महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-221, verse-27

स्कन्द उवाच ।
सप्तमं मारुतस्कन्धं पालयिष्याम्यहं प्रभो ।
यदन्यदपि मे कार्यं देव तद्वद माचिरम् ॥२७॥

27. skanda uvāca ,
saptamaṁ mārutaskandhaṁ pālayiṣyāmyahaṁ prabho ,
yadanyadapi me kāryaṁ deva tadvada māciram.

27. skandaḥ uvāca saptamam mārutaskandham pālayiṣyāmi aham
prabho yat anyat api me kāryam deva tat vada mā ciram

27. Skanda said, "O Lord (prabho), I shall protect the seventh division of Maruts. O God (deva), tell me without delay whatever other task there is for me."

Words meanings summery:

• स्कन्दः (skandaḥ) - Skanda, Kartikeya, commander of divine armies

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• सप्तमम् (saptamam) - the seventh

• मारुतस्कन्धम् (mārutaskandham) - the division/troop of Maruts

• पालयिष्यामि (pālayiṣyāmi) - I shall protect, I will guard

• अहम् (aham) - I

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord!

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another

• अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - duty, task, to be done

• देव (deva) - O God!, O Lord!

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• वद (vada) - tell!, speak!

• मा (mā) - do not

• चिरम् (ciram) - for long, for a long time, delay

Words meanings and morphology

स्कन्दः (skandaḥ) - Skanda, Kartikeya, commander of divine armies

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of skanda

skanda - Skanda, Kartikeya, war-god, commander of the divine army

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

Root vac, perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

सप्तमम् (saptamam) - the seventh

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saptama

saptama - seventh

Ordinal number derived from sapta (seven)

Note: Agrees with 'mārutaskandham'.

मारुतस्कन्धम् (mārutaskandham) - the division/troop of Maruts

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mārutaskandha

mārutaskandha - a division/troop of Maruts (wind deities)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (māruta+skandha)

• māruta – relating to the Maruts; a Marut (wind god)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from Marut
• skandha – shoulder, trunk, branch, section, division, troop
  noun (masculine)

पालयिष्यामि (pālayiṣyāmi) - I shall protect, I will guard

(verb)

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

Future Active

Root pāl, future tense, 1st person singular

Root: pāl (class 10)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, mighty, ruler

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

Note: Refers to 'kāryam'.

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, another

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Agrees with 'kāryam'.

अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Here indicating possession or purpose: 'for me' or 'my task'.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - duty, task, to be done

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, task, business, affair

Gerundive (Passive Future Participle)

From root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

देव (deva) - O God!, O Lord!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, lord, celestial being

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'kāryam'.

वद (vada) - tell!, speak!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Imperative Active

Root vad, 2nd person singular imperative

Root: vad (class 1)

मा (mā) - do not

(indeclinable)

चिरम् (ciram) - for long, for a long time, delay

(indeclinable)