महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-193, verse-19

एषा मम मतिस्तात निग्रहाय प्रवर्तते ।
साधु वा यदि वासाधु किं वा राधेय मन्यसे ॥१९॥

19. eṣā mama matistāta nigrahāya pravartate ,
sādhu vā yadi vāsādhu kiṁ vā rādheya manyase.

19. eṣā mama matiḥ tāta nigrahāya pravartate
sādhu vā yadi vā asādhu kim vā rādheya manyase

19. This is my opinion, dear one, concerning their suppression. Whether it is right or wrong, O son of Rādhā, what do you think?

Words meanings summery:

• एषा (eṣā) - this

• मम (mama) - my, mine, of me

• मतिः (matiḥ) - opinion, thought, mind, understanding

• तात (tāta) - dear one (as a term of affectionate address) (dear one, father, son)

• निग्रहाय (nigrahāya) - for suppressing (the Pāṇḍavas) (for restraining, for suppressing, for punishment)

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, is engaged, is directed, acts

• साधु (sādhu) - good, right, proper, virtuous

• वा (vā) - or, and

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• वा (vā) - or, and

• असाधु (asādhu) - bad, wrong, improper, wicked

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• वा (vā) - or, and

• राधेय (rādheya) - O son of Rādhā (Karṇa), as a vocative (son of Rādhā, Karṇa)

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

Words meanings and morphology

एषा (eṣā) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etas

etas - this

मम (mama) - my, mine, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

मतिः (matiḥ) - opinion, thought, mind, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, thought, intelligence, opinion, purpose

From root man (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

तात (tāta) - dear one (as a term of affectionate address) (dear one, father, son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, respected person (often used affectionately or respectfully)

निग्रहाय (nigrahāya) - for suppressing (the Pāṇḍavas) (for restraining, for suppressing, for punishment)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of nigraha

nigraha - restraint, suppression, punishment, subjugation

From root grah (to seize, hold) with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, is engaged, is directed, acts

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pravartate

Present Indicative 3rd Singular

Root vṛt (to turn, exist) with prefix pra; middle voice, present tense, 3rd person singular.

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

साधु (sādhu) - good, right, proper, virtuous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, right, proper, virtuous, excellent, saint

Root: sādh (class 5)

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

असाधु (asādhu) - bad, wrong, improper, wicked

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asādhu

asādhu - bad, wrong, wicked, improper

Compound of a (negation) + sādhu (good)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sādhu)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• sādhu – good, right, proper, virtuous
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sādh (class 5)

किम् (kim) - what, why

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

राधेय (rādheya) - O son of Rādhā (Karṇa), as a vocative (son of Rādhā, Karṇa)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rādheya

rādheya - son of Rādhā (Karṇa)

Derived from Rādhā with patronymic suffix

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

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of manyase

Present Indicative 2nd Singular

Root man (to think) in the middle voice, present tense, 2nd person singular.

Root: man (class 4)