महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-14, verse-22

शेषे ह्यवस्थिते तात पुत्राणामन्तके त्वयि ।
न मे दुःखं भवेदेतद्यदि त्वं धर्ममाचरः ॥२२॥

22. śeṣe hyavasthite tāta putrāṇāmantake tvayi ,
na me duḥkhaṁ bhavedetadyadi tvaṁ dharmamācaraḥ.

22. śeṣe hi avasthite tāta putrāṇām antake tvayi | na
me duḥkham bhavet etat yadi tvam dharmam ācaraḥ

22. tāta,
hi śeṣe avasthite,
putrāṇām antake tvayi,
yadi tvam dharmam ācaraḥ,
etat duḥkham me na bhavet.

22. "O son, if even one (son) had indeed remained, despite you being the annihilator of my sons, this sorrow would not be mine, if you had only practiced your righteous conduct (dharma)."

Words meanings summery:

• शेषे (śeṣe) - if even one (son) remained (in what is left, in the remainder, if one is remaining)

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• अवस्थिते (avasthite) - when remaining (referring to a son) (when standing, when present, when remaining)

• तात (tāta) - O son (Yudhishthira) (O son, dear father)

• पुत्राणाम् (putrāṇām) - of my sons (of the sons)

• अन्तके (antake) - you being the destroyer (in the destroyer, as the destroyer)

• त्वयि (tvayi) - you (Yudhishthira) being (in you, with you, you being)

• न (na) - not

• मे (me) - my (sorrow) (to me, my)

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, pain, suffering

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it would be, it should be

• एतत् (etat) - this

• यदि (yadi) - if

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Yudhishthira) (you)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - your righteous conduct (dharma) (natural law, righteous conduct, duty)

• आचरः (ācaraḥ) - you would perform, you would practice

Words meanings and morphology

शेषे (śeṣe) - if even one (son) remained (in what is left, in the remainder, if one is remaining)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śeṣa

śeṣa - remainder, residue, what is left

from √śiṣ (to leave, remain)

Root: √śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction, meaning 'if one (son) were left'.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अवस्थिते (avasthite) - when remaining (referring to a son) (when standing, when present, when remaining)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ava-√sthā

ava-√sthā - to stand, to be present, to remain

Past Passive Participle

masculine locative singular past passive participle of ava-√sthā

Prefix: ava

Root: √sthā (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute, meaning 'if one (son) were remaining'.

तात (tāta) - O son (Yudhishthira) (O son, dear father)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, son, dear one (term of endearment)

Note: Gandhari addresses Yudhishthira.

पुत्राणाम् (putrāṇām) - of my sons (of the sons)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son

Note: Possessive for 'antake'.

अन्तके (antake) - you being the destroyer (in the destroyer, as the destroyer)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of antaka

antaka - ender, terminator, destroyer

from anta (end) + ka (agent suffix)

Note: Part of a locative absolute 'tvayi putrāṇām antake' (you being the destroyer of the sons).

त्वयि (tvayi) - you (Yudhishthira) being (in you, with you, you being)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Part of a locative absolute 'tvayi putrāṇām antake'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'bhavet'.

मे (me) - my (sorrow) (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

Note: Indicates possession or experience.

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, pain, suffering

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - pain, sorrow, suffering, misery

Note: Subject of 'bhavet'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - it would be, it should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of √bhū

Optative

3rd person singular optative active of √bhū

Root: √bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses a conditional possibility.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: Refers to 'duḥkham'.

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a conditional clause.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Yudhishthira) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of 'ācaraḥ'.

धर्मम् (dharmam) - your righteous conduct (dharma) (natural law, righteous conduct, duty)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, righteous conduct, duty, virtue, constitution

from √dhṛ (to uphold, support)

Root: √dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'ācaraḥ'.

आचरः (ācaraḥ) - you would perform, you would practice

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of ā-√car

Aorist

2nd person singular aorist active of ā-√car, used here with a conditional sense ('if you had practiced').

Prefix: ā

Root: √car (class 1)