महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-149, verse-8

आबभाषे च हनुमान्भीमसेनं स्मयन्निव ।
एतावदिह शक्तस्त्वं रूपं द्रष्टुं ममानघ ॥८॥

8. ābabhāṣe ca hanumānbhīmasenaṁ smayanniva ,
etāvadiha śaktastvaṁ rūpaṁ draṣṭuṁ mamānagha.

8. ābabhāṣe ca hanumān bhīmasenam smayan iva etāvat
iha śaktaḥ tvam rūpam draṣṭum mama anagha

8. And Hanuman, as if smiling, said to Bhimasena: 'O sinless one (anagha), you are only capable of seeing this much of my form here.'

Words meanings summery:

• आबभाषे (ābabhāṣe) - spoke, addressed

• च (ca) - and

• हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanuman

• भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - to Bhimasena

• स्मयन् (smayan) - smiling

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• एतावत् (etāvat) - this much, so much

• इह (iha) - here, in this matter

• शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable, able

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form

• द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, O faultless one

Words meanings and morphology

आबभाषे (ābabhāṣe) - spoke, addressed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of ābabhāṣ

Prefix: ā

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanuman

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanumat

hanumat - Hanuman (name of the monkey deity, son of Vayu)

भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - to Bhimasena

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhimasena (another name for Bhima)

स्मयन् (smayan) - smiling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smayat

smayat - smiling, laughing

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle derived from the root √smi (to smile).

Root: smi (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

एतावत् (etāvat) - this much, so much

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etāvat

etāvat - so much, so large, so great, only this much

Note: Implied object of 'draṣṭum', specifying the extent of the form.

इह (iha) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable, able

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakta

śakta - able, capable, powerful

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle derived from the root √śak (to be able).

Root: śak (class 5)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

रूपम् (rūpam) - form

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty

द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form derived from the root √dṛś (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, O faultless one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure, innocent

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+agha)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
• agha – sin, fault, evil, distress
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used as an address to Bhima.