महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-124, verse-5

यदा तु मन्यसे कालं यस्मिन्देशे यथा यथा ।
तथा तथा विधानाय स्वयमाज्ञापयस्व माम् ॥५॥

5. yadā tu manyase kālaṁ yasmindeśe yathā yathā ,
tathā tathā vidhānāya svayamājñāpayasva mām.

5. yadā tu manyase kālam yasmin deśe yathā yathā
tathā tathā vidhānāya svayam ājñāpayasva mām

5. But whenever you deem the time appropriate, and in whatever place and manner (it is to be done), then you yourself instruct me for its performance.

Words meanings summery:

• यदा (yadā) - when, whenever, at which time

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider, you believe

• कालम् (kālam) - time, season, appropriate moment

• यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which

• देशे (deśe) - in the place, in the region

• यथा (yathā) - as, like, in which manner

• यथा (yathā) - as, like, in which manner

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• विधानाय (vidhānāya) - for the arrangement, for the performance, for the regulation

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally, by oneself

• आज्ञापयस्व (ājñāpayasva) - you command, instruct

• माम् (mām) - me

Words meanings and morphology

यदा (yadā) - when, whenever, at which time

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider, you believe

(verb)

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

Root: man (class 4)

कालम् (kālam) - time, season, appropriate moment

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, appropriate time, death

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Agrees with 'deśe'

देशे (deśe) - in the place, in the region

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, region, country, spot

यथा (yathā) - as, like, in which manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Used twice for emphasis (yathā yathā)

यथा (yathā) - as, like, in which manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Used twice for emphasis (yathā yathā)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Used twice for emphasis (tathā tathā)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Used twice for emphasis (tathā tathā)

विधानाय (vidhānāya) - for the arrangement, for the performance, for the regulation

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of vidhāna

vidhāna - arrangement, ordinance, rule, performance, method

Root: dhā (class 3)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally, by oneself

(indeclinable)

आज्ञापयस्व (ājñāpayasva) - you command, instruct

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of ājñāpay

Causative verb

Causative of root jñā with upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, us