महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-143, verse-16

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वं हिडिम्बे नात्र संशयः ।
स्थातव्यं तु त्वया धर्मे यथा ब्रूयां सुमध्यमे ॥१६॥

16. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
evametadyathāttha tvaṁ hiḍimbe nātra saṁśayaḥ ,
sthātavyaṁ tu tvayā dharme yathā brūyāṁ sumadhyame.

16. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca evam etat
yathā āttha tvam hiḍimbe na atra
saṃśayaḥ sthātavyam tu tvayā
dharme yathā brūyām sumadhyame

16. Yudhiṣṭhira said: "This is indeed so, just as you have said, Hiḍimbā. There is no doubt in this. But you must remain in the natural law (dharma) as I shall instruct, O fair-waisted one."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of a Pāṇḍava prince)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, indeed

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

• आत्थ (āttha) - you have said

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• हिडिम्बे (hiḍimbe) - O Hiḍimbā

• न (na) - not, no

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this (matter)

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

• स्थातव्यम् (sthātavyam) - must be stood, one must remain

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• धर्मे (dharme) - in the natural law, in duty

• यथा (yathā) - as, in the manner that

• ब्रूयाम् (brūyām) - I might speak, I might say, I shall instruct

• सुमध्यमे (sumadhyame) - O fair-waisted one, O slender-waisted one

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of a Pāṇḍava prince)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - steady in battle (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)

Compound type : aluk-tatpurusha (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  noun (feminine)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd singular active of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, indeed

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

आत्थ (āttha) - you have said

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of ah

Perfect Active

Irregular perfect 2nd singular active, derived from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

हिडिम्बे (hiḍimbe) - O Hiḍimbā

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of hiḍimbā

hiḍimbā - name of a female rākṣasa (demoness), sister of Hiḍimba

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this (matter)

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

स्थातव्यम् (sthātavyam) - must be stood, one must remain

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthātavya

sthātavya - to be stood, to be remained, one must stand/remain

Gerundive

From root sthā (to stand) with -tavya suffix

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used impersonally in construction with instrumental agent (tvayā).

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

धर्मे (dharme) - in the natural law, in duty

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom

Root: dhṛ

यथा (yathā) - as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

ब्रूयाम् (brūyām) - I might speak, I might say, I shall instruct

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

सुमध्यमे (sumadhyame) - O fair-waisted one, O slender-waisted one

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of sumadhyamā

sumadhyamā - fair-waisted, slender-waisted (epithet for a beautiful woman)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+madhyama)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• madhyamā – middle, waist
  noun (feminine)