महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-131, verse-21

येनेमं वर्जयेथास्त्वं कर्मणा पक्षिसत्तम ।
तदाचक्ष्व करिष्यामि न हि दास्ये कपोतकम् ॥२१॥

21. yenemaṁ varjayethāstvaṁ karmaṇā pakṣisattama ,
tadācakṣva kariṣyāmi na hi dāsye kapotakam.

21. yena imam varjayethāḥ tvam karmaṇā pakṣisattama
tat ācakṣva kariṣyāmi na hi dāsye kapotakam

21. O best of birds, tell me what action (karma) you would accept to abandon this pigeon; I will perform it. I will certainly not surrender the pigeon.

Words meanings summery:

• येन (yena) - by which, with which

• इमम् (imam) - this (pigeon) (this, this one)

• वर्जयेथाः (varjayethāḥ) - you may abandon, you may give up, you may avoid

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by an action (karma) (by action, by deed)

• पक्षिसत्तम (pakṣisattama) - O best among birds

• तत् (tat) - that, that (thing/action)

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, relate, declare

• करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will do, I will perform

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because, certainly

• दास्ये (dāsye) - I will give

• कपोतकम् (kapotakam) - the pigeon, the young pigeon

Words meanings and morphology

येन (yena) - by which, with which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Instrumental singular of the relative pronoun 'yad'.

इमम् (imam) - this (pigeon) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Accusative singular masculine of the demonstrative pronoun 'idam', referring to the pigeon.

वर्जयेथाः (varjayethāḥ) - you may abandon, you may give up, you may avoid

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of vṛj

Optative, Middle voice, 2nd person singular. Causative stem 'varjaya'.

Root: vṛj (class 1)

Note: Derived from the root 'vṛj' (to shun/avoid) with causative suffix 'āyā' and optative ending.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Nominative singular of the second person pronoun.

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by an action (karma) (by action, by deed)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual action (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पक्षिसत्तम (pakṣisattama) - O best among birds

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pakṣisattama

pakṣisattama - best among birds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pakṣin+sattama)

• pakṣin – bird, winged creature
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, excellent, most true
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix 'tama'.

Note: Compound of 'pakṣin' (bird) and 'sattama' (best), forming 'best among birds'.

तत् (tat) - that, that (thing/action)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

Note: Accusative singular neuter of 'tad', referring to the 'karma' mentioned.

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, relate, declare

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of cakṣ

Imperative, Middle voice, 2nd person singular.

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Root 'cakṣ' preceded by the upasarga 'ā'.

करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will do, I will perform

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Future tense, Active voice, 1st person singular.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because, certainly

(indeclinable)

दास्ये (dāsye) - I will give

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of dā

Future tense, Middle voice, 1st person singular.

Root: dā (class 3)

कपोतकम् (kapotakam) - the pigeon, the young pigeon

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kapotaka

kapotaka - pigeon, young pigeon