महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-244, verse-11

उक्तो रात्रौ मृगैरस्मि स्वप्नान्ते हतशेषितैः ।
तनुभूताः स्म भद्रं ते दया नः क्रियतामिति ॥११॥

11. ukto rātrau mṛgairasmi svapnānte hataśeṣitaiḥ ,
tanubhūtāḥ sma bhadraṁ te dayā naḥ kriyatāmiti.

11. uktaḥ rātrau mṛgaiḥ asmi svapna ante hataśeṣitaiḥ
tanubhūtāḥ sma bhadram te dayā naḥ kriyatām iti

11. At the end of a dream, I was told at night by the deer who survived the slaughter: 'We are few. May good fortune be yours; please show compassion (dayā) to us.'

Words meanings summery:

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - I was told (said, told, spoken)

• रात्रौ (rātrau) - at night

• मृगैः (mṛgaiḥ) - by the deer, by the animals

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• स्वप्न (svapna) - dream, sleep

• अन्ते (ante) - at the end, in the end

• हतशेषितैः (hataśeṣitaiḥ) - by those remaining after being killed, by the survivors of the slaughter

• तनुभूताः (tanubhūtāḥ) - we are few (become few, having few bodies, diminished)

• स्म (sma) - used with `tanubhūtāḥ` to denote a state ('we are') (particle indicating past tense or emphasis)

• भद्रम् (bhadram) - may good fortune be (good fortune, welfare, auspiciousness)

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

• दया (dayā) - compassion, pity, mercy

• नः (naḥ) - to us, for us, our

• क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let compassion be shown (let it be done, let it be made)

• इति (iti) - marks the end of direct speech (thus, so)

Words meanings and morphology

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - I was told (said, told, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, told

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with implied 'I' (aham).

रात्रौ (rātrau) - at night

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rātri

rātri - night

मृगैः (mṛgaiḥ) - by the deer, by the animals

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, game

Note: Agent of the passive verb `uktaḥ`.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Present Active

1st person singular, present tense, active voice of √as.

Root: as (class 2)

स्वप्न (svapna) - dream, sleep

(noun)

masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

Root: svap (class 1)

अन्ते (ante) - at the end, in the end

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, boundary, vicinity

Note: Used in sandhi with `svapna` to form `svapnānte`.

हतशेषितैः (hataśeṣitaiḥ) - by those remaining after being killed, by the survivors of the slaughter

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hataśeṣita

hataśeṣita - remaining after being killed, surviving a slaughter

Compound: hata (killed, struck) + śeṣita (remaining, left over).

Compound type : tatpurusha (hata+śeṣita)

• hata – killed, struck, destroyed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √han (to strike, kill).
  Root: han (class 2)
• śeṣita – remaining, left over, caused to remain
  adjective (masculine)
  Causative Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √śiṣ (to leave, remain) in its causative form.
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Agrees with `mṛgaiḥ`.

तनुभूताः (tanubhūtāḥ) - we are few (become few, having few bodies, diminished)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tanubhūta

tanubhūta - become few, having few bodies, diminished

Compound: tanu (small, few, body) + bhūta (become, being).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tanu+bhūta)

• tanu – small, slender, few; body
  adjective (feminine)
• bhūta – become, happened, being
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √bhū (to be, become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied 'we' (vayam).

स्म (sma) - used with `tanubhūtāḥ` to denote a state ('we are') (particle indicating past tense or emphasis)

(indeclinable)

भद्रम् (bhadram) - may good fortune be (good fortune, welfare, auspiciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhadra

bhadra - auspicious, good, welfare, well-being

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural or formal singular)

दया (dayā) - compassion, pity, mercy

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dayā

dayā - compassion, pity, mercy, sympathy

Note: Subject of the passive imperative `kriyatām`.

नः (naḥ) - to us, for us, our

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - we

क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let compassion be shown (let it be done, let it be made)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Imperative Passive

3rd person singular, imperative mood, passive voice of √kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इति (iti) - marks the end of direct speech (thus, so)

(indeclinable)