महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-14

सुधन्वोवाच ।
हिरण्यं च गवाश्वं च तवैवास्तु विरोचन ।
प्राणयोस्तु पणं कृत्वा प्रश्नं पृच्छाव ये विदुः ॥१४॥

14. sudhanvovāca ,
hiraṇyaṁ ca gavāśvaṁ ca tavaivāstu virocana ,
prāṇayostu paṇaṁ kṛtvā praśnaṁ pṛcchāva ye viduḥ.

14. sudhanvaḥ uvāca hiraṇyam ca go-aśvam ca tava eva astu
virocana prāṇayoḥ tu paṇam kṛtvā praśnam pṛcchāva ye viduḥ

14. Sudhanvan said: 'O Virocana, let the gold, cows, and horses be entirely yours. But let us place our lives (prāṇa) as the wager, and then ask a question to those who are wise.'

Words meanings summery:

• सुधन्वः (sudhanvaḥ) - Sudhanvan (said)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• हिरण्यम् (hiraṇyam) - gold, wealth

• च (ca) - and, also

• गो-अश्वम् (go-aśvam) - cows and horses

• च (ca) - and, also

• तव (tava) - your, yours

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be

• विरोचन (virocana) - O Virocana

• प्राणयोः (prāṇayoḥ) - of our two lives (prāṇa) (of the two lives, of the two breaths (prāṇa))

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• पणम् (paṇam) - wager, stake, prize

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done

• प्रश्नम् (praśnam) - question

• पृच्छाव (pṛcchāva) - let us ask, we two should ask

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know

Words meanings and morphology

सुधन्वः (sudhanvaḥ) - Sudhanvan (said)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sudhanvan

sudhanvan - Sudhanvan (proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect 3rd singular of root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

हिरण्यम् (hiraṇyam) - gold, wealth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hiraṇya

hiraṇya - gold, golden, wealth

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

गो-अश्वम् (go-aśvam) - cows and horses

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of go-aśva

go-aśva - cows and horses

Compound type : dvandva (go+aśva)

• go – cow, ox, cattle
  noun (feminine)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your, yours

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Imperative 3rd singular of root as.

Root: as (class 2)

विरोचन (virocana) - O Virocana

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of virocana

virocana - Virocana (proper name)

प्राणयोः (prāṇayoḥ) - of our two lives (prāṇa) (of the two lives, of the two breaths (prāṇa))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life, vital air (prāṇa), vital force

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

पणम् (paṇam) - wager, stake, prize

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paṇa

paṇa - wager, stake, price, value, business

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root kṛ with suffix -tvā.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रश्नम् (praśnam) - question

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of praśna

praśna - question, inquiry, query

पृच्छाव (pṛcchāva) - let us ask, we two should ask

(verb)

1st person , dual, active, optative (liṅ) of prach

Optative 1st dual of root prach.

Root: prach (class 6)

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun introducing a subordinate clause.

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of vid

Perfect 3rd plural of root vid.

Root: vid (class 2)