महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-259, verse-23

यद्यदग्नौ हुतं सर्वं शिरस्ते महदीप्सया ।
तथैव तानि ते देहे भविष्यन्ति यथेप्सितम् ॥२३॥

23. yadyadagnau hutaṁ sarvaṁ śiraste mahadīpsayā ,
tathaiva tāni te dehe bhaviṣyanti yathepsitam.

23. yat yat agnau hutam sarvam śiraḥ te mahadīpsayā
tathā eva tāni te dehe bhaviṣyanti yathepsitam

23. Whatever heads of yours were offered into the fire due to your great desire, all of those will similarly reappear on your body as you desired.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which, that)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which, that)

• अग्नौ (agnau) - into the fire (in fire, into the fire)

• हुतम् (hutam) - offered (offered, sacrificed, poured (into fire))

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (of it) (all, whole, every)

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - (your) head (used collectively, implying multiple heads offered over time) (head)

• ते (te) - of yours (of you, your, to you)

• महदीप्सया (mahadīpsayā) - due to your great desire (by great desire, with intense longing)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way (thus, so, in that manner)

• एव (eva) - indeed, exactly (only, indeed, just)

• तानि (tāni) - all of those (heads) (those)

• ते (te) - on your (of you, your, to you)

• देहे (dehe) - on your body (in the body, on the body)

• भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will reappear, will be present (will be, will happen, will appear)

• यथेप्सितम् (yathepsitam) - as you desired (as desired, according to wish)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which, that)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Note: Repetition 'yat yat' means 'each and every thing that'.

यत् (yat) - whatever (whatever, which, that)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Note: Repetition 'yat yat' means 'each and every thing that'.

अग्नौ (agnau) - into the fire (in fire, into the fire)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

हुतम् (hutam) - offered (offered, sacrificed, poured (into fire))

(adjective)

neuter, singular of huta

huta - offered, sacrificed, poured (into fire)

Past Passive Participle

Root hu (to offer) + kta suffix

Root: hu (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'śiraḥ' (implied in 'śirāṃsi') and 'sarvam'.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (of it) (all, whole, every)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Refers to the entirety of 'śiraḥ'.

शिरः (śiraḥ) - (your) head (used collectively, implying multiple heads offered over time) (head)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, top, peak

Note: Although grammatically singular, context implies it refers to multiple heads offered by Daśānana one by one, as confirmed by 'tāni' later in the verse.

ते (te) - of yours (of you, your, to you)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Genitive, possessive.

महदीप्सया (mahadīpsayā) - due to your great desire (by great desire, with intense longing)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mahadīpsā

mahadīpsā - great desire, intense longing

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+īpsā)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective
• īpsā – desire, wish, longing
  noun (feminine)
  Desiderative verbal noun
  Desiderative stem of āp (to obtain) + a suffix
  Root: āp (class 5)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, exactly (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

तानि (tāni) - all of those (heads) (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the heads mentioned in the first line.

ते (te) - on your (of you, your, to you)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Genitive, possessive, referring to Daśānana's body.

देहे (dehe) - on your body (in the body, on the body)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, form, mass

भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will reappear, will be present (will be, will happen, will appear)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Future tense (lṛṭ), 3rd person plural, active voice of root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

यथेप्सितम् (yathepsitam) - as you desired (as desired, according to wish)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+īpsita)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• īpsita – desired, wished for, longed for
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Desiderative stem of āp (to obtain) + kta suffix
  Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Often used adverbially.