महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-213, verse-20

इन्द्र उवाच ।
मम मातृष्वसेया त्वं माता दाक्षायणी मम ।
आख्यातं त्वहमिच्छामि स्वयमात्मबलं त्वया ॥२०॥

20. indra uvāca ,
mama mātṛṣvaseyā tvaṁ mātā dākṣāyaṇī mama ,
ākhyātaṁ tvahamicchāmi svayamātmabalaṁ tvayā.

20. indra uvāca | mama mātṛṣvaseyā tvam mātā dākṣāyaṇī
mama | ākhyātam tu aham icchāmi svayam ātmabalam tvayā

20. Indra said: "You are my maternal cousin, and my mother is Dakṣāyaṇī. I wish to be told by you about your own inherent strength (ātman)."

20. אִינְדְרַה אמר, את בת אחות אמי, ואמי היא דָאקְשָׁאיַנִי. אני רוצה שתספרי לי בעצמך על כוחך שלך.

Words meanings summery:

• इन्द्र (indra) - Indra

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मम (mama) - my, mine, of me

• मातृष्वसेया (mātṛṣvaseyā) - maternal cousin (daughter of mother's sister)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• माता (mātā) - mother

• दाक्षायणी (dākṣāyaṇī) - Dakṣāyaṇī (daughter of Dakṣa)

• मम (mama) - my, mine, of me

• आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - what is to be told (told, narrated, described)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, personally

• आत्मबलम् (ātmabalam) - your own inherent strength (self-strength, inherent strength, strength of one's own being)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्र (indra) - Indra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra, chief of the gods

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root 'vac' (2nd class) in perfect tense, 3rd person singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

मम (mama) - my, mine, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: This is the genitive singular form of 'asmad' (I).

मातृष्वसेया (mātṛṣvaseyā) - maternal cousin (daughter of mother's sister)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛṣvaseya

mātṛṣvaseya - son of a mother's sister, maternal cousin

Derived from mātṛṣvasṛ (mother's sister) + ḍhak (or similar suffix) to indicate descendant. Feminine form.

Compound type : tatpurusha (mātṛ+svasṛ)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• svasṛ – sister
  noun (feminine)

Note: Feminine form of mātṛṣvaseya.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: This is the nominative singular form of 'yuṣmad' (you).

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

दाक्षायणी (dākṣāyaṇī) - Dakṣāyaṇī (daughter of Dakṣa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dākṣāyaṇī

dākṣāyaṇī - daughter of Dakṣa (a name for Satī or Pārvatī)

Feminine patronymic from Dakṣa

मम (mama) - my, mine, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: This is the genitive singular form of 'asmad' (I).

आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - what is to be told (told, narrated, described)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākhyāta

ākhyāta - told, narrated, described

Past Passive Participle

From verb 'ākhyā' (to tell, to narrate), past passive participle. Used here as an object of desire (what I want to be told).

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Past passive participle, here in neuter accusative singular.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Nominative singular of 'asmad' (I).

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present Active

Root 'iṣ' (6th class) in present tense, 1st person singular active

Root: iṣ (class 6)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, personally

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb here.

आत्मबलम् (ātmabalam) - your own inherent strength (self-strength, inherent strength, strength of one's own being)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ātmabala

ātmabala - self-strength, inner strength, strength of the self

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+bala)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

Note: Compound word 'ātman-bala'.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: This is the instrumental singular form of 'yuṣmad' (you).

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