महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-36, verse-21

तदुच्यतां महाबाहो कं कामं प्रदिशामि ते ।
प्रवणोऽस्मि वरं दातुं पश्य मे तपसो बलम् ॥२१॥

21. taducyatāṁ mahābāho kaṁ kāmaṁ pradiśāmi te ,
pravaṇo'smi varaṁ dātuṁ paśya me tapaso balam.

21. tat ucyatām mahābāho kam kāmam pradiśāmi te
pravaṇaḥ asmi varam dātum paśya me tapasaḥ balam

21. Therefore, O mighty-armed one, tell me what wish I may grant to you. I am inclined to give a boon; behold the power of my asceticism (tapas).

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - therefore (that, therefore, so)

• उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - tell me (lit. 'let it be said by you') (let it be said, let it be spoken)

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

• कम् (kam) - what (desire) (what, which)

• कामम् (kāmam) - desire, wish, love

• प्रदिशामि (pradiśāmi) - I grant, I bestow, I offer

• ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, your)

• प्रवणः (pravaṇaḥ) - inclined, ready, disposed, prone

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• वरम् (varam) - boon, blessing, best thing

• दातुम् (dātum) - to give, to grant

• पश्य (paśya) - see!, behold!

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

• तपसः (tapasaḥ) - of asceticism (tapas) (of austerity, of penance, of heat)

• बलम् (balam) - power, strength, force

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - therefore (that, therefore, so)

(indeclinable)

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: In this context, functions as an adverbial 'therefore'.

उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - tell me (lit. 'let it be said by you') (let it be said, let it be spoken)

(verb)

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

Present passive imperative

Root vac becomes uc in passive stem.

Root: vac (class 2)

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, strong-armed (epithet for heroes)

From mahā (great) + bāhu (arm).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Vocative singular of a u-stem noun.

कम् (kam) - what (desire) (what, which)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

Interrogative pronoun.

Note: Agrees with kāmam.

कामम् (kāmam) - desire, wish, love

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, sensual pleasure

From root kam (to desire) + a suffix.

Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Direct object of pradiśāmi.

प्रदिशामि (pradiśāmi) - I grant, I bestow, I offer

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

From pra (forth) + root diś.

Prefix: pra

Root: diś (class 6)

ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Enclitic pronominal form.

Note: Indirect object of pradiśāmi.

प्रवणः (pravaṇaḥ) - inclined, ready, disposed, prone

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pravaṇa

pravaṇa - inclined, bent, disposed, ready, sloping

From pra (forth) + root vaṇ (to sound) or related to pra-vṛ.

Note: Predicative adjective for the implicit subject aham.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

Auxiliary verb.

Root: as (class 2)

वरम् (varam) - boon, blessing, best thing

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, blessing, excellent, choice, best

From root vṛ (to choose).

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Object of dātum.

दातुम् (dātum) - to give, to grant

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Formed by adding -tum suffix to the verbal root.

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Infinitive acting as an indeclinable.

पश्य (paśya) - see!, behold!

(verb)

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

Present active imperative

paśya is the present stem of dṛś (4th class root).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Enclitic pronominal form.

Note: Possessive, modifying balam.

तपसः (tapasaḥ) - of asceticism (tapas) (of austerity, of penance, of heat)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - heat, warmth, asceticism, penance, austerity (tapas)

From root tap (to heat, to perform austerities).

Root: tap (class 1)

बलम् (balam) - power, strength, force

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - power, strength, force, might

From root bal (to live, to breathe).

Root: bal (class 1)

Note: Direct object of paśya.