महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-153, verse-23

सेनापतिस्त्वहं राजन्समयेनापरेण ते ।
भविष्यामि यथाकामं तन्मे श्रोतुमिहार्हसि ॥२३॥

23. senāpatistvahaṁ rājansamayenāpareṇa te ,
bhaviṣyāmi yathākāmaṁ tanme śrotumihārhasi.

23. senāpatiḥ tu aham rājan samayena apareṇa te
bhaviṣyāmi yathākāmam tat me śrotum iha arhasi

23. rājan aham tu te samayena apareṇa yathākāmam
senāpatiḥ bhaviṣyāmi tat iha me śrotum arhasi

23. O King, I will indeed become your commander at a later time, as you wish. You should hear that from me now.

Words meanings summery:

• सेनापतिः (senāpatiḥ) - commander, general

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• अहम् (aham) - I

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• समयेन (samayena) - by agreement, at a time, in due course

• अपरेण (apareṇa) - by another, by a later

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

• भविष्यामि (bhaviṣyāmi) - I will be, I will become

• यथाकामम् (yathākāmam) - as desired, according to wish

• तत् (tat) - that

• मे (me) - by me, to me

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• इह (iha) - here

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

Words meanings and morphology

सेनापतिः (senāpatiḥ) - commander, general

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of senāpati

senāpati - commander of an army, general

Compound type : tatpurusha (senā+pati)

• senā – army, host
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband, chief
  noun (masculine)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

समयेन (samayena) - by agreement, at a time, in due course

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of samaya

samaya - agreement, convention, appointed time, occasion, custom, doctrine

अपरेण (apareṇa) - by another, by a later

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of apara

apara - other, another, later, posterior, western

Note: Agrees with 'samayena'.

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

भविष्यामि (bhaviṣyāmi) - I will be, I will become

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

यथाकामम् (yathākāmam) - as desired, according to wish

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+kāmam)

• yathā – as, like, according to
  indeclinable
• kāma – wish, desire, love
  noun (masculine)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

मे (me) - by me, to me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Here functioning as an agent in a passive construction: 'to be heard by me'.

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Formed with suffix -tum.

Root: śru (class 5)

इह (iha) - here

(indeclinable)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)