महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-106, verse-1

सुपर्ण उवाच ।
अनुशिष्टोऽस्मि देवेन गालवाज्ञातयोनिना ।
ब्रूहि कामनुसंयामि द्रष्टुं प्रथमतो दिशम् ॥१॥

1. suparṇa uvāca ,
anuśiṣṭo'smi devena gālavājñātayoninā ,
brūhi kāmanusaṁyāmi draṣṭuṁ prathamato diśam.

1. suparṇaḥ uvāca | anuśiṣṭaḥ asmi devena gālavājñātayoninā
| brūhi kām anusaṃyāmi draṣṭuṃ prathamataḥ diśam

1. Suparṇa said, "I have been instructed by the god Gālava, whose origin (yoni) is unknown. Tell me, which direction should I first go to behold?"

Words meanings summery:

• सुपर्णः (suparṇaḥ) - Suparṇa (Garuda) (Suparṇa, the one with good wings (Garuda))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अनुशिष्टः (anuśiṣṭaḥ) - instructed, taught

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• देवेन (devena) - by the sage Gālava, here considered a divine being (by the god, by the deity)

• गालवाज्ञातयोनिना (gālavājñātayoninā) - by Gālava, specifically referring to his mysterious birth or lineage (by Gālava, whose origin is unknown)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - speak, tell

• काम् (kām) - which direction (which (feminine))

• अनुसंयामि (anusaṁyāmi) - I should proceed or go towards (I go after, I follow, I proceed)

• द्रष्टुं (draṣṭuṁ) - to see, to behold

• प्रथमतः (prathamataḥ) - first, primarily, at first

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter (of the sky)

Words meanings and morphology

सुपर्णः (suparṇaḥ) - Suparṇa (Garuda) (Suparṇa, the one with good wings (Garuda))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suparṇa

suparṇa - having good wings, beautiful-winged, name of Garuḍa

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of uvāca

Perfect Active

Root 'vac', perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

अनुशिष्टः (anuśiṣṭaḥ) - instructed, taught

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anuśiṣṭa

anuśiṣṭa - instructed, taught, admonished

Past Passive Participle

Formed from √śiṣ (to teach, instruct) with upasarga 'anu'

Prefix: anu

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective with 'asmi'

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root 'as', present tense, 1st person singular

Root: as (class 2)

देवेन (devena) - by the sage Gālava, here considered a divine being (by the god, by the deity)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

गालवाज्ञातयोनिना (gālavājñātayoninā) - by Gālava, specifically referring to his mysterious birth or lineage (by Gālava, whose origin is unknown)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of gālavājñātayoni

gālavājñātayoni - Gālava whose origin (yoni) is unknown

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gālava+ajñātayoni)

• gālava – name of a sage, descendant of Gāla
  proper noun (masculine)
• ajñātayoni – of unknown origin (yoni)
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Refers to Gālava, whose origin is unknown (yoni)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - speak, tell

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of brū

Imperative Active

Root 'brū', imperative mood, 2nd person singular

Root: brū (class 2)

काम् (kām) - which direction (which (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Accusative singular feminine, agrees with 'diśam'

अनुसंयामि (anusaṁyāmi) - I should proceed or go towards (I go after, I follow, I proceed)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root 'yā', with upasargas 'anu-sam', present tense, 1st person singular

Prefixes: anu+sam

Root: yā (class 2)

द्रष्टुं (draṣṭuṁ) - to see, to behold

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root 'dṛś'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

प्रथमतः (prathamataḥ) - first, primarily, at first

(indeclinable)

Derived with '-tas' suffix meaning 'from' or 'in the first place'

दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter (of the sky)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region