महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-49, verse-3

आस्तीक उवाच ।
किंनिमित्तं मम पितुर्दत्ता त्वं मातुलेन मे ।
तन्ममाचक्ष्व तत्त्वेन श्रुत्वा कर्तास्मि तत्तथा ॥३॥

3. āstīka uvāca ,
kiṁnimittaṁ mama piturdattā tvaṁ mātulena me ,
tanmamācakṣva tattvena śrutvā kartāsmi tattathā.

3. āstīkaḥ uvāca | kim nimittam mama pituḥ dattā tvam mātulena
me | tat mama ācakṣva tattvena śrutvā kartā asmi tat tathā

3. Āstīka said: "For what purpose were you given to my father by my maternal uncle? Please tell me that truthfully; after hearing it, I will do it accordingly."

Words meanings summery:

• आस्तीकः (āstīkaḥ) - Āstīka (Āstīka (name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (spoke, said)

• किम् (kim) - what? (what? why?)

• निमित्तम् (nimittam) - purpose (cause, reason, purpose)

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• पितुः (pituḥ) - to my father (of the father, to the father)

• दत्ता (dattā) - were given (given)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Jaratkāru) (you)

• मातुलेन (mātulena) - by my maternal uncle (Vāsuki) (by the maternal uncle)

• मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my)

• तत् (tat) - that (purpose) (that)

• मम (mama) - to me (to me, for me)

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - please tell (tell, narrate)

• तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truthfully, exactly (truly, in truth, precisely)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - after hearing it (having heard, after hearing)

• कर्ता (kartā) - I will do (doer, maker, will do)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• तत् (tat) - that (what should be done) (that)

• तथा (tathā) - accordingly (in that way, accordingly)

Words meanings and morphology

आस्तीकः (āstīkaḥ) - Āstīka (Āstīka (name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āstīka

āstīka - name of a sage, son of Jaratkāru

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (spoke, said)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what? (what? why?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? who? which?

Note: Adverbial usage with nimittam, 'for what purpose'.

निमित्तम् (nimittam) - purpose (cause, reason, purpose)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nimitta

nimitta - cause, reason, purpose, sign

Note: Used adverbially with kim, 'for what purpose'.

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Modifies pituḥ and mātulena.

पितुः (pituḥ) - to my father (of the father, to the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Genitive used in the sense of dative.

दत्ता (dattā) - were given (given)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dā

dā - to give

past passive participle

from root dā- 'to give'

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with tvam (referring to Jaratkāru).

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Jaratkāru) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of the implied verb (asi) and agrees with dattā.

मातुलेन (mātulena) - by my maternal uncle (Vāsuki) (by the maternal uncle)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mātula

mātula - maternal uncle

Note: Agent in the passive construction.

मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Modifies mātulena.

तत् (tat) - that (purpose) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of ācakṣva.

मम (mama) - to me (to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Used as dative here, 'tell *to me*'.

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - please tell (tell, narrate)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of cakṣ

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Command to Jaratkāru.

तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truthfully, exactly (truly, in truth, precisely)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, principle, essence

Note: Adverbial, 'by means of truth'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - after hearing it (having heard, after hearing)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root śru- 'to hear'

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Indicates prior action.

कर्ता (kartā) - I will do (doer, maker, will do)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛ

kṛ - to do, to make, to perform

agent noun / future participle

agent noun formed from root kṛ- 'to do', used here as a future participle (nominative masculine singular)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with the implied 'aham'. Forms a periphrastic future with 'asmi'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Combines with kartā to form a future tense.

तत् (tat) - that (what should be done) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of kartā.

तथा (tathā) - accordingly (in that way, accordingly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying kartā asmi.