महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-64, verse-11

एवं ब्रुवन्तं राजानं निशायां जीवलोऽब्रवीत् ।
कामेनां शोचसे नित्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामि बाहुक ॥११॥

11. evaṁ bruvantaṁ rājānaṁ niśāyāṁ jīvalo'bravīt ,
kāmenāṁ śocase nityaṁ śrotumicchāmi bāhuka.

11. evam bruvantam rājānam niśāyām jīvalaḥ abravīt
kām enām śocase nityam śrotum icchāmi bāhuka

11. As the king spoke thus, Jīvala said to him during the night, 'For whom do you constantly lament? I wish to hear, Bāhuka.'

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• ब्रुवन्तम् (bruvantam) - speaking, saying

• राजानम् (rājānam) - King Nala (in his disguise as Bāhuka) (king)

• निशायाम् (niśāyām) - in the night, at night

• जीवलः (jīvalaḥ) - Jīvala, the charioteer (Jīvala (proper name))

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

• काम् (kām) - whom? which?

• एनाम् (enām) - Damayanti (her, this (feminine))

• शोचसे (śocase) - you grieve, you lament

• नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, always

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• बाहुक (bāhuka) - Nala's alias during his disguise, addressed by Jīvala (Bāhuka (proper name))

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

ब्रुवन्तम् (bruvantam) - speaking, saying

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bruvant

bruvant - speaking, saying, uttering

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root √brū (to speak)

Root: brū (class 2)

राजानम् (rājānam) - King Nala (in his disguise as Bāhuka) (king)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Note: Object of 'abravīt'

निशायाम् (niśāyām) - in the night, at night

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of niśā

niśā - night, darkness

Note: Temporal adverbial phrase

जीवलः (jīvalaḥ) - Jīvala, the charioteer (Jīvala (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvala

jīvala - Jīvala (name of a charioteer in the Nalopakhyana)

Note: Subject of 'abravīt'

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect

3rd person singular, active voice, with augment 'a' for imperfect tense

Root: brū (class 2)

काम् (kām) - whom? which?

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

एनाम् (enām) - Damayanti (her, this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Corresponds to 'kām'

शोचसे (śocase) - you grieve, you lament

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of śuc

Present

2nd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada), from root √śuc

Root: śuc (class 1)

नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, always

(indeclinable)

Accusative singular neuter of nitya, used adverbially

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form from the root √śru

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Functions as an indeclinable

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present

1st person singular, active voice, from root √iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

बाहुक (bāhuka) - Nala's alias during his disguise, addressed by Jīvala (Bāhuka (proper name))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bāhuka

bāhuka - Bāhuka (the name Nala assumed during his disguise as a charioteer and cook)