महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-196, verse-6

उचितत्वं प्रियत्वं च योगस्यापि च वर्णयेत् ।
पुनः पुनश्च कौन्तेयान्माद्रीपुत्रौ च सान्त्वयन् ॥६॥

6. ucitatvaṁ priyatvaṁ ca yogasyāpi ca varṇayet ,
punaḥ punaśca kaunteyānmādrīputrau ca sāntvayan.

6. ucitatvam priyatvam ca yogasya api ca varṇayet
punaḥ punaḥ ca kaunteyān mādrīputrau ca sāntvayan

6. He should describe the suitability and pleasantness of the alliance (yoga), and repeatedly console the sons of Kunti and the two sons of Madri.

Words meanings summery:

• उचितत्वम् (ucitatvam) - appropriateness, suitability

• प्रियत्वम् (priyatvam) - pleasantness, dearness, amiability

• च (ca) - and, also

• योगस्य (yogasya) - of the alliance, of the union (yoga)

• अपि (api) - also, even

• च (ca) - and, also

• वर्णयेत् (varṇayet) - he should describe, he should praise

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• च (ca) - and

• कौन्तेयान् (kaunteyān) - Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna (the sons of Kunti (accusative plural))

• माद्रीपुत्रौ (mādrīputrau) - Nakula and Sahadeva (the two sons of Madri (accusative dual))

• च (ca) - and

• सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - consoling, pacifying

Words meanings and morphology

उचितत्वम् (ucitatvam) - appropriateness, suitability

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ucitatva

ucitatva - appropriateness, suitability

from ucita + tva (abstract noun suffix)

Root: vac

Note: Object of varṇayet.

प्रियत्वम् (priyatvam) - pleasantness, dearness, amiability

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of priyatva

priyatva - pleasantness, dearness, amiability

from priya + tva (abstract noun suffix)

Root: prī

Note: Object of varṇayet.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

योगस्य (yogasya) - of the alliance, of the union (yoga)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yoga

yoga - union, conjunction, alliance, spiritual discipline (yoga)

from yuj + ghañ

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies ucitatvam and priyatvam.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the description of yoga with the act of consoling.

वर्णयेत् (varṇayet) - he should describe, he should praise

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of varṇ

optative

3rd person singular optative, from root varṇ (denom. from varṇa)

Root: vṛ

Note: Subject is the messenger.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

Used twice for emphasis to mean 'again and again'.

Note: Adverb modifying sāntvayan.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

Used twice for emphasis to mean 'again and again'.

Note: Adverb modifying sāntvayan.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects varṇayet and sāntvayan.

कौन्तेयान् (kaunteyān) - Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna (the sons of Kunti (accusative plural))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti

Taddhita derivative from Kunti

Note: Object of sāntvayan.

माद्रीपुत्रौ (mādrīputrau) - Nakula and Sahadeva (the two sons of Madri (accusative dual))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of mādrīputra

mādrīputra - son of Madri

From Mādrī and putra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mādrī+putra)

• mādrī – Madri (name of Pandu's second wife)
  proper noun (feminine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of sāntvayan.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects Kaunteyān and Mādrīputrau.

सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - consoling, pacifying

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāntvayan

sāntvayan - consoling, pacifying

Present Active Participle

from sāntv (denom. from sāntva) + śatṛ

Note: Describes the messenger's action.