महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-11, verse-10

ऋषय ऊचुः ।
शृणुमस्ते वचस्तात पन्थानो विदितास्तव ।
नियोगे चैव धर्मात्मन्स्थातुमिच्छाम शाधि नः ॥१०॥

10. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ ,
śṛṇumaste vacastāta panthāno viditāstava ,
niyoge caiva dharmātmansthātumicchāma śādhi naḥ.

10. ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ śṛṇumaḥ te vacas tāta panthānaḥ viditāḥ tava
niyoge ca eva dharma-ātman sthātum icchāma śādhi naḥ

10. ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ tāta,
te vacas śṛṇumaḥ tava panthānaḥ viditāḥ [santi] ca eva he dharmātman,
niyoge sthātum icchāma naḥ śādhi

10. The sages said: 'Dear one, we listen to your words; your paths are known to us. And O righteous soul (dharmātman), we indeed wish to abide by your instruction. Teach us!'

Words meanings summery:

• ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - The sages speaking (sages, seers)

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said, spoke

• शृणुमः (śṛṇumaḥ) - we hear, we listen

• ते (te) - your

• वचस् (vacas) - words (word, speech, saying)

• तात (tāta) - dear one (as a respectful address) (father, dear one, friend, son)

• पन्थानः (panthānaḥ) - paths, ways

• विदिताः (viditāḥ) - known, understood

• तव (tava) - your

• नियोगे (niyoge) - in (your) instruction (in instruction, in command, in application)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

• धर्म-आत्मन् (dharma-ātman) - O righteous soul (dharmātman) (O righteous soul, O virtuous one)

• स्थातुम् (sthātum) - to abide (by your instruction) (to stand, to remain, to abide)

• इच्छाम (icchāma) - we wish, we desire

• शाधि (śādhi) - Instruct us! (instruct, teach, command)

• नः (naḥ) - us (object of instruction) (us, to us, our)

Words meanings and morphology

ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - The sages speaking (sages, seers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

from √vac (class 2) with reduplication and vṛddhi

Root: vac (class 2)

शृणुमः (śṛṇumaḥ) - we hear, we listen

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of śru

Present Active

from √śru (class 5)

Root: śru (class 5)

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Note: Possessive adjective modifying vacas.

वचस् (vacas) - words (word, speech, saying)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying, declaration

Note: Object of śṛṇumaḥ.

तात (tāta) - dear one (as a respectful address) (father, dear one, friend, son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

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

पन्थानः (panthānaḥ) - paths, ways

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pathin

pathin - path, road, way, course

विदिताः (viditāḥ) - known, understood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vidita

vidita - known, understood, perceived

Past Passive Participle

from √vid 'to know'

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Adjective modifying panthānaḥ.

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Note: Possessive adjective modifying panthānaḥ.

नियोगे (niyoge) - in (your) instruction (in instruction, in command, in application)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of niyoga

niyoga - injunction, command, instruction, appointment, application

from ni- + √yuj 'to join, to employ'

Prefix: ni

Root: yuj (class 7)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

धर्म-आत्मन् (dharma-ātman) - O righteous soul (dharmātman) (O righteous soul, O virtuous one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dharmātman

dharmātman - righteous soul, virtuous one, one whose nature (ātman) is righteousness (dharma)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dharma+ātman)

• dharma – natural law (dharma), righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, essence, individual soul (ātman), supreme soul
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound used as a vocative.

स्थातुम् (sthātum) - to abide (by your instruction) (to stand, to remain, to abide)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

from √sthā (class 1)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Infinitive, object of icchāma.

इच्छाम (icchāma) - we wish, we desire

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present Active

from √iṣ (class 6)

Root: iṣ (class 6)

शाधि (śādhi) - Instruct us! (instruct, teach, command)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śās

Imperative Active

from √śās (class 2), 2nd person singular

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Strong form of the root.

नः (naḥ) - us (object of instruction) (us, to us, our)

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Can be accusative, dative, or genitive plural. Here, object of śādhi.