महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-32, verse-17

शेष उवाच ।
एष एव वरो मेऽद्य काङ्क्षितः प्रपितामह ।
धर्मे मे रमतां बुद्धिः शमे तपसि चेश्वर ॥१७॥

17. śeṣa uvāca ,
eṣa eva varo me'dya kāṅkṣitaḥ prapitāmaha ,
dharme me ramatāṁ buddhiḥ śame tapasi ceśvara.

17. śeṣa uvāca | eṣa eva varaḥ me adya kāṅkṣitaḥ prapitāmaha
| dharme me ramatām buddhiḥ śame tapasi ca īśvara

17. Śeṣa said: "O Great-Grandfather, this is indeed the boon desired by me today: O Lord, may my intellect delight in righteousness, in tranquility, and in penance."

Words meanings summery:

• शेष (śeṣa) - Śeṣa (Śeṣa (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• एष (eṣa) - This (one) (this (masculine))

• एव (eva) - indeed, precisely (indeed, only, just)

• वरः (varaḥ) - boon (boon, blessing)

• मे (me) - by me (by me, my)

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• काङ्क्षितः (kāṅkṣitaḥ) - desired (desired, wished for)

• प्रपितामह (prapitāmaha) - O Great-Grandfather (O great-grandfather (Brahma))

• धर्मे (dharme) - in righteousness (in dharma, in righteousness)

• मे (me) - my

• रमताम् (ramatām) - let it delight, let it be fixed (let it delight, let it be pleased, let it dwell)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (intellect, understanding, mind)

• शमे (śame) - in tranquility (in tranquility, in peace)

• तपसि (tapasi) - in penance (in austerity, in penance)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ईश्वर (īśvara) - O Lord (O Lord, O master)

Words meanings and morphology

शेष (śeṣa) - Śeṣa (Śeṣa (proper noun))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śeṣa

śeṣa - Śeṣa (name of the cosmic serpent), remainder, remnant

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

एष (eṣa) - This (one) (this (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

demonstrative pronoun

एव (eva) - indeed, precisely (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

वरः (varaḥ) - boon (boon, blessing)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, blessing, best, excellent, desired object

मे (me) - by me (by me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

1st person pronoun

Note: Acts as agent for the past passive participle 'kāṅkṣitaḥ'.

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

काङ्क्षितः (kāṅkṣitaḥ) - desired (desired, wished for)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāṅkṣita

kāṅkṣita - desired, wished for, longed for

past passive participle

from root kāṅkṣ

Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

प्रपितामह (prapitāmaha) - O Great-Grandfather (O great-grandfather (Brahma))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prapitāmaha

prapitāmaha - great-grandfather, Brahma (as the great ancestor)

Note: Refers to Brahma.

धर्मे (dharme) - in righteousness (in dharma, in righteousness)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, law, virtue, religion, justice

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

मे (me) - my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

1st person pronoun

रमताम् (ramatām) - let it delight, let it be fixed (let it delight, let it be pleased, let it dwell)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of ram

Root: ram (class 1)

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (intellect, understanding, mind)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, mind, thought

action noun

from root budh

Root: budh (class 1)

शमे (śame) - in tranquility (in tranquility, in peace)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śama

śama - tranquility, calm, peace, quiet, self-restraint

action noun

from root śam

Root: śam (class 1)

तपसि (tapasi) - in penance (in austerity, in penance)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat, spiritual fervor

Root: tap (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

ईश्वर (īśvara) - O Lord (O Lord, O master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, controller, supreme being

from root īś (to be master)

Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Refers to Brahma.