महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-220, verse-2

इच्छाम्यहं त्वया दत्तां प्रीतिं परमदुर्लभाम् ।
तामब्रवीत्ततः स्कन्दः प्रीतिमिच्छसि कीदृशीम् ॥२॥

2. icchāmyahaṁ tvayā dattāṁ prītiṁ paramadurlabhām ,
tāmabravīttataḥ skandaḥ prītimicchasi kīdṛśīm.

2. icchāmi aham tvayā dattām prītim paramadur labhām
tām abravīt tataḥ skandaḥ prītim icchasi kīdṛśīm

2. "I desire from you a very rare favor (prīti)," [Svāhā said]. Skanda then said to her, "What kind of favor do you desire?"

2. אני רוצה באהבה נדירה ביותר שאתה תעניק לי. אז אמר לה סְקַנְדַה, איזו אהבה את רוצה?

Words meanings summery:

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

• अहम् (aham) - I

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you (instrumental singular)

• दत्ताम् (dattām) - given (feminine accusative singular)

• प्रीतिम् (prītim) - pleasure, affection, favor (accusative singular)

• परमदुर् लभाम् (paramadur labhām) - extremely difficult to obtain, very rare (feminine accusative singular)

• ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine accusative singular)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, therefore

• स्कन्दः (skandaḥ) - Skanda

• प्रीतिम् (prītim) - pleasure, affection, favor (accusative singular)

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish

• कीदृशीम् (kīdṛśīm) - of what kind, what sort of (feminine accusative singular)

Words meanings and morphology

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

(verb)

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

Root: iṣ (class 6)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

त्वया (tvayā) - by you (instrumental singular)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

दत्ताम् (dattām) - given (feminine accusative singular)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of datta

datta - given, granted, presented

Past Passive Particple

derived from dā

Root: dā (class 3)

प्रीतिम् (prītim) - pleasure, affection, favor (accusative singular)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prīti

prīti - pleasure, affection, love, favor, satisfaction

Root: prī (class 9)

परमदुर् लभाम् (paramadur labhām) - extremely difficult to obtain, very rare (feminine accusative singular)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paramadur labha

paramadur labha - extremely difficult to obtain, very rare

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+durlabha)

• parama – supreme, highest, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
• durlabha – difficult to obtain, rare, hard to be found
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from dur-labh
  Prefix: dur
  Root: labh (class 1)

ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

imperfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: brū (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, therefore

(indeclinable)

स्कन्दः (skandaḥ) - Skanda

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of skanda

skanda - Skanda, Kārtikeya, god of war, a general of the gods

Root: skand (class 1)

प्रीतिम् (prītim) - pleasure, affection, favor (accusative singular)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prīti

prīti - pleasure, affection, love, favor, satisfaction

Root: prī (class 9)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

कीदृशीम् (kīdṛśīm) - of what kind, what sort of (feminine accusative singular)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kīdṛśī

kīdṛśī - of what kind, what sort of, what like

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