• kula – family, clan, lineage
  noun (neuter)
• śreṣṭha – best, excellent, most distinguished
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira.

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something (something, a little, anything)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially with artham to mean 'some kind of purpose/matter' or 'something for some purpose'.

अर्थम् (artham) - for a purpose, a certain matter (purpose, meaning, object, thing)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, aim, meaning, wealth, thing, matter

Note: Object of abhīpsati.

अभीप्सति (abhīpsati) - desires, wishes for

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of abhīps

present active

Present tense 3rd person singular active of desiderative of root āp (to obtain) with prefix abhi-

Prefix: abhi

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Main verb.

श्राद्धम् (śrāddham) - ancestral offering (śrāddha) (funeral rite, ancestral offering, faith)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śrāddha

śrāddha - ancestral offering, funeral rite; faith

Derived from śrad-dhā (to place faith in)

Note: Object of dātum.

इच्छति (icchati) - wishes, desires

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

present active

Present tense 3rd person singular active of root iṣ (to wish)

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Main verb.

दातुम् (dātum) - to perform (an offering) (to give, to offer)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive of root dā (to give)

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Complement to icchati.

स (sa) - (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Repeated subject.

गाङ्गेयस्य (gāṅgeyasya) - of Gaṅgeya, of Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gāṅgeya

gāṅgeya - son of Gaṅgā, Bhīṣma

Derived from Gaṅgā with suffix -eya (patronymic)

Note: Possessive for śrāddham or the person for whom śrāddha is performed.

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled, of the noble-minded

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies gāṅgeyasya.