महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-294, verse-2

हिरण्यकण्ठीः प्रमदा ग्रामान्वा बहुगोकुलान् ।
किं ददानीति तं विप्रमुवाचाधिरथिस्ततः ॥२॥

2. hiraṇyakaṇṭhīḥ pramadā grāmānvā bahugokulān ,
kiṁ dadānīti taṁ vipramuvācādhirathistataḥ.

2. hiraṇyakaṇṭhīḥ pramadāḥ grāmān vā bahu-gokulān
kim dadāni iti tam vipram uvāca adhirathiḥ tataḥ

2. Then Adhirathi (Karna) asked that Brahmin, saying, 'What shall I give? [Do you desire] women adorned with golden necklaces, or villages rich in cattle?'

Words meanings summery:

• हिरण्यकण्ठीः (hiraṇyakaṇṭhīḥ) - with golden necklaces, golden-necked

• प्रमदाः (pramadāḥ) - women, lovely women, excited women

• ग्रामान् (grāmān) - villages

• वा (vā) - or

• बहुगोकुलान् (bahugokulān) - having many herds of cattle

• किम् (kim) - what?

• ददानि (dadāni) - shall I give?

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying (quotation marker)

• तम् (tam) - him (Indra in Brahmin disguise) (him, that)

• विप्रम् (vipram) - a Brahmin

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• अधिरथिः (adhirathiḥ) - Karna (son of Adhiratha (Karna))

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards

Words meanings and morphology

हिरण्यकण्ठीः (hiraṇyakaṇṭhīḥ) - with golden necklaces, golden-necked

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of hiraṇyakaṇṭhī

hiraṇyakaṇṭhī - golden-necked, having a golden necklace

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hiraṇya+kaṇṭha)

• hiraṇya – gold
  noun (neuter)
• kaṇṭha – neck, throat
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes 'pramadāḥ'.

प्रमदाः (pramadāḥ) - women, lovely women, excited women

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of pramadā

pramadā - woman, beautiful woman, excited woman

from pra-mad (to be excited, to rejoice)

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

ग्रामान् (grāmān) - villages

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of grāma

grāma - village, community

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

बहुगोकुलान् (bahugokulān) - having many herds of cattle

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahugokula

bahugokula - having many cows/cow-herds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+gokula)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective
• gokula – herd of cows, cow-pen, district of cowherds
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes 'grāmān'.

किम् (kim) - what?

(interrogative pronoun)

ददानि (dadāni) - shall I give?

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Used here in the sense of a deliberative subjunctive.

इति (iti) - thus, so saying (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - him (Indra in Brahmin disguise) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विप्रम् (vipram) - a Brahmin

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, inspired, wise

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अधिरथिः (adhirathiḥ) - Karna (son of Adhiratha (Karna))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhirathi

adhirathi - son of Adhiratha

patronymic from Adhiratha

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards

(indeclinable)