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)."

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).