महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-54

कदा नु स्निग्धगम्भीरां जीमूतस्वनसंनिभाम् ।
श्रोष्यामि नैषधस्याहं वाचं ताममृतोपमाम् ॥५४॥

54. kadā nu snigdhagambhīrāṁ jīmūtasvanasaṁnibhām ,
śroṣyāmi naiṣadhasyāhaṁ vācaṁ tāmamṛtopamām.

54. kadā nu snigdhagambhīrām jīmūtasvanasaṃnibhām
śroṣyāmi naiṣadhasya aham vācam tām amṛtopamām

54. When, oh when, will I hear that soft and deep voice, resembling the thunder of a cloud and like nectar, the voice of Nala, the king of Niṣadha?

Words meanings summery:

• कदा (kadā) - when

• नु (nu) - indeed, oh when (indeed, now, an emphatic particle, expressing question or entreaty)

• स्निग्धगम्भीराम् (snigdhagambhīrām) - soft and deep (voice) (soft and deep, smooth and profound)

• जीमूतस्वनसंनिभाम् (jīmūtasvanasaṁnibhām) - resembling the sound of a cloud (voice) (resembling the sound of a cloud/thunder)

• श्रोष्यामि (śroṣyāmi) - I will hear

• नैषधस्य (naiṣadhasya) - of Nala, the king of Niṣadha (of Nala, of the king of Niṣadha)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• वाचम् (vācam) - voice (voice, word, speech)

• ताम् (tām) - that (that, her)

• अमृतोपमाम् (amṛtopamām) - nectar-like (voice) (nectar-like, resembling nectar)

Words meanings and morphology

कदा (kadā) - when

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

नु (nu) - indeed, oh when (indeed, now, an emphatic particle, expressing question or entreaty)

(indeclinable)

स्निग्धगम्भीराम् (snigdhagambhīrām) - soft and deep (voice) (soft and deep, smooth and profound)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of snigdhagambhīra

snigdhagambhīra - soft and deep, smooth and profound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (snigdha+gambhīra)

• snigdha – smooth, soft, glossy
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from snih (to be sticky, love)
  Root: snih (class 4)
• gambhīra – deep, profound, serious
  adjective

Note: Compound adjective, describing 'vācam'.

जीमूतस्वनसंनिभाम् (jīmūtasvanasaṁnibhām) - resembling the sound of a cloud (voice) (resembling the sound of a cloud/thunder)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jīmūtasvanasaṃnibha

jīmūtasvanasaṁnibha - resembling the sound of a cloud/thunder

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīmūta+svana+saṃnibha)

• jīmūta – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• svana – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svan (class 1)
• saṃnibha – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective

Note: Compound adjective, describing 'vācam'. 'jīmūtasvana' is a tatpuruṣa compound itself, meaning 'sound of a cloud'.

श्रोष्यामि (śroṣyāmi) - I will hear

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

नैषधस्य (naiṣadhasya) - of Nala, the king of Niṣadha (of Nala, of the king of Niṣadha)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of naiṣadha

naiṣadha - king of Niṣadha, Nala

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

वाचम् (vācam) - voice (voice, word, speech)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - voice, word, speech

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śroṣyāmi'.

ताम् (tām) - that (that, her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, refers to 'vācam'.

अमृतोपमाम् (amṛtopamām) - nectar-like (voice) (nectar-like, resembling nectar)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of amṛtopama

amṛtopama - nectar-like, resembling nectar

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (amṛta+upama)

• amṛta – nectar, immortality
  noun (neuter)
• upama – resembling, likeness
  adjective

Note: Compound adjective, describing 'vācam'.