महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-219, verse-17

भवेम पूज्या लोकस्य न ताः पूज्याः सुरर्षभ ।
प्रजास्माकं हृतास्ताभिस्त्वत्कृते ताः प्रयच्छ नः ॥१७॥

17. bhavema pūjyā lokasya na tāḥ pūjyāḥ surarṣabha ,
prajāsmākaṁ hṛtāstābhistvatkṛte tāḥ prayaccha naḥ.

17. bhavema pūjyāḥ lokasya na tāḥ pūjyāḥ surarṣabha prajāḥ
asmākam hṛtāḥ tābhiḥ tvatkṛte tāḥ prayaccha naḥ

17. "May we be worthy of worship by the world (loka), and not those others, O best among gods! Our children were taken away by them on your account. Please return them to us."

Words meanings summery:

• भवेम (bhavema) - may we be, we should be

• पूज्याः (pūjyāḥ) - to be worshipped, worthy of worship

• लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, by the world

• न (na) - not

• ताः (tāḥ) - the other mothers who were previously ordained (those (feminine plural))

• पूज्याः (pūjyāḥ) - to be worshipped, worthy of worship

• सुरर्षभ (surarṣabha) - Addressed to Skanda (O chief of gods, O best among gods)

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - children, offspring, subjects

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, of us

• हृताः (hṛtāḥ) - taken away, carried off, stolen

• ताभिः (tābhiḥ) - by the previously ordained mothers (by them (feminine plural))

• त्वत्कृते (tvatkṛte) - for your sake, on your account

• ताः (tāḥ) - the children (prajāḥ) (them (feminine plural))

• प्रयच्छ (prayaccha) - give back, bestow

• नः (naḥ) - to us

Words meanings and morphology

भवेम (bhavema) - may we be, we should be

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Optative Active

root 'bhū' (1st class) - optative mood, 1st person plural, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses a wish

पूज्याः (pūjyāḥ) - to be worshipped, worthy of worship

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pūjya

pūjya - to be worshipped, venerable, adorable

Gerundive

root 'pūj' (10th class) - Gerundive (ṇya-pratyaya)

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'we' (implied subject of bhavema)

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, by the world

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, community

Note: Agent in a passive context (by the world)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation

ताः (tāḥ) - the other mothers who were previously ordained (those (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the rival Mātṛs

पूज्याः (pūjyāḥ) - to be worshipped, worthy of worship

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pūjya

pūjya - to be worshipped, venerable, adorable

Gerundive

root 'pūj' (10th class) - Gerundive (ṇya-pratyaya)

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Predicate adjective for tāḥ (implied 'may they not be worshipped')

सुरर्षभ (surarṣabha) - Addressed to Skanda (O chief of gods, O best among gods)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of surarṣabha

surarṣabha - chief of gods, best among gods

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sura+ṛṣabha)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull (chief, best)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Address to Skanda

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - children, offspring, subjects

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - offspring, children, progeny, people

Note: Subject (or object in passive sentence)

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, of us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Possessive 'our'

हृताः (hṛtāḥ) - taken away, carried off, stolen

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of hṛta

hṛta - taken, carried, stolen, deprived of

Past Passive Participle

root 'hṛ' (1st class) - Past Passive Participle

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agreement with prajāḥ

ताभिः (tābhiḥ) - by the previously ordained mothers (by them (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Agent in passive construction (hṛtāḥ)

त्वत्कृते (tvatkṛte) - for your sake, on your account

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tvad+kṛta)

• tvad – you
  pronoun
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  root 'kṛ' - Past Passive Participle
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Dative sense.

ताः (tāḥ) - the children (prajāḥ) (them (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Object of prayaccha

प्रयच्छ (prayaccha) - give back, bestow

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pra-yam

Imperative Active

root 'yam' (1st class) with upasarga 'pra' - imperative mood, 2nd person singular, active voice

Prefix: pra

Root: yam (class 1)

नः (naḥ) - to us

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Indirect object of prayaccha