महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-176, verse-21

यस्तु ते व्याहृतान्प्रश्नान्प्रतिब्रूयाद्विशेषवित् ।
स त्वां मोक्षयिता शापादिति मामब्रवीदृषिः ॥२१॥

21. yastu te vyāhṛtānpraśnānpratibrūyādviśeṣavit ,
sa tvāṁ mokṣayitā śāpāditi māmabravīdṛṣiḥ.

21. yaḥ tu te vyāhṛtān praśnān pratibrūyāt viśeṣavit
saḥ tvām mokṣayitā śāpāt iti mām abravīt ṛṣiḥ

21. "But whoever, being particularly knowledgeable, answers your stated questions, he will free you from the curse," thus spoke the sage to me.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever, who

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• ते (te) - your

• व्याहृतान् (vyāhṛtān) - spoken, expressed, stated

• प्रश्नान् (praśnān) - questions

• प्रतिब्रूयात् (pratibrūyāt) - may answer, should answer

• विशेषवित् (viśeṣavit) - knowing distinctions, expert, particularly knowledgeable

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

• मोक्षयिता (mokṣayitā) - will liberate, will free

• शापात् (śāpāt) - from a curse

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (marks direct speech)

• माम् (mām) - me

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

• ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage, seer

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - whoever, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever

Note: Relative pronoun.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a conditional clause.

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Here, possessive 'your'.

व्याहृतान् (vyāhṛtān) - spoken, expressed, stated

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vyāhṛta

vyāhṛta - spoken, uttered, expressed, stated

Past Passive Participle

From prefixes vi- and ā- and √hṛ 'to take', here 'to speak'.

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'praśnān'.

प्रश्नान् (praśnān) - questions

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of praśna

praśna - question, inquiry

From pra-√śnā 'to ask'.

Prefix: pra

Root: śnā (class 9)

Note: Object of 'pratibrūyāt'.

प्रतिब्रूयात् (pratibrūyāt) - may answer, should answer

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of pratibrū

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice of √brū 'to speak' with prefix prati-.

Prefix: prati

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Expresses a condition.

विशेषवित् (viśeṣavit) - knowing distinctions, expert, particularly knowledgeable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśeṣavid

viśeṣavid - knowing distinctions, expert, one who knows the particulars

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viśeṣa+vid)

• viśeṣa – distinction, particularity, excellence
  noun (masculine)
• vid – knowing, knower
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from √vid 'to know'.
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'yaḥ'.

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun for 'yaḥ'.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Object of 'mokṣayitā'.

मोक्षयिता (mokṣayitā) - will liberate, will free

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, periphrastic future (luṭ) of mokṣay

Periphrastic Future, 3rd person singular, active voice of causative √muc.

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Causative form of √muc.

शापात् (śāpāt) - from a curse

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śāpa

śāpa - curse, imprecation

From √śap 'to curse'.

Root: śap (class 1)

Note: Ablative of separation.

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (marks direct speech)

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of √brū.

Root: brū (class 2)

ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage, seer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

Note: Subject of 'abravīt'.