महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-123, verse-59

मद्वाक्यसमकालं ते मोक्तव्योऽत्र भवेच्छरः ।
वितत्य कार्मुकं पुत्र तिष्ठ तावन्मुहूर्तकम् ॥५९॥

59. madvākyasamakālaṁ te moktavyo'tra bhaveccharaḥ ,
vitatya kārmukaṁ putra tiṣṭha tāvanmuhūrtakam.

59. madvākya samakālam te moktavyaḥ atra bhavet śaraḥ
vitatya kārmukam putra tiṣṭha tāvat muhūrtakam

59. An arrow should be released by you here precisely at the same time as my command. Having strung your bow, my son, wait for a moment.

Words meanings summery:

• मद्वाक्य (madvākya) - my word, my speech

• समकालम् (samakālam) - at the same time

• ते (te) - by you

• मोक्तव्यः (moktavyaḥ) - should be released, must be let go

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, might be

• शरः (śaraḥ) - arrow

• वितत्य (vitatya) - having strung (the bow)

• कार्मुकम् (kārmukam) - bow

• पुत्र (putra) - O son, son

• तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - stand, wait

• तावत् (tāvat) - for so long, for a while

• मुहूर्तकम् (muhūrtakam) - for a little moment

Words meanings and morphology

मद्वाक्य (madvākya) - my word, my speech

(compound noun)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (mad+vākya)

• mad – my, mine
  pronoun
  Derived from asmad (I)
• vākya – word, speech, sentence, statement
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive (karmaṇi pratyaya)
  Derived from root vac (to speak) with suffix -ya
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Acts as the first part of a larger compound madvākya-samakālam. The samakālam makes it adverbial.

समकालम् (samakālam) - at the same time

(compound adjective)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (sama+kāla)

• sama – same, equal, similar
  adjective (masculine)
• kāla – time, period, season
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kal

ते (te) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Alternate form for instrumental singular tvayā

मोक्तव्यः (moktavyaḥ) - should be released, must be let go

(Gerundive)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, might be

(verb)

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

Optative Mood, Parasmaipada

Root bhū (to be) in optative mood

Root: bhū (class 1)

शरः (śaraḥ) - arrow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śara

śara - arrow, reed, rush

Root: śṛ

वितत्य (vitatya) - having strung (the bow)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root tan (to stretch, spread) with prefix vi- and suffix -tya

Prefix: vi

Root: tan (class 8)

कार्मुकम् (kārmukam) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārmuka

kārmuka - bow (weapon), made of kārmuka wood

पुत्र (putra) - O son, son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - stand, wait

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of sthā

Imperative Mood, Parasmaipada

Root sthā (to stand) in imperative mood, 2nd person singular. Present stem tiṣṭha-

Root: sthā (class 1)

तावत् (tāvat) - for so long, for a while

(indeclinable)

मुहूर्तकम् (muhūrtakam) - for a little moment

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of muhūrtaka

muhūrtaka - a short moment, a little while

Diminutive of muhūrta with suffix -ka