महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-70, verse-36

तं पुत्रो देवयानेयः पूर्वजो यदुरब्रवीत् ।
किं कार्यं भवतः कार्यमस्माभिर्यौवनेन च ॥३६॥

36. taṁ putro devayāneyaḥ pūrvajo yadurabravīt ,
kiṁ kāryaṁ bhavataḥ kāryamasmābhiryauvanena ca.

36. tam putraḥ devayāneyaḥ pūrvajaḥ yaduḥ abravīt
kim kāryam bhavataḥ kāryam asmābhiḥ yauvanena ca

36. His eldest son, Yadu, the son of Devayani, spoke to him: 'What is your purpose? And what is our purpose with our youth?'

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (Yayāti) (him, that)

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• देवयानेयः (devayāneyaḥ) - son of Devayani

• पूर्वजः (pūrvajaḥ) - eldest (born first, elder, eldest)

• यदुः (yaduḥ) - Yadu (proper name)

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

• किम् (kim) - what (what? why?)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - purpose, task (duty, action, business, purpose, to be done)

• भवतः (bhavataḥ) - your (of you, your (polite))

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - purpose, task (duty, action, business, purpose, to be done)

• अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us

• यौवनेन (yauvanena) - with (our) youth (by youth, with youth)

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (Yayāti) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

देवयानेयः (devayāneyaḥ) - son of Devayani

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of devayāneya

devayāneya - son of Devayani

Patronymic from Devayani

Note: Modifies 'putraḥ'

पूर्वजः (pūrvajaḥ) - eldest (born first, elder, eldest)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūrvaja

pūrvaja - born first, elder, eldest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pūrva+ja)

• pūrva – previous, former, first
  adjective
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  From root √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'putraḥ'

यदुः (yaduḥ) - Yadu (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yadu

yadu - Yadu (a king, son of Yayāti)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (spoke, said)

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what (what? why?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

कार्यम् (kāryam) - purpose, task (duty, action, business, purpose, to be done)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, action, business, purpose

gerundive/passive future participle

From root √kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -ya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भवतः (bhavataḥ) - your (of you, your (polite))

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (polite), your honor

कार्यम् (kāryam) - purpose, task (duty, action, business, purpose, to be done)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, action, business, purpose

gerundive/passive future participle

From root √kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -ya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

यौवनेन (yauvanena) - with (our) youth (by youth, with youth)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yauvana

yauvana - youth, youthfulness

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)