महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-199, verse-2

गमनं चापि युक्तं स्याद्गृहमेषां महात्मनाम् ।
न तु तावन्मया युक्तमेतद्वक्तुं स्वयं गिरा ॥२॥

2. gamanaṁ cāpi yuktaṁ syādgṛhameṣāṁ mahātmanām ,
na tu tāvanmayā yuktametadvaktuṁ svayaṁ girā.

2. gamanam ca api yuktam syāt gṛham eṣām mahātmanām
na tu tāvat mayā yuktam etat vaktum svayam girā

2. It would also be proper for these great-souled ones to return home. However, it is not yet fitting for me to utter this myself, with my own words.

Words meanings summery:

• गमनम् (gamanam) - going, departure, return

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - proper, fitting, appropriate

• स्यात् (syāt) - it would be, let it be

• गृहम् (gṛham) - home, house

• एषाम् (eṣām) - of these, their

• महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled ones, of the noble ones

• न (na) - not

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• तावत् (tāvat) - as yet, so far, meanwhile

• मया (mayā) - by me

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - proper, fitting, appropriate

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the act of speaking)

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally, by myself

• गिरा (girā) - with speech, with words, with my voice

Words meanings and morphology

गमनम् (gamanam) - going, departure, return

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gamana

gamana - going, moving, walking, departure

Action noun

From root gam (to go) + suffix -ana

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

युक्तम् (yuktam) - proper, fitting, appropriate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, fit, proper, suitable, engaged in

Past Passive Participle

From root yuj (to join, to yoke)

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Predicate adjective for "gamanam"

स्यात् (syāt) - it would be, let it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Optative mode

vidhi-liṅ (optative) of as

Root: as (class 2)

गृहम् (gṛham) - home, house

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Used adverbially to indicate direction or destination. "gamanam gṛham" = "going home".

एषाम् (eṣām) - of these, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas

महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled ones, of the noble ones

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, exalted, magnanimous

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, extensive
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, ego (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Qualifies "eṣām"

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates contrast

तावत् (tāvat) - as yet, so far, meanwhile

(indeclinable)

Root: tad

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Agent of "vaktum" (to be said by me)

युक्तम् (yuktam) - proper, fitting, appropriate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, fit, proper, suitable, engaged in

Past Passive Participle

From root yuj (to join, to yoke)

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Predicate adjective for "etat" (this is proper)

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the act of speaking)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally, by myself

(indeclinable)

Root: sva

गिरा (girā) - with speech, with words, with my voice

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of gir

gir - speech, word, voice

Root: gṛ (class 6)