महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-193, verse-5

शिखण्ड्युवाच ।
प्रतिदास्यामि भगवँल्लिङ्गं पुनरिदं तव ।
किंचित्कालान्तरं स्त्रीत्वं धारयस्व निशाचर ॥५॥

5. śikhaṇḍyuvāca ,
pratidāsyāmi bhagavaँlliṅgaṁ punaridaṁ tava ,
kiṁcitkālāntaraṁ strītvaṁ dhārayasva niśācara.

5. śikhaṇḍī uvāca | pratidāsyāmi bhagavan liṅgaṃ punaḥ idaṃ
tava | kiñcitkālāntaraṃ strītvaṃ dhārayasva niśācara

5. śikhaṇḍī uvāca: bhagavan,
ahaṃ tava idaṃ liṅgaṃ punaḥ pratidāsyāmi.
niśācara,
kiñcitkālāntaraṃ strītvaṃ dhārayasva.

5. Śikhaṇḍin said: 'O revered one (bhagavan), I will return this form of yours. For some time, O night-wanderer, please maintain the female state.'

Words meanings summery:

• शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍin (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• प्रतिदास्यामि (pratidāsyāmi) - I will give back, I will return

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one, O venerable one, O divine being

• लिङ्गं (liṅgaṁ) - form, gender, body, sign

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back, anew

• इदं (idaṁ) - this

• तव (tava) - your

• किञ्चित्कालान्तरं (kiñcitkālāntaraṁ) - for some time, for a certain interval

• स्त्रीत्वं (strītvaṁ) - female state, femininity

• धारयस्व (dhārayasva) - assume, bear, hold, maintain

• निशाचर (niśācara) - O night-wanderer, O demon

Words meanings and morphology

शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍin (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhaṇḍin

śikhaṇḍin - Śikhaṇḍin (name of a character in the Mahābhārata, originally female)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

प्रतिदास्यामि (pratidāsyāmi) - I will give back, I will return

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of prati-dā

Prefix: prati

Root: dā (class 3)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one, O venerable one, O divine being

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, prosperous, glorious, divine; a lord, a god, a venerable person

लिङ्गं (liṅgaṁ) - form, gender, body, sign

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of liṅga

liṅga - mark, sign, characteristic, gender, form, body

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back, anew

(indeclinable)

इदं (idaṁ) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

किञ्चित्कालान्तरं (kiñcitkālāntaraṁ) - for some time, for a certain interval

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kiñcitkālāntara

kiñcitkālāntara - a certain interval of time, for some time

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kiñcit+kāla+antara)

• kiñcit – some, a little, a certain
  indeclinable
• kāla – time, period, season
  noun (masculine)
• antara – interval, inside, difference, other
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially to denote 'for some time'.

स्त्रीत्वं (strītvaṁ) - female state, femininity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of strītva

strītva - womanhood, female state, femininity

Derived from 'strī' (woman) + '-tva' suffix (forming abstract nouns).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (strī+tva)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• tva – suffix used to form abstract nouns (e.g., -hood, -ness)
  suffix (neuter)

धारयस्व (dhārayasva) - assume, bear, hold, maintain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of dhṛ

Causative, Imperative

Derived from the root dhṛ, forming the causative stem dhāray- (to cause to hold, to assume).

Root: dhṛ (class 10)

निशाचर (niśācara) - O night-wanderer, O demon

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of niśācara

niśācara - night-wanderer, demon, goblin

Compound of niśā (night) and cara (moving, wandering).

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, wandering, going; a wanderer, a follower
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  From root 'car' (to move, to wander)
  Root: car (class 1)