महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-297, verse-67

यक्ष उवाच ।
प्रियस्ते भीमसेनोऽयमर्जुनो वः परायणम् ।
स कस्मान्नकुलं राजन्सापत्नं जीवमिच्छसि ॥६७॥

67. yakṣa uvāca ,
priyaste bhīmaseno'yamarjuno vaḥ parāyaṇam ,
sa kasmānnakulaṁ rājansāpatnaṁ jīvamicchasi.

67. yakṣa uvāca priyaḥ te bhīmasenaḥ ayam arjunaḥ vaḥ
parāyaṇam sa kasmāt nakulam rājan sāpatnam jīvam icchasi

67. The Yaksha said, "This Bhimasena is dear to you, and Arjuna is your ultimate refuge. Why then, O King, do you wish for Nakula, who is born of a co-wife (sāpatna), to live?"

Words meanings summery:

• यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yaksha (a class of mythical beings)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• प्रियः (priyaḥ) - dear, beloved, pleasant

• ते (te) - to you, your

• भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena (proper name)

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna (proper name)

• वः (vaḥ) - to you (plural), your (plural)

• परायणम् (parāyaṇam) - ultimate refuge, supreme support, final goal

• स (sa) - that (person), he

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what

• नकुलम् (nakulam) - Nakula

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• सापत्नम् (sāpatnam) - born of a co-wife, referring to Nakula as Yudhishthira's step-brother (born of a co-wife, step-brother)

• जीवम् (jīvam) - living, alive

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish

Words meanings and morphology

यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yaksha (a class of mythical beings)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yakṣa

yakṣa - Yaksha (a class of demigods or nature-spirits)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

प्रियः (priyaḥ) - dear, beloved, pleasant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasant, agreeable

ते (te) - to you, your

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Here in the sense of 'to you' (dative).

भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhimasena (one of the Pandava brothers, known for his strength)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (one of the Pandava brothers, a skilled archer)

वः (vaḥ) - to you (plural), your (plural)

(pronoun)

plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Note: Here in the sense of 'your' (genitive).

परायणम् (parāyaṇam) - ultimate refuge, supreme support, final goal

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parāyaṇam

parāyaṇam - ultimate refuge, supreme resort, chief aim, final goal

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+ayana)

• para – supreme, ultimate, highest, other
  adjective (neuter)
• ayana – going, path, resort, course
  noun (neuter)

स (sa) - that (person), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what

(indeclinable)

Note: Ablative case of kim used adverbially.

नकुलम् (nakulam) - Nakula

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - Nakula (one of the Pandava brothers), mongoose

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

सापत्नम् (sāpatnam) - born of a co-wife, referring to Nakula as Yudhishthira's step-brother (born of a co-wife, step-brother)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sāpatna

sāpatna - born of a co-wife, belonging to a co-wife, step-brother

Derived from sapatnī (co-wife)

जीवम् (jīvam) - living, alive

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, alive, life, soul

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 4)