महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-17, verse-2

साहं प्रत्युपकारार्थं चिन्तयन्त्यनिशं नृप ।
तवेमे पुत्रशकले दृष्टवत्यस्मि धार्मिक ॥२॥

2. sāhaṁ pratyupakārārthaṁ cintayantyaniśaṁ nṛpa ,
taveme putraśakale dṛṣṭavatyasmi dhārmika.

2. sā aham pratyupakārārtham cintayantī aniśam nṛpa
tava ime putraśakale dṛṣṭavatī asmi dhārmika

2. Therefore, O King, O righteous one, as I was constantly pondering how to repay your kindness, I saw these two pieces of your son.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she, that one

• अहम् (aham) - I

• प्रत्युपकारार्थम् (pratyupakārārtham) - for the purpose of returning a favor/service

• चिन्तयन्ती (cintayantī) - contemplating, thinking

• अनिशम् (aniśam) - constantly, incessantly

• नृप (nṛpa) - O King

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• इमे (ime) - these two

• पुत्रशकले (putraśakale) - two pieces of a son

• दृष्टवती (dṛṣṭavatī) - having seen, saw

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• धार्मिक (dhārmika) - O righteous one

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

प्रत्युपकारार्थम् (pratyupakārārtham) - for the purpose of returning a favor/service

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pratyupakārārtha

pratyupakārārtha - for the purpose of returning a favor, for recompense

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pratyupakāra+artha)

• pratyupakāra – requital, return of kindness, recompense
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: prati+upa
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially

चिन्तयन्ती (cintayantī) - contemplating, thinking

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cintayat

cintayat - contemplating, thinking, worrying

Present Active Participle

Root: cint (class 10)

अनिशम् (aniśam) - constantly, incessantly

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (a+niśa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• niśa – night, end
  noun (feminine)

Note: Adverbial form

नृप (nṛpa) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler, protector of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)
  From root pā (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

इमे (ime) - these two

(pronoun)

neuter, dual of idam

idam - this, these

पुत्रशकले (putraśakale) - two pieces of a son

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of putraśakala

putraśakala - piece of a son

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (putra+śakala)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• śakala – piece, fragment, splinter
  noun (neuter)

दृष्टवती (dṛṣṭavatī) - having seen, saw

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭavat

dṛṣṭavat - having seen

Past Active Participle

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

धार्मिक (dhārmika) - O righteous one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dhārmika

dhārmika - righteous, virtuous, pious, religious

Derived from dharma