महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-110, verse-1

गालव उवाच ।
गरुत्मन्भुजगेन्द्रारे सुपर्ण विनतात्मज ।
नय मां तार्क्ष्य पूर्वेण यत्र धर्मस्य चक्षुषी ॥१॥

1. gālava uvāca ,
garutmanbhujagendrāre suparṇa vinatātmaja ,
naya māṁ tārkṣya pūrveṇa yatra dharmasya cakṣuṣī.

1. gālava uvāca garutman bhujagendrāre suparṇa vinatātmaja
naya mām tārkṣya pūrveṇa yatra dharmasya cakṣuṣī

1. Gālava said, "O winged one, O enemy of the lord of serpents, O beautiful-winged one, O son of Vinatā, O Tārkṣya, lead me eastward to where the two eyes of natural law (dharma) are."

Words meanings summery:

• गालव (gālava) - Gālava (a sage's name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• गरुत्मन् (garutman) - O winged one, O Garuda

• भुजगेन्द्रारे (bhujagendrāre) - O Garuda, as he is the traditional enemy of serpents (O enemy of the lord of serpents, O Garuda)

• सुपर्ण (suparṇa) - O beautiful-winged one, O Garuda

• विनतात्मज (vinatātmaja) - O Garuda, as Vinatā is his mother (O son of Vinatā, O Garuda)

• नय (naya) - lead, guide

• माम् (mām) - me (accusative)

• तार्क्ष्य (tārkṣya) - O Tārkṣya (an epithet of Garuda)

• पूर्वेण (pūrveṇa) - by the eastern direction, eastward

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of natural law (dharma) (of natural law, of duty, of righteousness)

• चक्षुषी (cakṣuṣī) - the two eyes

Words meanings and morphology

गालव (gālava) - Gālava (a sage's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gālava

gālava - name of a sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (liṭ) of vac

perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

गरुत्मन् (garutman) - O winged one, O Garuda

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of garutmat

garutmat - winged, furnished with wings; a bird, an epithet of Garuda

भुजगेन्द्रारे (bhujagendrāre) - O Garuda, as he is the traditional enemy of serpents (O enemy of the lord of serpents, O Garuda)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhujagendrāri

bhujagendrāri - enemy of the lord of serpents (epithet of Garuda)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhujaga+indra+ari)

• bhujaga – serpent, snake
  noun (masculine)
• indra – lord, chief, best
  noun (masculine)
• ari – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)

Note: The sandhi 'a + i = e' and 'a + a = ā' are part of the compound formation (bhujaga-indra -> bhujagendra; bhujagendra-ari -> bhujagendrāri). The ending 'e' is for vocative singular.

सुपर्ण (suparṇa) - O beautiful-winged one, O Garuda

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of suparṇa

suparṇa - having beautiful wings, a good winged one; an epithet of Garuda

Note: A bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'one who has good wings'.

विनतात्मज (vinatātmaja) - O Garuda, as Vinatā is his mother (O son of Vinatā, O Garuda)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vinatātmaja

vinatātmaja - son of Vinatā (epithet of Garuda)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vinatā+ātmaja)

• vinatā – name of Garuda's mother
  proper noun (feminine)
• ātmaja – born from self, son, daughter
  noun (masculine)

Note: Sandhi ā + ā = ā within the compound (Vinatā + Ātmaja).

नय (naya) - lead, guide

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of nī

imperative, 2nd person singular, active voice

Root: nī (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

तार्क्ष्य (tārkṣya) - O Tārkṣya (an epithet of Garuda)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tārkṣya

tārkṣya - name of a mythical being, horse, or bird, especially Garuda

पूर्वेण (pūrveṇa) - by the eastern direction, eastward

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pūrva

pūrva - eastern, prior, former

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'eastward' or 'by the eastern way'.

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of natural law (dharma) (of natural law, of duty, of righteousness)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue, constitution, intrinsic nature

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

चक्षुषी (cakṣuṣī) - the two eyes

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye

Note: Dual form for 'two eyes'.