महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-16

सुधन्वोवाच ।
पितरं ते गमिष्यावः प्राणयोर्विपणे कृते ।
पुत्रस्यापि स हेतोर्हि प्रह्रादो नानृतं वदेत् ॥१६॥

16. sudhanvovāca ,
pitaraṁ te gamiṣyāvaḥ prāṇayorvipaṇe kṛte ,
putrasyāpi sa hetorhi prahrādo nānṛtaṁ vadet.

16. sudhanvā uvāca pitaram te gamiṣyāvaḥ prāṇayoḥ vipaṇe
kṛte putrasya api saḥ hetoḥ hi prahrādaḥ na anṛtam vadet

16. Sudhanvan said: "We two will go to your father, having staked our lives. Indeed, even for his son's sake, Prahlāda would not speak a lie."

Words meanings summery:

• सुधन्वा (sudhanvā) - Sudhanvan (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father

• ते (te) - your, to you

• गमिष्यावः (gamiṣyāvaḥ) - we two will go

• प्राणयोः (prāṇayoḥ) - of our two lives (Sudhanvan and Virocana) (of the two lives, of the two breaths)

• विपणे (vipaṇe) - as a stake (stake, wager, transaction)

• कृते (kṛte) - having been made (a stake), when staked (having been made, done, on account of)

• पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of the son

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for the sake of (reason, cause, for the sake of)

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

• प्रह्रादः (prahrādaḥ) - Prahlāda (proper name)

• न (na) - not

• अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, lie

• वदेत् (vadet) - should speak, would speak

Words meanings and morphology

सुधन्वा (sudhanvā) - Sudhanvan (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Sudhanvan

Sudhanvan - name of a person, son of Sage Vāyu

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

3rd person singular Perfect active, root 'vac' with reduplication and vṛddhi

Root: vac (class 2)

पितरम् (pitaram) - father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Refers to Virocana's father.

गमिष्यावः (gamiṣyāvaḥ) - we two will go

(verb)

1st person , dual, active, future (lṛṭ) of gam

Future Active

1st person dual Future active, root 'gam'

Root: gam (class 1)

प्राणयोः (prāṇayoḥ) - of our two lives (Sudhanvan and Virocana) (of the two lives, of the two breaths)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of prāṇa

prāṇa - life, breath, vital air

विपणे (vipaṇe) - as a stake (stake, wager, transaction)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vipaṇa

vipaṇa - wager, stake, transaction

Prefix: vi

Root: paṇ (class 1)

Note: Locative case indicates the condition or object of the action.

कृते (kṛte) - having been made (a stake), when staked (having been made, done, on account of)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made

Past Passive Participle

From root 'kṛ' (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of the son

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

Note: Refers to Prahlāda.

हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for the sake of (reason, cause, for the sake of)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for the sake of'.

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

(indeclinable)

प्रह्रादः (prahrādaḥ) - Prahlāda (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Prahrāda

Prahrāda - name of a famous devotee of Vishnu, son of Hiraṇyakaśipu

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, lie

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untruth, false, dishonest

Compound of 'an' (not) and 'ṛta' (truth).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+ṛta)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
• ṛta – truth, order, cosmic law
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'vadet'.

वदेत् (vadet) - should speak, would speak

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of vad

Optative Active

3rd person singular Optative active, root 'vad'

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Expresses potential or injunction.