महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-50, verse-19

ततोऽन्तरिक्षगो वाचं व्याजहार तदा नलम् ।
न हन्तव्योऽस्मि ते राजन्करिष्यामि हि ते प्रियम् ॥१९॥

19. tato'ntarikṣago vācaṁ vyājahāra tadā nalam ,
na hantavyo'smi te rājankariṣyāmi hi te priyam.

19. tataḥ antarikṣagaḥ vācam vyājahāra tadā nalam na
hantavyaḥ asmi te rājan kariṣyāmi hi te priyam

19. Then, the swan spoke to Nala: 'O king, I should not be killed by you; indeed, I will do something pleasing for you.'

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• अन्तरिक्षगः (antarikṣagaḥ) - the swan (sky-goer, one moving in the sky)

• वाचम् (vācam) - word, speech, voice

• व्याजहार (vyājahāra) - spoke, uttered, declared

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• नलम् (nalam) - Nala

• न (na) - not, no

• हन्तव्यः (hantavyaḥ) - to be killed, killable, ought to be killed

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• ते (te) - by you

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will do, I shall make

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• ते (te) - for you

• प्रियम् (priyam) - agreeable thing, favor, dear thing

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

अन्तरिक्षगः (antarikṣagaḥ) - the swan (sky-goer, one moving in the sky)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antarikṣaga

antarikṣaga - sky-goer, moving in the sky, bird

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (antarikṣa+ga)

• antarikṣa – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going, moving, a goer
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from root gam + a suffix
  Root: gam (class 1)

वाचम् (vācam) - word, speech, voice

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - word, speech, voice, sound

व्याजहार (vyājahāra) - spoke, uttered, declared

(verb)

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

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

नलम् (nalam) - Nala

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nala

nala - Nala (name of a king), a species of reed

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हन्तव्यः (hantavyaḥ) - to be killed, killable, ought to be killed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hantavya

hantavya - to be killed, killable, deserving to be killed

gerundive

root han + tavya suffix

Root: han (class 2)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

ते (te) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of tvam

tvam - you (singular)

Note: Used here in the sense of 'by you' (instrumental) for the agent of the gerundive 'hantavyaḥ'.

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, prince

करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will do, I shall make

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvam

tvam - you (singular)

प्रियम् (priyam) - agreeable thing, favor, dear thing

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, agreeable, pleasing; a beloved person or thing

Note: Functions as a noun here.