महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-122, verse-28

स समासाद्य मां तत्र प्रियकारी प्रियंवदः ।
अब्रवीदिति मां भीष्म वचनं प्रीतिवर्धनम् ॥२८॥

28. sa samāsādya māṁ tatra priyakārī priyaṁvadaḥ ,
abravīditi māṁ bhīṣma vacanaṁ prītivardhanam.

28. saḥ samāsādya mām tatra priyakārī priyaṃvadaḥ
abravīt iti mām bhīṣma vacanam prītivardhanam

28. O Bhīṣma, that pleasing and amiable friend, having approached me there, spoke these words that fostered affection.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - Refers to Yajñasena. (He, that one)

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - Having approached the speaker. (Having approached, having reached, having met)

• माम् (mām) - The speaker as the object of approach. (Me)

• तत्र (tatra) - Refers to the location where the meeting happened. (There, in that place)

• प्रियकारी (priyakārī) - Doing what is dear, pleasing, benevolent

• प्रियंवदः (priyaṁvadaḥ) - Speaking kindly, amiable, pleasant-speaking

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - He spoke, he said

• इति (iti) - Precedes or follows reported speech. (Thus, so, in this manner)

• माम् (mām) - The speaker as the recipient of the words. (Me, to me)

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - An address to Bhīṣma by the narrator. (O Bhīṣma!)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - The words that were spoken. (Word, speech, statement)

• प्रीतिवर्धनम् (prītivardhanam) - Describes the nature of the words spoken. (Increasing affection, fostering love, pleasing)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - Refers to Yajñasena. (He, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - Having approached the speaker. (Having approached, having reached, having met)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √sad (to sit, approach) with prefixes sam and ā, and suffix -ya (after prefix).

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

माम् (mām) - The speaker as the object of approach. (Me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Note: Object of 'samāsādya'.

तत्र (tatra) - Refers to the location where the meeting happened. (There, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from 'tad' (that).

प्रियकारी (priyakārī) - Doing what is dear, pleasing, benevolent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of priyakārin

priyakārin - doing what is dear or agreeable, benevolent, pleasing

Agent noun/adjective from √kṛ with priya

From √kṛ (to do) with priya (dear), forming an agent noun with suffix -in.

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (priya+kārin)

• priya – dear, beloved, pleasing
  adjective (masculine)
• kārin – doing, making, performing (agent noun)
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  From √kṛ (to do) with suffix -in.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies the subject 'saḥ'.

प्रियंवदः (priyaṁvadaḥ) - Speaking kindly, amiable, pleasant-speaking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of priyaṃvada

priyaṁvada - speaking kindly, amiable, pleasant-spoken

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (priyam+vada)

• priyam – pleasingly, kindly (adverbial form of priya)
  indeclinable
• vada – speaking, speaker (from √vad)
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  From √vad (to speak).
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Modifies the subject 'saḥ'.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - He spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root verb (brū, 2nd class)

Root: brū (class 2)

इति (iti) - Precedes or follows reported speech. (Thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Placed after the object of speech 'vacanam'.

माम् (mām) - The speaker as the recipient of the words. (Me, to me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Note: Object of 'abravīt' (spoke to me).

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - An address to Bhīṣma by the narrator. (O Bhīṣma!)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of Bhīṣma

Bhīṣma - Proper name, a prominent character in the Mahābhārata, son of Śāntanu.

वचनम् (vacanam) - The words that were spoken. (Word, speech, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, saying, speech, word, statement, sentence

Noun of action

From √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

प्रीतिवर्धनम् (prītivardhanam) - Describes the nature of the words spoken. (Increasing affection, fostering love, pleasing)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prītivardhana

prītivardhana - increasing affection, delighting, pleasing, fostering love

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prīti+vardhana)

• prīti – pleasure, joy, love, affection, satisfaction
  noun (feminine)
  From √prī (to please, love).
  Root: prī (class 4)
• vardhana – increasing, growing, causing to grow, fostering
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  From √vṛdh (to grow, increase) with suffix -ana.
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vacanam'.