महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-20, verse-8

आज्ञापय किमेतेभ्यः प्रदेयं दीयतामिति ।
तदुपस्थितमेवात्र वचनान्ते प्रदृश्यते ॥८॥

8. ājñāpaya kimetebhyaḥ pradeyaṁ dīyatāmiti ,
tadupasthitamevātra vacanānte pradṛśyate.

8. ājñāpaya kim etebhyaḥ pradeyam dīyatām iti
tat upasthitam eva atra vacana ante pradṛśyate

8. ājñāpaya kim pradeyam etebhyaḥ dīyatām iti
tat atra eva vacana ante upasthitam pradṛśyate

8. "Command what should be given to these people. Let it be given." Just as this command is finished, the requested items immediately appear here.

Words meanings summery:

• आज्ञापय (ājñāpaya) - command, order

• किम् (kim) - what

• एतेभ्यः (etebhyaḥ) - to these

• प्रदेयम् (pradeyam) - to be given, what is to be given

• दीयताम् (dīyatām) - let it be given

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying, indicating a quote

• तत् (tat) - referring to the commanded items (that, it)

• उपस्थितम् (upasthitam) - appeared, present, stood by

• एव (eva) - emphasizes immediacy (indeed, only, just)

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• वचन (vacana) - command (of the king) (word, speech, command)

• अन्ते (ante) - at the end, after

• प्रदृश्यते (pradṛśyate) - it is seen, it appears

Words meanings and morphology

आज्ञापय (ājñāpaya) - command, order

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ājñāpaya

causative stem of jñā

root jñā (9th class) with prefix ā, in causative formation

Prefix: ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Note: Can also be accusative here, functioning as object of 'pradeyam'.

एतेभ्यः (etebhyaḥ) - to these

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

प्रदेयम् (pradeyam) - to be given, what is to be given

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pradeya

pradeya - to be given, gift, proper to be given

Gerundive

root dā with prefix pra, suffix -ya

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

दीयताम् (dīyatām) - let it be given

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of dīyatām

Imperative mood, 3rd person singular, passive voice

root dā (3rd class) in passive form

Root: dā (class 3)

इति (iti) - thus, so saying, indicating a quote

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - referring to the commanded items (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

उपस्थितम् (upasthitam) - appeared, present, stood by

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upasthita

upasthita - present, ready, appeared, stood by

Past Passive Participle

root sthā (1st class) with prefix upa

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

एव (eva) - emphasizes immediacy (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

वचन (vacana) - command (of the king) (word, speech, command)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, command

root vac (2nd class) with suffix -ana

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: In 'vacana ante', vacana is treated as a noun in its base form taking a locative ending, or as the first part of a compound.

अन्ते (ante) - at the end, after

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, boundary

प्रदृश्यते (pradṛśyate) - it is seen, it appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice

root dṛś (1st class) with prefix pra, passive form

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)