महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-57, verse-70

स मातरमुपस्थाय तपस्येव मनो दधे ।
स्मृतोऽहं दर्शयिष्यामि कृत्येष्विति च सोऽब्रवीत् ॥७०॥

70. sa mātaramupasthāya tapasyeva mano dadhe ,
smṛto'haṁ darśayiṣyāmi kṛtyeṣviti ca so'bravīt.

70. saḥ mātaram upasthāya tapasi eva manaḥ dadhe smṛtaḥ
aham darśayiṣyāmi kṛtyeṣu iti ca saḥ abravīt

70. He approached his mother and dedicated his mind to asceticism. And he said, 'I shall appear for your tasks whenever I am remembered.'

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - He (referring to Vyāsa) (he, that)

• मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

• उपस्थाय (upasthāya) - having approached (having approached, having stood near)

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

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

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect)

• दधे (dadhe) - fixed, dedicated (placed, fixed, held)

• स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - whenever I am remembered (remembered)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• दर्शयिष्यामि (darśayiṣyāmi) - I will appear (I will show, I will make seen, I will appear)

• कृत्येषु (kṛtyeṣu) - for your tasks, in your affairs (in deeds, in duties, in affairs, in tasks)

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of the quote) (thus, in this manner (marks a quote))

• च (ca) - and

• सः (saḥ) - He (Vyāsa) (he, that)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said (he spoke, he said)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - He (referring to Vyāsa) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: From tad (masc. nom. sg.)

मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

उपस्थाय (upasthāya) - having approached (having approached, having stood near)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

upa + sthā + lyap

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

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

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - heat, penance, asceticism

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought

दधे (dadhe) - fixed, dedicated (placed, fixed, held)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of dhā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Perfect 3rd singular middle voice.

स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - whenever I am remembered (remembered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛta

smṛ - to remember

past participle

smṛ + kta

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Masculine nominative singular, refers to aham

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: First person singular nominative

दर्शयिष्यामि (darśayiṣyāmi) - I will appear (I will show, I will make seen, I will appear)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of darśaya

causative

causative stem darśaya-

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Causative future 1st singular active.

कृत्येषु (kṛtyeṣu) - for your tasks, in your affairs (in deeds, in duties, in affairs, in tasks)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of kṛtya

kṛtya - duty, task, affair, deed, to be done

future passive participle

kṛ + ṇyat

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Locative plural neuter, meaning "in duties/tasks".

इति (iti) - (marks the end of the quote) (thus, in this manner (marks a quote))

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - He (Vyāsa) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: From tad (masc. nom. sg.)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said (he spoke, he said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Imperfect 3rd singular active.