महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-114, verse-99

यश्च दत्तो वरो मह्यं पित्रा तेन महात्मना ।
छन्दतो मृत्युरित्येवं तस्य चास्तु वरस्तथा ॥९९॥

99. yaśca datto varo mahyaṁ pitrā tena mahātmanā ,
chandato mṛtyurityevaṁ tasya cāstu varastathā.

99. yaḥ ca dattaḥ varaḥ mahyam pitrā tena mahātmanā
chandataḥ mṛtyuḥ iti evam tasya ca astu varaḥ tathā

99. ca yaḥ varaḥ tena mahātmanā pitrā mahyam dattaḥ ca
tasya mṛtyuḥ chandataḥ iti evaṃ tathā varaḥ astu

99. And that boon which was given to me by that great-souled father, 'death by one's own will' – let that boon likewise be his.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• च (ca) - and, also

• दत्तः (dattaḥ) - given, granted

• वरः (varaḥ) - boon, blessing, choice

• मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me

• पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father

• तेन (tena) - by that

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great soul

• छन्दतः (chandataḥ) - by one's own will, optionally

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this way

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be

• वरः (varaḥ) - boon, blessing, choice

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, likewise

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

दत्तः (dattaḥ) - given, granted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of datta

datta - given, granted, bestowed

Past Passive Participle

from root dā (to give)

Root: dā (class 3)

वरः (varaḥ) - boon, blessing, choice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, blessing, wish, choice; best, excellent

Root: vṛ (class 5)

मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

तेन (tena) - by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great soul

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual soul
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

छन्दतः (chandataḥ) - by one's own will, optionally

(indeclinable)

from chanda (will, desire) + suffix -tas

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, Yama (god of death)

from root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this way

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be

(verb)

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

Imperative active

from root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

वरः (varaḥ) - boon, blessing, choice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, blessing, wish, choice; best, excellent

Root: vṛ (class 5)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, likewise

(indeclinable)