महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-107, verse-21

तथा वचनमुक्तोऽस्मि करिष्यामि च तत्तथा ।
एतद्धि परमं श्रेयो न मेऽत्रास्ति विचारणा ॥२१॥

21. tathā vacanamukto'smi kariṣyāmi ca tattathā ,
etaddhi paramaṁ śreyo na me'trāsti vicāraṇā.

21. tathā vacanam uktaḥ asmi kariṣyāmi ca tat tathā
etat hi paramam śreyaḥ na me atra asti vicāraṇā

21. uktaḥ asmi ca tathā tat tathā kariṣyāmi hi
etat paramam śreyaḥ atra me vicāraṇā na asti

21. I have been advised accordingly, and I shall certainly do that very thing in the same manner. Indeed, this is the supreme welfare (śreyas), and I have no doubt or hesitation concerning it.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - accordingly (thus, so, in that manner)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - advice (speech, word, advice, statement)

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken to, advised (said, spoken, told)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I shall certainly do (I will do, I shall perform)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तत् (tat) - that very thing (that, it)

• तथा (tathā) - in the same manner (thus, so, in that manner)

• एतत् (etat) - this (this, this very)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent)

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare (śreyas) (welfare, prosperity, superior good)

• न (na) - no (not)

• मे (me) - for me (to me, my, for me)

• अत्र (atra) - concerning it (here, in this, thereupon)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

• विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - doubt or hesitation (consideration, deliberation, doubt, hesitation)

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - accordingly (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

वचनम् (vacanam) - advice (speech, word, advice, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, statement, advice, saying

From root 'vac' (to speak) + suffix 'ana'.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Functions adverbially here, or as the object of 'spoken to'.

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken to, advised (said, spoken, told)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, uttered, declared

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vac' (to speak). Irregular past passive participle form.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Acts as a predicate adjective with 'asmi'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Indicative, Parasmaipada, 1st Person Singular

Derived from root 'as', belonging to 2nd class (adadi).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Forms a passive construction 'I am spoken to'.

करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I shall certainly do (I will do, I shall perform)

(verb)

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

Future Indicative, Parasmaipada, 1st Person Singular

Derived from root 'kṛ', belonging to 8th class (tanādi) in present, but forms future using 'sya'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

तत् (tat) - that very thing (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Object of 'kariṣyāmi'.

तथा (tathā) - in the same manner (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying 'kariṣyāmi'.

एतत् (etat) - this (this, this very)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here, this very

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the previous statement.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, principal, ultimate

Superlative form, derived from 'para'.

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare (śreyas) (welfare, prosperity, superior good)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - welfare, good, prosperity, superiority

Comparative of 'śrī' or 'praśasta'.

न (na) - no (not)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

मे (me) - for me (to me, my, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Enclitic form of asmad.

Note: Often translated as 'my' (genitive) or 'to me/for me' (dative). Here it implies 'I have no'.

अत्र (atra) - concerning it (here, in this, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place/reference.

Note: Refers to 'this matter/welfare'.

अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Indicative, Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Singular

Derived from root 'as', belonging to 2nd class (adadi).

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used with 'na' to mean 'there is no'.

विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - doubt or hesitation (consideration, deliberation, doubt, hesitation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vicāraṇā

vicāraṇā - consideration, deliberation, investigation, doubt, hesitation

From prefix 'vi' + root 'car' (to move) + suffix 'ana'.

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'na asti'.