महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-116, verse-23

कुन्त्युवाच ।
अहं ज्येष्ठा धर्मपत्नी ज्येष्ठं धर्मफलं मम ।
अवश्यं भाविनो भावान्मा मां माद्रि निवर्तय ॥२३॥

23. kuntyuvāca ,
ahaṁ jyeṣṭhā dharmapatnī jyeṣṭhaṁ dharmaphalaṁ mama ,
avaśyaṁ bhāvino bhāvānmā māṁ mādri nivartaya.

23. kuntī uvāca aham jyeṣṭhā dharmapatnī jyeṣṭham dharmaphalam
mama avaśyam bhāvinaḥ bhāvān mā mām mādri nivartaya

23. Kunti said: I am the eldest wife, and the greatest reward for my dutiful conduct (dharma) is mine. Therefore, O Madri, do not turn me away from these events that are bound to happen.

Words meanings summery:

• कुन्ती (kuntī) - Kunti (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अहम् (aham) - I

• ज्येष्ठा (jyeṣṭhā) - eldest, greatest, chief

• धर्मपत्नी (dharmapatnī) - lawful wife, dutiful wife

• ज्येष्ठम् (jyeṣṭham) - greatest, eldest, chief

• धर्मफलम् (dharmaphalam) - fruit of duty, reward for righteousness

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - necessarily, inevitably, certainly

• भाविनः (bhāvinaḥ) - of those who are destined to be, of future events

• भावान् (bhāvān) - events (that are bound to happen) (things, states, occurrences, beings)

• मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

• माम् (mām) - me

• माद्रि (mādri) - O Madri (proper noun)

• निवर्तय (nivartaya) - turn back, dissuade, cause to return

Words meanings and morphology

कुन्ती (kuntī) - Kunti (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kuntī

kuntī - Kunti (name of a queen, wife of Pandu, mother of the Pandavas)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

ज्येष्ठा (jyeṣṭhā) - eldest, greatest, chief

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, greatest, chief, principal

Superlative of 'praśasya' (excellent)

धर्मपत्नी (dharmapatnī) - lawful wife, dutiful wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dharmapatnī

dharmapatnī - lawful wife, dutiful wife, wife married according to (dharma) sacred law

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+patnī)

• dharma – duty, righteousness, law, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• patnī – wife
  noun (feminine)

ज्येष्ठम् (jyeṣṭham) - greatest, eldest, chief

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, greatest, chief, principal

Superlative of 'praśasya' (excellent)

धर्मफलम् (dharmaphalam) - fruit of duty, reward for righteousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dharmaphala

dharmaphala - fruit of duty, reward for righteousness, result of (dharma) virtuous action

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+phala)

• dharma – duty, righteousness, law, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• phala – fruit, result, reward, consequence
  noun (neuter)

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - necessarily, inevitably, certainly

(indeclinable)

भाविनः (bhāvinaḥ) - of those who are destined to be, of future events

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhāvin

bhāvin - being, existing, future, imminent, destined to be

Future Participle

From root 'bhū' (to be) + suffix '-in'

Root: bhū (class 1)

भावान् (bhāvān) - events (that are bound to happen) (things, states, occurrences, beings)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - state, condition, existence, nature, emotion, thing, entity

From root 'bhū' (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

माद्रि (mādri) - O Madri (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of mādri

mādri - Madri (name of a queen, wife of Pandu)

निवर्तय (nivartaya) - turn back, dissuade, cause to return

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ni-vṛt

Causative

Root 'vṛt' with prefix 'ni' in causative form (vartaya)

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)