महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-219, verse-23

अहं च वः प्रदास्यामि रौद्रमात्मानमव्ययम् ।
परमं तेन सहिता सुखं वत्स्यथ पूजिताः ॥२३॥

23. ahaṁ ca vaḥ pradāsyāmi raudramātmānamavyayam ,
paramaṁ tena sahitā sukhaṁ vatsyatha pūjitāḥ.

23. aham ca vaḥ pradāsyāmi raudram ātmānam avyayam
paramam tena sahitā sukham vatsyatha pūjitāḥ

23. And I will bestow upon you my terrible, indestructible self (ātman). Together with that, you will live in supreme happiness, honored.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - Skanda (the speaker) (I)

• च (ca) - and

• वः (vaḥ) - to you (the listeners) (to you (plural), your)

• प्रदास्यामि (pradāsyāmi) - I shall give, I shall bestow

• रौद्रम् (raudram) - terrible, fierce, belonging to Rudra

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self, essence, specific manifestation of Skanda (self, soul, essence, spirit)

• अव्ययम् (avyayam) - imperishable, indestructible, undecaying

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

• तेन (tena) - with that (terrible ātman) (by that, with that)

• सहिता (sahitā) - accompanied by, together with, united

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, pleasantness

• वत्स्यथ (vatsyatha) - you (plural) will live, you will dwell

• पूजिताः (pūjitāḥ) - honored, worshipped, respected

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - Skanda (the speaker) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वः (vaḥ) - to you (the listeners) (to you (plural), your)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Could also be genitive or accusative, but dative 'to you' fits best with 'I will give'.

प्रदास्यामि (pradāsyāmi) - I shall give, I shall bestow

(verb)

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

Future Active

Future 1st person singular, root dā with prefix pra, Parasmaipada

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

रौद्रम् (raudram) - terrible, fierce, belonging to Rudra

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of raudra

raudra - terrible, fierce, belonging to Rudra, dreadful

Note: Agrees with ātmānam. Can also be neuter singular.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self, essence, specific manifestation of Skanda (self, soul, essence, spirit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, spirit, breath

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Object of 'pradāsyāmi'.

अव्ययम् (avyayam) - imperishable, indestructible, undecaying

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of avyaya

avyaya - imperishable, indestructible, undecaying, indeclinable

Negative prefix 'a' + 'vyaya' (perishable, declining)

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+vyaya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• vyaya – expenditure, destruction, perishable
  noun (masculine)
  Root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'vi' and suffix 'aya'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with ātmānam. Can also be neuter singular.

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent

Note: Agrees with sukham.

तेन (tena) - with that (terrible ātman) (by that, with that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'raudram ātmānam avyayam'.

सहिता (sahitā) - accompanied by, together with, united

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sahita

sahita - accompanied by, joined, united, together with

Past Passive Participle

From root dhā with prefix sa, in the sense of 'put together'.

Prefix: sa

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with the implied female recipients (from prajāḥ in prior verse).

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, joy, pleasantness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, pleasure, comfort

Note: Used adverbially or as object of living.

वत्स्यथ (vatsyatha) - you (plural) will live, you will dwell

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of vas

Future Active

Future 2nd person plural, root vas, Parasmaipada

Root: vas (class 1)

पूजिताः (pūjitāḥ) - honored, worshipped, respected

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pūjita

pūjita - honored, worshipped, respected

Past Passive Participle

From root pūj (to honor, worship) with kta suffix

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Agrees with the implied female recipients (from prajāḥ in prior verse).