महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-142

विदुरो यत्र वाक्यानि विचित्राणि हितानि च ।
श्रावयामास राजानं धृतराष्ट्रं मनीषिणम् ॥१४२॥

142. viduro yatra vākyāni vicitrāṇi hitāni ca ,
śrāvayāmāsa rājānaṁ dhṛtarāṣṭraṁ manīṣiṇam.

142. viduraḥ yatra vākyāni vicitrāṇi hitāni ca
śrāvayāmāsa rājānam dhṛtarāṣṭram manīṣiṇam

142. Then Vidura related diverse and beneficial words to the wise King Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

Words meanings summery:

• विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's half-brother and advisor) (Vidura (proper name))

• यत्र (yatra) - then, at that point (where, in which case, when)

• वाक्यानि (vākyāni) - words of counsel, discourses (words, speeches, sentences)

• विचित्राणि (vicitrāṇi) - varied and thoughtful (varied, diverse, wonderful, intricate)

• हितानि (hitāni) - beneficial, wholesome (beneficial, salutary, agreeable)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• श्रावयामास (śrāvayāmāsa) - recited, made to hear (caused to hear, recited, narrated)

• राजानम् (rājānam) - King (king, ruler)

• धृतराष्ट्रम् (dhṛtarāṣṭram) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Dhṛtarāṣṭra (proper name))

• मनीषिणम् (manīṣiṇam) - the wise one (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (wise, intelligent, thoughtful)

Words meanings and morphology

विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's half-brother and advisor) (Vidura (proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidura

vidura - Vidura (a wise character in the Mahābhārata, half-brother to Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Pāṇḍu)

'skilful, clever, wise' (from root vid 'to know')

Root: vid (class 2)

यत्र (yatra) - then, at that point (where, in which case, when)

(indeclinable)

वाक्यानि (vākyāni) - words of counsel, discourses (words, speeches, sentences)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

from vac (to speak) + ya (suffix)

Root: vac (class 2)

विचित्राणि (vicitrāṇi) - varied and thoughtful (varied, diverse, wonderful, intricate)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vicitra

vicitra - variegated, diverse, wonderful, strange, beautiful, intricate

from vi + citra (clear, bright, variegated)

Prefix: vi

Root: cit

Note: Qualifies vākyāni.

हितानि (hitāni) - beneficial, wholesome (beneficial, salutary, agreeable)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of hita

hita - beneficial, salutary, good, agreeable, suitable

past participle passive

from root dhā (to place, to hold) -> hita (placed, but also 'beneficial' from a different derivation/sense)

Root: dhā (class 3)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

श्रावयामास (śrāvayāmāsa) - recited, made to hear (caused to hear, recited, narrated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of śru

causative perfect

Perfect active 3rd person singular, from causative of root śru (śrāvaya) with auxiliary kṛ ('āmāsa').

Root: śru (class 5)

राजानम् (rājānam) - King (king, ruler)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Root: rāj (class 1)

धृतराष्ट्रम् (dhṛtarāṣṭram) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Dhṛtarāṣṭra (proper name))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (the blind king, father of the Kauravas)

literally 'he who holds the kingdom'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhṛta+rāṣṭra)

• dhṛta – held, supported
  adjective (masculine)
  past participle
  from root dhṛ 'to hold'
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• rāṣṭra – kingdom, realm, country
  noun (neuter)

मनीषिणम् (manīṣiṇam) - the wise one (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (wise, intelligent, thoughtful)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of manīṣin

manīṣin - intelligent, wise, thoughtful, sagacious

possessive suffix -in

from manīṣā (intellect, wisdom) + in (suffix)

Root: man

Note: Qualifies rājānam and Dhṛtarāṣṭram.