महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-145, verse-26

यतितं वै मया पूर्वं यथा त्वं वेत्थ ब्राह्मणि ।
यतः क्षेमं ततो गन्तुं त्वया तु मम न श्रुतम् ॥२६॥

26. yatitaṁ vai mayā pūrvaṁ yathā tvaṁ vettha brāhmaṇi ,
yataḥ kṣemaṁ tato gantuṁ tvayā tu mama na śrutam.

26. yatitam vai mayā pūrvam yathā tvam vettha brāhmaṇi
| yataḥ kṣemam tataḥ gantum tvayā tu mama na śrutam

26. Indeed, I exerted myself previously, O Brāhmaṇi, just as you know. I wanted to go to a place of safety, but you did not listen to me.

Words meanings summery:

• यतितम् (yatitam) - striven, exerted, attempted

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• मया (mayā) - by me

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, before, formerly

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• वेत्थ (vettha) - you know

• ब्राह्मणि (brāhmaṇi) - O Brāhmaṇi

• यतः (yataḥ) - from where, whence, because

• क्षेमम् (kṣemam) - welfare, safety, prosperity

• ततः (tataḥ) - there, thence, then

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• मम (mama) - my, of me, from me

• न (na) - not

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, listened

Words meanings and morphology

यतितम् (yatitam) - striven, exerted, attempted

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yatita

yatita - striven, attempted, exerted

Past Passive Participle

Root: yat (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, before, formerly

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pūrva

pūrva - former, prior, previous, eastern

Note: Used adverbially.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

वेत्थ (vettha) - you know

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vid

Perfect tense, 2nd person singular, derived from archaic stem 'vit'

Root: vid (class 2)

ब्राह्मणि (brāhmaṇi) - O Brāhmaṇi

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of brāhmaṇī

brāhmaṇī - a woman of the Brāhmaṇa caste, a Brāhmaṇi

यतः (yataḥ) - from where, whence, because

(indeclinable)

क्षेमम् (kṣemam) - welfare, safety, prosperity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣema

kṣema - welfare, safety, prosperity, happiness

ततः (tataḥ) - there, thence, then

(indeclinable)

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go

(indeclinable)

infinitive

formed with suffix -tum

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Functions as an indeclinable verbal derivative.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me, from me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Used here idiomatically to mean 'by me' or 'from my words', especially with 'śrutam'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, listened

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, perceived, revealed

Past Passive Participle

Root: śru (class 5)