महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-136, verse-6

बालधिरुवाच ।
यथेमे पर्वताः शश्वत्तिष्ठन्ति सुरसत्तमाः ।
अक्षयास्तन्निमित्तं मे सुतस्यायुर्भवेदिति ॥६॥

6. bāladhiruvāca ,
yatheme parvatāḥ śaśvattiṣṭhanti surasattamāḥ ,
akṣayāstannimittaṁ me sutasyāyurbhavediti.

6. bāladhiḥ uvāca yathā ime parvatāḥ śaśvat tiṣṭhanti
surasattamāḥ akṣayāḥ tat nimittam me sutasya āyuḥ bhavet iti

6. Bāladhi said: 'O best among the gods, just as these mountains stand eternally and are imperishable, so too, based on that (analogy), may my son's lifespan become (imperishable).'

Words meanings summery:

• बालधिः (bāladhiḥ) - Bāladhi (the speaker) (Bāladhi (a proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (said, spoke)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• इमे (ime) - these (referring to mountains) (these)

• पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains (mountains, hills)

• शश्वत् (śaśvat) - eternally (always, constantly, eternally)

• तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they stand (they stand, they remain, they exist)

• सुरसत्तमाः (surasattamāḥ) - O best among the gods (O best of gods, O excellent gods)

• अक्षयाः (akṣayāḥ) - imperishable (imperishable, undecaying, eternal)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the state of mountains) (that, for that)

• निमित्तम् (nimittam) - for that reason, by that analogy (cause, reason, condition, motive, purpose)

• मे (me) - my (son) (my, to me, for me)

• सुतस्य (sutasya) - of my son (of the son)

• आयुः (āyuḥ) - lifespan (life, lifespan, vitality)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may it become (may it be, it should be)

• इति (iti) - thus (marks end of quoted speech) (thus, so, in this way)

Words meanings and morphology

बालधिः (bāladhiḥ) - Bāladhi (the speaker) (Bāladhi (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāladhi

bāladhi - Name of a person

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect tense, Parasmaipada

From root √vac (to speak), perfect 3rd singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

इमे (ime) - these (referring to mountains) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Refers to parvatāḥ.

पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains (mountains, hills)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill, rock

शश्वत् (śaśvat) - eternally (always, constantly, eternally)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often appears as a participle in other contexts, but here it is an indeclinable adverb.

तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they stand (they stand, they remain, they exist)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Present tense, Parasmaipada

From root √sthā (to stand), class 1, present 3rd plural.

Root: sthā (class 1)

सुरसत्तमाः (surasattamāḥ) - O best among the gods (O best of gods, O excellent gods)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of surasattama

surasattama - best of gods, most excellent among gods

Superlative compound of Sura (god) and Sattama (best, most excellent)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sura+sattama)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent, pre-eminent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama
  Root: sat

अक्षयाः (akṣayāḥ) - imperishable (imperishable, undecaying, eternal)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of akṣaya

akṣaya - imperishable, undecaying, eternal

Derived from na + kṣaya (not perishing)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+kṣaya)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• kṣaya – decay, destruction, loss, perishing
  noun (masculine)
  From root √kṣi (to waste, destroy)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the state of mountains) (that, for that)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Often used adverbially to mean 'therefore' or 'by that (reason)'.

निमित्तम् (nimittam) - for that reason, by that analogy (cause, reason, condition, motive, purpose)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nimitta

nimitta - cause, condition, motive, sign, mark, purpose

Note: Adverbial accusative, 'for that reason' or 'by means of that'.

मे (me) - my (son) (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Enclitic form of asmad.

Note: Here, genitive 'my'.

सुतस्य (sutasya) - of my son (of the son)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, child

Past Passive Participle (from √sū to bear, produce)

From root √sū (to bear, produce), past passive participle used as noun.

Root: sū (class 2)

आयुः (āyuḥ) - lifespan (life, lifespan, vitality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āyus

āyus - life, lifespan, vitality

भवेत् (bhavet) - may it become (may it be, it should be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative mood, Parasmaipada

From root √bhū (to be, become), class 1, optative 3rd singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus (marks end of quoted speech) (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)