महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-177, verse-12

प्रश्नानुच्चारितांस्तु त्वं व्याहरिष्यसि चेन्मम ।
अथ पश्चाद्विमोक्ष्यामि भ्रातरं ते वृकोदरम् ॥१२॥

12. praśnānuccāritāṁstu tvaṁ vyāhariṣyasi cenmama ,
atha paścādvimokṣyāmi bhrātaraṁ te vṛkodaram.

12. praśnān uccāritān tu tvam vyāhariṣyasi cet mama
atha paścāt vimokṣyāmi bhrātaram te vṛkodaram

12. If you answer the questions I put to you, then I will subsequently release your brother, Vrikodara.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रश्नान् (praśnān) - questions

• उच्चारितान् (uccāritān) - uttered, spoken, posed

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, and

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• व्याहरिष्यसि (vyāhariṣyasi) - you will speak, you will answer

• चेत् (cet) - if

• मम (mama) - my, to me, for me

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, subsequently, behind

• विमोक्ष्यामि (vimokṣyāmi) - I will release

• भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - brother

• ते (te) - your, to you

• वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Bhima, one of the Pandavas (Vrikodara)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रश्नान् (praśnān) - questions

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of praśna

praśna - question, inquiry, subject of inquiry

From root √prach (to ask) + na (suffix)

Root: prach (class 6)

उच्चारितान् (uccāritān) - uttered, spoken, posed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of uccārita

uccārita - uttered, spoken, expressed, declared

Past Passive Participle

From root √car (to move) with upasarga ud (up)

Prefix: ud

Root: car (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, and

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

2nd person pronoun

Note: Refers to Yudhishthira

व्याहरिष्यसि (vyāhariṣyasi) - you will speak, you will answer

(verb)

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

Future tense, 2nd person singular

From root √hṛ with upasargas vi and ā

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Conditional particle

मम (mama) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

1st person pronoun, genitive/dative singular

Note: Can be genitive or dative. Here implies 'to me' or 'posed by me' (genitive of agent).

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

Connective particle

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, subsequently, behind

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle, ablative case of paśca (rarely used)

विमोक्ष्यामि (vimokṣyāmi) - I will release

(verb)

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

Future tense, 1st person singular

From root √muc with upasarga vi

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Refers to the Yaksha

भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - brother

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

2nd person pronoun, genitive/dative singular (enclitic form)

Note: Possessive pronoun

वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Bhima, one of the Pandavas (Vrikodara)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛkodara

vṛkodara - wolf-bellied, a name of Bhimasena

Compound: vṛka (wolf) + udara (belly)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛka+udara)

• vṛka – wolf
  noun (masculine)
• udara – belly, stomach
  noun (neuter)