महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-65, verse-6

यथावदर्चयित्वा सा पृष्ट्वा चानामयं तदा ।
उवाच स्मयमानेव किं कार्यं क्रियतामिति ॥६॥

6. yathāvadarcayitvā sā pṛṣṭvā cānāmayaṁ tadā ,
uvāca smayamāneva kiṁ kāryaṁ kriyatāmiti.

6. yathāvat arcayitvā sā pṛṣṭvā ca anāmayam tadā
uvāca smayamānā iva kim kāryam kriyatām iti

6. After duly worshipping him and then inquiring about his well-being, she spoke, as if smiling, "What work should be done?"

Words meanings summery:

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - duly (properly, duly, according to rule)

• अर्चयित्वा (arcayitvā) - having worshipped (having worshipped, having honored)

• सा (sā) - she (she, that (feminine singular))

• पृष्ट्वा (pṛṣṭvā) - having asked (having asked, having inquired)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अनामयम् (anāmayam) - well-being (well-being, health, freedom from illness)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• उवाच (uvāca) - she spoke (he/she spoke, said)

• स्मयमाना (smayamānā) - smiling (smiling, laughing (feminine))

• इव (iva) - as if (as if, like)

• किम् (kim) - what (what, why, which)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - task, work (work, task, duty; to be done)

• क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - may it be done (let it be done, may it be done)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, end of quote)

Words meanings and morphology

यथावत् (yathāvat) - duly (properly, duly, according to rule)

(indeclinable)

Derived from yathā (as) + -vat (like, according to)

अर्चयित्वा (arcayitvā) - having worshipped (having worshipped, having honored)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from verb root arc with suffix -tvā

Root: arc (class 1)

सा (sā) - she (she, that (feminine singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पृष्ट्वा (pṛṣṭvā) - having asked (having asked, having inquired)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from verb root prach with suffix -tvā

Root: prach (class 6)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अनामयम् (anāmayam) - well-being (well-being, health, freedom from illness)

(common noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anāmaya

anāmaya - freedom from illness, health, well-being

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+āmaya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• āmaya – illness, sickness
  common noun (masculine/neuter)

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - she spoke (he/she spoke, said)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

3rd person singular Perfect Active from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

स्मयमाना (smayamānā) - smiling (smiling, laughing (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of smayamāna

smayamāna - smiling, laughing (present middle participle)

Present Middle Participle

Derived from verb root smi (to smile) with śānac suffix, middle voice

Root: smi (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if (as if, like)

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what (what, why, which)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, why

कार्यम् (kāryam) - task, work (work, task, duty; to be done)

(common noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, what should be done, duty, task

Gerundive

Derived from root kṛ (to do) with ṇyat suffix, meaning 'to be done'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - may it be done (let it be done, may it be done)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Imperative Passive

3rd person singular Imperative Passive from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, end of quote)

(indeclinable)