महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-277, verse-15

तुष्टासि यदि मे देवि काममेतं वृणोम्यहम् ।
संतानं हि परो धर्म इत्याहुर्मां द्विजातयः ॥१५॥

15. tuṣṭāsi yadi me devi kāmametaṁ vṛṇomyaham ,
saṁtānaṁ hi paro dharma ityāhurmāṁ dvijātayaḥ.

15. tuṣṭā asi yadi me devi kāmam etam vṛṇomi aham |
santānam hi paraḥ dharmaḥ iti āhuḥ mām dvijātayaḥ

15. If you are pleased with me, O goddess, I choose this boon. For, 'progeny is the highest natural law (dharma)', thus have the twice-born (dvijātayaḥ) told me.

Words meanings summery:

• तुष्टा (tuṣṭā) - pleased, satisfied

• असि (asi) - you are, are

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• देवि (devi) - O goddess

• कामम् (kāmam) - desire, wish, boon

• एतम् (etam) - this

• वृणोमि (vṛṇomi) - I choose, I select

• अहम् (aham) - I

• सन्तानम् (santānam) - progeny, offspring, continuity

• हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

• परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, excellent

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, duty, righteousness

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (marks direct speech)

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they have said

• माम् (mām) - me

• द्विजातयः (dvijātayaḥ) - The twice-born (Brahmins) (the twice-born (Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, or birds, etc.))

Words meanings and morphology

तुष्टा (tuṣṭā) - pleased, satisfied

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tuṣṭa

tuṣṭa - pleased, satisfied, content

Past Passive Participle

From root √tuṣ (to be pleased, to be satisfied)

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

असि (asi) - you are, are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Present Indicative

From root √as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

देवि (devi) - O goddess

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine female

कामम् (kāmam) - desire, wish, boon

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, pleasure, an object of desire

From root √kam (to desire)

Root: kam (class 1)

एतम् (etam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

वृणोमि (vṛṇomi) - I choose, I select

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vṛ

Present Indicative

From root √vṛ (to choose), 5th class

Root: vṛ (class 5)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

सन्तानम् (santānam) - progeny, offspring, continuity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of santāna

santāna - progeny, offspring, continuation, lineage

From sam + √tan (to stretch, extend)

Prefix: sam

Root: tan (class 8)

हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

(indeclinable)

परः (paraḥ) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate, other, distant

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, duty, righteousness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue, religious ordinance

From root √dhṛ (to hold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (marks direct speech)

(indeclinable)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they have said

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect indicative (lit) of ah

Perfect Indicative

Root √ah (to say, speak), Perfect, 3rd person plural (irregular)

Root: ah (class 2)

Note: Irregular form

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

द्विजातयः (dvijātayaḥ) - The twice-born (Brahmins) (the twice-born (Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, or birds, etc.))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvijāti

dvijāti - twice-born, a Brahmin, a Kshatriya, a Vaishya, a bird, a tooth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+jāti)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• jāti – birth, origin, class, species
  noun (feminine)
  From root √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)