महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-111, verse-21

प्रतीक्षिष्याम्यहं कालमेतावन्तं तथा परम् ।
यथा संसिध्यते विप्र स मार्गस्तु निशम्यताम् ॥२१॥

21. pratīkṣiṣyāmyahaṁ kālametāvantaṁ tathā param ,
yathā saṁsidhyate vipra sa mārgastu niśamyatām.

21. pratīkṣiṣyāmi aham kālam etāvantam tathā param
yathā saṃsidhyate vipra saḥ mārgaḥ tu niśamyatām

21. I will wait for this period and even longer, O wise one (vipra), for its accomplishment. However, let that method (mārga) be made known to me.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रतीक्षिष्यामि (pratīkṣiṣyāmi) - I will wait

• अहम् (aham) - I

• कालम् (kālam) - time, period

• एतावन्तम् (etāvantam) - this much, so much

• तथा (tathā) - and, thus, so

• परम् (param) - further, beyond, another

• यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that, as

• संसिध्यते (saṁsidhyate) - it is accomplished, achieved

• विप्र (vipra) - O Gālava (O wise one, O Brahmin)

• सः (saḥ) - that

• मार्गः (mārgaḥ) - the means or method for accomplishment (path, way, means)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed

• निशम्यताम् (niśamyatām) - let it be known (to me) (let it be heard)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रतीक्षिष्यामि (pratīkṣiṣyāmi) - I will wait

(verb)

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

Prefix: prati

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

कालम् (kālam) - time, period

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

Note: Object of 'pratīkṣiṣyāmi'.

एतावन्तम् (etāvantam) - this much, so much

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etāvat

etāvat - this much, so much, so great

Note: Qualifies 'kālam'.

तथा (tathā) - and, thus, so

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

परम् (param) - further, beyond, another

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, further, supreme, next

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'beyond that' or 'further'.

यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a purpose clause.

संसिध्यते (saṁsidhyate) - it is accomplished, achieved

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of saṃsidh

Prefix: sam

Root: sidh (class 4)

Note: The implied subject is the 'arthaḥ' from the previous verse.

विप्र (vipra) - O Gālava (O wise one, O Brahmin)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - wise, inspired, a Brahmin, a sage

Note: Refers to Gālava.

सः (saḥ) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

Note: Refers to 'mārgaḥ'.

मार्गः (mārgaḥ) - the means or method for accomplishment (path, way, means)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, way, road, means, method

Note: Subject of 'niśamyatām'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic or contrasting particle.

निशम्यताम् (niśamyatām) - let it be known (to me) (let it be heard)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of niśam

Prefix: ni

Root: śam (class 1)