महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-267, verse-36

मार्गमिच्छामि सैन्यस्य दत्तं नदनदीपते ।
येन गत्वा दशग्रीवं हन्यां पौलस्त्यपांसनम् ॥३६॥

36. mārgamicchāmi sainyasya dattaṁ nadanadīpate ,
yena gatvā daśagrīvaṁ hanyāṁ paulastyapāṁsanam.

36. mārgam icchāmi sainyasya dattam nadanadīpate
yena gatvā daśagrīvam hanyām paulastyapāṃsanam

36. “O lord of rivers and streams, I desire a path to be given for my army, by which I can go and kill Daśagrīva, the disgrace of Pulastya's lineage.”

Words meanings summery:

• मार्गम् (mārgam) - path, way, road

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• सैन्यस्य (sainyasya) - of the army

• दत्तम् (dattam) - given, granted

• नदनदीपते (nadanadīpate) - O Ocean (lord of rivers and streams) (O lord of rivers and streams)

• येन (yena) - by which, with which

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• दशग्रीवम् (daśagrīvam) - Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa)

• हन्याम् (hanyām) - I would kill, I should kill

• पौलस्त्यपांसनम् (paulastyapāṁsanam) - the disgrace of Pulastya's lineage

Words meanings and morphology

मार्गम् (mārgam) - path, way, road

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, road, way, course

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

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

Present indicative

1st person singular present indicative of root √iṣ (to wish)

Root: iṣ (class 6)

सैन्यस्य (sainyasya) - of the army

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sainya

sainya - relating to an army, military; an army, host

दत्तम् (dattam) - given, granted

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of datta

datta - given, granted, delivered

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. of root √dā (to give)

Root: dā (class 3)

नदनदीपते (nadanadīpate) - O Ocean (lord of rivers and streams) (O lord of rivers and streams)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nadanadīpati

nadanadīpati - lord of rivers and streams (an epithet for the ocean)

Compound type : dvandva + tatpuruṣa (nada+nadī+pati)

• nada – stream, river (male)
  noun (masculine)
• nadī – river (female)
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

येन (yena) - by which, with which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive of root √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

दशग्रीवम् (daśagrīvam) - Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of daśagrīva

daśagrīva - Daśagrīva (lit. 'ten-necked', a name for Rāvaṇa)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (daśan+grīvā)

• daśan – ten
  numeral
• grīvā – neck
  noun (feminine)

हन्याम् (hanyām) - I would kill, I should kill

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of han

Optative

1st person singular optative of root √han (to kill)

Root: han (class 2)

पौलस्त्यपांसनम् (paulastyapāṁsanam) - the disgrace of Pulastya's lineage

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paulastyapāṃsana

paulastyapāṁsana - the disgrace or defiler of Pulastya's lineage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paulastya+pāṃsana)

• paulastya – descendant of Pulastya (a Vedic Rishi)
  adjective (masculine)
• pāṃsana – defiler, disgrace, destroyer
  noun (masculine)