महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-134, verse-13

अहं हि वचनं त्वत्तः शुश्रूषुरपरापरम् ।
किंचित्किंचित्प्रतिवदंस्तूष्णीमासं मुहुर्मुहुः ॥१३॥

13. ahaṁ hi vacanaṁ tvattaḥ śuśrūṣuraparāparam ,
kiṁcitkiṁcitprativadaṁstūṣṇīmāsaṁ muhurmuhuḥ.

13. aham hi vacanam tvattaḥ śuśrūṣuḥ aparāparam
kiñcit kiñcit prativadan tūṣṇīm āsam muhurmuhuḥ

13. hi aham tvattaḥ aparāparam vacanam śuśrūṣuḥ
kiñcit kiñcit prativadan muhurmuhuḥ tūṣṇīm āsam

13. Indeed, I, desiring to hear your every successive word, remained silent again and again, only occasionally offering a small reply.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, because, for)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word (word, speech, statement)

• त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you

• शुश्रूषुः (śuśrūṣuḥ) - desiring to hear (desirous of hearing, obedient, wishing to serve)

• अपरापरम् (aparāparam) - every successive (successive, repeated, one after another)

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - a little (a little, somewhat, anything)

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - only occasionally (a little) (a little, somewhat, anything)

• प्रतिवदन् (prativadan) - offering a reply (replying, answering)

• तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silent (silently, quietly)

• आसम् (āsam) - I remained (I was, I remained)

• मुहुर्मुहुः (muhurmuhuḥ) - again and again (repeatedly, again and again, frequently)

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, because, for)

(indeclinable)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word (word, speech, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, statement, saying

त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

शुश्रूषुः (śuśrūṣuḥ) - desiring to hear (desirous of hearing, obedient, wishing to serve)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuśrūṣu

śuśrūṣu - desirous of hearing, obedient, willing to serve, attentive

Desiderative Agent Noun/Adjective

From desiderative root śuśrūṣ- ('to wish to hear/obey')

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'aham'

अपरापरम् (aparāparam) - every successive (successive, repeated, one after another)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aparāpara

aparāpara - successive, repeated, one after another, various

Compound type : dvandva (apara+apara)

• apara – other, another, posterior, later
  adjective (neuter)
• apara – other, another, posterior, later
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Adverbially modifies 'vacanam' in sense of 'word after word'.

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - a little (a little, somewhat, anything)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - only occasionally (a little) (a little, somewhat, anything)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition emphasizes the smallness/infrequency.

प्रतिवदन् (prativadan) - offering a reply (replying, answering)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prativadat

vad - to speak, say, tell

Present Active Participle

From root vad with upasarga prati-, present participle form prativadat

Prefix: prati

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'aham'

तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silent (silently, quietly)

(indeclinable)

आसम् (āsam) - I remained (I was, I remained)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect Active

Root as, 1st person singular imperfect

Root: as (class 2)

मुहुर्मुहुः (muhurmuhuḥ) - again and again (repeatedly, again and again, frequently)

(indeclinable)

Repetitive compound of muhus