महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-98, verse-16

मातले कश्चिदत्रापि रुचितस्ते वरो भवेत् ।
अथ वान्यां दिशं भूमेर्गच्छाव यदि मन्यसे ॥१६॥

16. mātale kaścidatrāpi rucitaste varo bhavet ,
atha vānyāṁ diśaṁ bhūmergacchāva yadi manyase.

16. mātale kaścit atra api rucitaḥ te varaḥ bhavet
atha vā anyām diśam bhūmeḥ gacchāva yadi manyase

16. O Mātali, is there anything here that might be pleasing to you as a choice? Or else, shall we go to another direction of the earth, if you think it fit?

Words meanings summery:

• मातले (mātale) - Addressed to Mātali, Indra's charioteer. (O Mātali)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - something, anything

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• अपि (api) - also, even

• रुचितः (rucitaḥ) - desired, agreeable, pleasing

• ते (te) - to you, your

• वरः (varaḥ) - choice, boon, desired object

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be, should be

• अथ (atha) - then, now, or

• वा (vā) - or

• अन्याम् (anyām) - another, other

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter

• भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - of the earth, from the earth

• गच्छाव (gacchāva) - let us two go, shall we two go

• यदि (yadi) - if

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider

Words meanings and morphology

मातले (mātale) - Addressed to Mātali, Indra's charioteer. (O Mātali)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mātali

mātali - Mātali (name of Indra's charioteer)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - something, anything

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścit

kaścit - someone, anyone, something, anything

Indefinite pronoun formed from 'kim' (what/who) and the particle 'cit'.

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

रुचितः (rucitaḥ) - desired, agreeable, pleasing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rucita

rucita - desired, agreeable, liked, splendid

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle from the root ruc (to shine, be pleasing).

Root: ruc (class 1)

ते (te) - to you, your

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

वरः (varaḥ) - choice, boon, desired object

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - choice, boon, desired object, excellent, best

Derived from the root vṛ (to choose, select).

Root: vṛ (class 5)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of bhū

Optative mood

Third person singular optative form of the root bhū.

Root: bhū (class 1)

अथ (atha) - then, now, or

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अन्याम् (anyām) - another, other

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter, region, point of the compass

भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - of the earth, from the earth

(noun)

feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

गच्छाव (gacchāva) - let us two go, shall we two go

(verb)

1st person , dual, active, imperative (lot) of gam

Present Imperative

First person dual imperative form of the root gam, with present stem gaccha.

Root: gam (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Present Indicative

Second person singular present indicative, middle voice, of the root man.

Root: man (class 4)