महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-154, verse-35

बडिशोऽयं त्वया ग्रस्तः कालसूत्रेण लम्बितः ।
मत्स्योऽम्भसीव स्यूतास्यः कथं मेऽद्य गमिष्यसि ॥३५॥

35. baḍiśo'yaṁ tvayā grastaḥ kālasūtreṇa lambitaḥ ,
matsyo'mbhasīva syūtāsyaḥ kathaṁ me'dya gamiṣyasi.

35. baḍiśaḥ ayam tvayā grastaḥ kālasūtreṇa lambitaḥ
matsyaḥ ambhasi iva syūtāsyaḥ katham me adya gamiṣyasi

35. You have swallowed this fishhook and are suspended by the thread of time (kāla), like a fish with its mouth pierced in the water. How will you escape me today?

Words meanings summery:

• बडिशः (baḍiśaḥ) - fishhook

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• ग्रस्तः (grastaḥ) - swallowed, seized

• कालसूत्रेण (kālasūtreṇa) - by the thread of time, by the rope of death

• लम्बितः (lambitaḥ) - suspended, hung, dangling

• मत्स्यः (matsyaḥ) - fish

• अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in the water

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• स्यूतास्यः (syūtāsyaḥ) - whose mouth is sewn/pierced

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• मे (me) - my, by me, from me

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• गमिष्यसि (gamiṣyasi) - you will go, you will escape

Words meanings and morphology

बडिशः (baḍiśaḥ) - fishhook

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baḍiśa

baḍiśa - fishhook

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

ग्रस्तः (grastaḥ) - swallowed, seized

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of grasta

grasta - swallowed, eaten, seized

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'gras' (to swallow) with suffix '-kta' (for PPP).

Root: gras (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'baḍiśaḥ', forming a passive construction 'this hook has been swallowed by you'.

कालसूत्रेण (kālasūtreṇa) - by the thread of time, by the rope of death

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kālasūtra

kālasūtra - thread of time, string of fate, Yama's noose

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kāla+sūtra)

• kāla – time, death, fate
  noun (masculine)
• sūtra – thread, string, aphorism
  noun (neuter)

लम्बितः (lambitaḥ) - suspended, hung, dangling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lambita

lambita - suspended, hung, dependent

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'lamb' (to hang, dangle) with suffix '-kta' (for PPP).

Root: lamb (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (Hiḍimba), linked to 'grastaḥ' as a state.

मत्स्यः (matsyaḥ) - fish

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of matsya

matsya - fish

अम्भसि (ambhasi) - in the water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

स्यूतास्यः (syūtāsyaḥ) - whose mouth is sewn/pierced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of syūtāsya

syūtāsya - having a sewn mouth, whose mouth is pierced

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (syūta+āsya)

• syūta – sewn, pierced
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'siv' (to sew, pierce) with suffix '-kta' (for PPP).
  Root: siv (class 4)
• āsya – mouth, face
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'matsyaḥ'.

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

मे (me) - my, by me, from me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Can be dative or genitive. Here, 'from me' or 'out of my grasp'.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

गमिष्यसि (gamiṣyasi) - you will go, you will escape

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of gam

future active

From root 'gam' (class 1) in Parasmaipada.

Root: gam (class 1)