महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-24, verse-19

किं नु वक्ष्यसि संसत्सु कथासु च जनार्दन ।
अर्जुनस्य महत्कर्म स्वयं वा स किरीटवान् ॥१९॥

19. kiṁ nu vakṣyasi saṁsatsu kathāsu ca janārdana ,
arjunasya mahatkarma svayaṁ vā sa kirīṭavān.

19. kiṃ nu vakṣyasi saṃsatsu kathāsu ca janārdana
arjunasya mahat karma svayaṃ vā sa kirīṭavān

19. janārdana kiṃ nu saṃsatsu kathāsu ca arjunasya
mahat karma vakṣyasi vā sa kirīṭavān svayaṃ

19. O Janārdana, what indeed will you say in assemblies and stories about Arjuna's great deed, or what will that crowned one (Arjuna) himself say?

Words meanings summery:

• किं (kiṁ) - what? why?

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then, surely

• वक्ष्यसि (vakṣyasi) - you will say, you will speak

• संसत्सु (saṁsatsu) - in assemblies, in gatherings

• कथासु (kathāsu) - in stories, in narrations

• च (ca) - and, also

• जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janārdana (Krishna)

• अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna

• महत् (mahat) - great, mighty, important

• कर्म (karma) - deed, action, work (karma)

• स्वयं (svayaṁ) - oneself, personally

• वा (vā) - or, either

• स (sa) - he, that

• किरीटवान् (kirīṭavān) - epithet for Arjuna (wearing a diadem, crowned)

Words meanings and morphology

किं (kiṁ) - what? why?

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then, surely

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle.

वक्ष्यसि (vakṣyasi) - you will say, you will speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Future Active

2nd person singular, future tense, active voice, from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

संसत्सु (saṁsatsu) - in assemblies, in gatherings

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of saṃsat

saṁsat - assembly, gathering, council

from sam + sad

Prefix: sam

Root: sad (class 1)

कथासु (kathāsu) - in stories, in narrations

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of kathā

kathā - story, narration, tale, discourse

Root: kath (class 10)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janārdana (Krishna)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janārdana

janārdana - agitator of men, punisher of wicked men, a name of Krishna

from jana (people) + ardana (agitator/punisher)

Compound type : tatpurusha (jana+ardana)

• jana – people, man
  noun (masculine)
• ardana – agitating, tormenting, destroying
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  Agent Noun/Action Noun
  from root ard
  Root: ard (class 1)

अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (a Pandava prince), white, silvery

महत् (mahat) - great, mighty, important

(adjective)

neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

Note: Agrees with karma.

कर्म (karma) - deed, action, work (karma)

(noun)

neuter, singular of karman

karman - deed, action, work, fate (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to Arjuna's 'great deed'.

स्वयं (svayaṁ) - oneself, personally

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic adverb.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle.

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Arjuna.

किरीटवान् (kirīṭavān) - epithet for Arjuna (wearing a diadem, crowned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kirīṭavat

kirīṭavat - crowned, wearing a diadem, possessing a crown

Possessive suffix -vat added to kirīṭa (crown)

Note: Agrees with sa (Arjuna).