महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-214, verse-16

वासुदेव उवाच ।
कुन्तीमातर्ममाप्येतद्रोचते यद्वयं जले ।
सुहृज्जनवृताः पार्थ विहरेम यथासुखम् ॥१६॥

16. vāsudeva uvāca ,
kuntīmātarmamāpyetadrocate yadvayaṁ jale ,
suhṛjjanavṛtāḥ pārtha viharema yathāsukham.

16. vāsudevaḥ uvāca kuntīmātar mama api etat rocatē yat
vayam jale suhṛjjanavṛtāḥ pārtha viharema yathāsukham

16. Vasudeva (Krishna) said: 'O mother Kunti, this is also pleasing to me: that we, surrounded by our friends, O Partha (Arjuna), should sport comfortably in the water.'

Words meanings summery:

• वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Krishna (Vasudeva (a name for Krishna, son of Vasudeva))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कुन्तीमातर् (kuntīmātar) - Addressing Kunti (O mother Kunti)

• मम (mama) - to me, my, for me

• अपि (api) - also, even

• एतत् (etat) - (referring to the proposed activity) (this)

• रोचते (rocate) - is pleasing, is agreeable

• यत् (yat) - introducing a subordinate clause (that (conjunction), which)

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• जले (jale) - in the water

• सुहृज्जनवृताः (suhṛjjanavṛtāḥ) - surrounded by friends, accompanied by well-wishers

• पार्थ (pārtha) - Addressing Arjuna (O son of Pritha (Kunti), O Arjuna)

• विहरेम (viharema) - Expressing a wish or suggestion. (may we sport, let us recreate, we should enjoy)

• यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - according to pleasure, comfortably, as is pleasing

Words meanings and morphology

वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Krishna (Vasudeva (a name for Krishna, son of Vasudeva))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - son of Vasudeva, Krishna

Patronymic adjective from Vasudeva.

Note: Subject of 'said'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense (Liṭ), 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada

Reduplicated perfect form of root `vac`.

Root: vac (class 2)

कुन्तीमातर् (kuntīmātar) - Addressing Kunti (O mother Kunti)

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of kuntīmātṛ

kuntīmātṛ - mother Kunti

Compound noun: Kunti (proper name) + Mātṛ (mother).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kuntī+mātṛ)

• kuntī – Kunti (mother of Pandavas)
  proper noun (feminine)
• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)

Note: The `r` appears from the vocative singular of `ṛ`-ending nouns.

मम (mama) - to me, my, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Dative/Genitive singular of `asmad`. Here dative, as it goes with `rocate`.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - (referring to the proposed activity) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this (thing)

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of `rocate`.

रोचते (rocate) - is pleasing, is agreeable

(verb)

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

Present Tense, 3rd person singular, Atmanepada

Root `ruc` (to shine, to be pleasing), 3rd person singular present ending `te` (Atmanepada).

Root: ruc (class 1)

यत् (yat) - introducing a subordinate clause (that (conjunction), which)

(indeclinable)

Nominative/Accusative singular neuter of relative pronoun `yad`. Functions here as a conjunction.

Note: Can be pronominal (neuter singular nom/acc) but functions as a conjunction here.

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Nominative plural of `asmad`.

Note: Subject of `viharema`.

जले (jale) - in the water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

सुहृज्जनवृताः (suhṛjjanavṛtāḥ) - surrounded by friends, accompanied by well-wishers

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suhṛjjanavṛta

suhṛjjanavṛta - surrounded by friends, accompanied by well-wishers

Compound adjective

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (suhṛd+jana+vṛta)

• suhṛd – friend, well-wisher
  noun (masculine)
• jana – person, people, folk
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• vṛta – surrounded, encompassed, chosen, covered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `vṛ` (to choose, to cover, to surround)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Refers to "we" (`vayam`).

पार्थ (pārtha) - Addressing Arjuna (O son of Pritha (Kunti), O Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pritha (Kunti), Arjuna

Patronymic derived from `pṛthā` (Kunti).

विहरेम (viharema) - Expressing a wish or suggestion. (may we sport, let us recreate, we should enjoy)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of hṛ

Optative (Liṅ), 1st person plural, Parasmaipada

Root `hṛ` with prefix `vi-`. Optative 1st person plural ending `-ema`.

Prefix: vi

Root: hṛ (class 1)

यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - according to pleasure, comfortably, as is pleasing

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound: `yathā` (as) + `sukham` (pleasure/happiness).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+sukha)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• sukha – pleasure, happiness, ease, comfort
  noun (neuter)