महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-112, verse-34

यदि त्वेतन्मया कार्यं मृगेन्द्रो यदि मन्यते ।
समयं कृतमिच्छामि वर्तितव्यं यथा मयि ॥३४॥

34. yadi tvetanmayā kāryaṁ mṛgendro yadi manyate ,
samayaṁ kṛtamicchāmi vartitavyaṁ yathā mayi.

34. yadi tu etat mayā kāryam mṛgendraḥ yadi manyate
samayam kṛtam icchāmi vartitavyam yathā mayi

34. yadi etat mayā kāryam,
yadi mṛgendraḥ manyate,
aham samayam kṛtam icchāmi,
yathā mayi vartitavyam.

34. If this task must be done by me, and if the king of beasts (mṛgendra) agrees, then I wish an agreement to be made concerning how I should be treated.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet, however

• एतत् (etat) - this task/matter (this, this (thing))

• मया (mayā) - by me

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - task to be performed (to be done, duty, action, work)

• मृगेन्द्रः (mṛgendraḥ) - the lion (king of beasts, lion)

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

• मन्यते (manyate) - he agrees/assents (he thinks, he believes, he assents, he considers)

• समयम् (samayam) - an agreement (agreement, covenant, pledge, appointed time)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - made, established (done, made, performed)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire, I want

• वर्तितव्यम् (vartitavyam) - how I should be treated (to be acted, to be dealt with, to be behaved (towards))

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• मयि (mayi) - towards me (in me, towards me, on me)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet, however

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this task/matter (this, this (thing))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, here

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

First person singular pronoun.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - task to be performed (to be done, duty, action, work)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, proper to be done, a business, a duty, an action

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

From root √kṛ (to do) with suffix -ya (or -ṇyat)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used as a noun here.

मृगेन्द्रः (mṛgendraḥ) - the lion (king of beasts, lion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛgendra

mṛgendra - king of beasts, lion, tiger

Compound of mṛga (animal) + indra (lord, chief)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+indra)

• mṛga – animal, beast, deer
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, most excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the lion in the context of fables (e.g., Pañcatantra/Hitopadeśa).

यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

(indeclinable)

मन्यते (manyate) - he agrees/assents (he thinks, he believes, he assents, he considers)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of man

Present Middle Indicative, 3rd person singular

From root √man (class 4, atmanepada)

Root: man (class 4)

समयम् (samayam) - an agreement (agreement, covenant, pledge, appointed time)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samaya

samaya - agreement, convention, compact, contract, appointed time, religious obligation

From root √i (to go) with prefix sam-a-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: i (class 2)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - made, established (done, made, performed)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, completed, good deed

Past Passive Participle

From root √kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire, I want

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of iṣ

Present Active Indicative, 1st person singular

From root √iṣ (class 6, takes 'iccha' stem)

Root: iṣ (class 6)

वर्तितव्यम् (vartitavyam) - how I should be treated (to be acted, to be dealt with, to be behaved (towards))

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vartitavya

vartitavya - to be, to become, to be acted, to be dealt with, to be conducted

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

From root √vṛt (to be, exist, occur) with suffix -tavya

Root: vṛt (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

मयि (mayi) - towards me (in me, towards me, on me)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

First person singular pronoun.

Note: Denotes the object of the action 'vartitavyam'.