महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-188, verse-17

कुन्त्युवाच ।
एवमेतद्यथाहायं धर्मचारी युधिष्ठिरः ।
अनृतान्मे भयं तीव्रं मुच्येयमनृतात्कथम् ॥१७॥

17. kuntyuvāca ,
evametadyathāhāyaṁ dharmacārī yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ,
anṛtānme bhayaṁ tīvraṁ mucyeyamanṛtātkatham.

17. kuntī uvāca evam etat yathā āha ayam dharmacārī
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ anṛtāt me bhayam tīvram mucyeyam anṛtāt katham

17. Kunti said, "This is exactly as Yudhishthira, the performer of his duty (dharma), has stated. I have an intense fear of untruth. How can I be liberated (mokṣa) from this untruth?"

Words meanings summery:

• कुन्ती (kuntī) - Kunti

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, exactly so

• एतत् (etat) - this

• यथा (yathā) - as, like, just as

• आह (āha) - said, spoke

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• धर्मचारी (dharmacārī) - one who practices (dharma), righteous person, performer of duty

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

• अनृतात् (anṛtāt) - from untruth, from falsehood

• मे (me) - for me, to me, my

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear

• तीव्रम् (tīvram) - intense, severe, sharp

• मुच्येयम् (mucyeyam) - may I be freed, I might be liberated

• अनृतात् (anṛtāt) - from untruth, from falsehood

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what way?

Words meanings and morphology

कुन्ती (kuntī) - Kunti

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kuntī

kuntī - Kunti (a proper noun, name of Pandu's wife and mother of the Pandavas)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, exactly so

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

यथा (yathā) - as, like, just as

(indeclinable)

आह (āha) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of ah

Root: ah (class 2)

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

धर्मचारी (dharmacārī) - one who practices (dharma), righteous person, performer of duty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmacārin

dharmacārin - practicing (dharma), righteous, dutiful

Derived from 'dharma' and root 'car' (to go, to act) with agentive suffix -in

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+cārin)

• dharma – constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, cosmic order
  noun (masculine)
• cārin – going, moving, practicing, performer
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from 'car' with suffix '-in'
  Root: car (class 1)

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (the eldest Pandava brother), steady in battle

अनृतात् (anṛtāt) - from untruth, from falsehood

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untruth, falsehood, lie

मे (me) - for me, to me, my

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

भयम् (bhayam) - fear

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, apprehension

तीव्रम् (tīvram) - intense, severe, sharp

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tīvra

tīvra - intense, sharp, severe, vehement

मुच्येयम् (mucyeyam) - may I be freed, I might be liberated

(verb)

1st person , singular, passive, optative (liṅ) of muc

Optative form in passive voice

Root: muc (class 6)

अनृतात् (anṛtāt) - from untruth, from falsehood

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untruth, falsehood, lie

कथम् (katham) - how? in what way?

(indeclinable)