महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-124, verse-34

ते विस्रब्धाः प्रभाषन्ते संयच्छन्ति च मां सदा ।
ते मा कव्यपदे सक्तं शुश्रूषुमनसूयकम् ॥३४॥

34. te visrabdhāḥ prabhāṣante saṁyacchanti ca māṁ sadā ,
te mā kavyapade saktaṁ śuśrūṣumanasūyakam.

34. te visrabdhāḥ prabhāṣante saṃyacchanti ca mām
sadā te mām kavyapade saktam śuśrūṣum anasūyakam

34. te visrabdhāḥ prabhāṣante ca mām sadā saṃyacchanti te
mām kavyapade saktam śuśrūṣum anasūyakam (manyante)

34. They (the teachers) speak freely and always restrain me. They regard me as devoted to ancestral offerings (kavya), eager to serve, and free from malice.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - refers to the teachers (they)

• विस्रब्धाः (visrabdhāḥ) - confident, trustful, fearless

• प्रभाषन्ते (prabhāṣante) - they speak, they declare

• संयच्छन्ति (saṁyacchanti) - they restrain, they control

• च (ca) - and, also

• माम् (mām) - me

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• ते (te) - refers to the teachers (they)

• माम् (mām) - me

• कव्यपदे (kavyapade) - in the place of ancestral offerings, in the matter of ancestral offerings

• सक्तम् (saktam) - attached, devoted, intent

• शुश्रूषुम् (śuśrūṣum) - desirous of hearing, desirous of serving, obedient

• अनसूयकम् (anasūyakam) - not envious, free from malice, benevolent

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - refers to the teachers (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विस्रब्धाः (visrabdhāḥ) - confident, trustful, fearless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of visrabdha

visrabdha - confiding, trustful, confident, fearless

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √śrambh (to trust) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: śrambh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'te'.

प्रभाषन्ते (prabhāṣante) - they speak, they declare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of √bhāṣ

Prefix: pra

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

संयच्छन्ति (saṁyacchanti) - they restrain, they control

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of √yam

Prefix: sam

Root: yam (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two verbs.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Object of 'saṃyacchanti'.

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - refers to the teachers (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the same 'they' (teachers).

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Object of an implied verb like 'consider' or 'regard'.

कव्यपदे (kavyapade) - in the place of ancestral offerings, in the matter of ancestral offerings

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kavyapada

kavyapada - place of ancestral offerings; a position relating to kavyas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kavya+pada)

• kavya – offering to ancestors; relating to poets/sages
  noun (neuter)
• pada – foot, step, place, position
  noun (neuter)

Note: `kavya` in this context refers to offerings made to Pitrs (ancestors/sages).

सक्तम् (saktam) - attached, devoted, intent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sakta

sakta - attached, devoted, fixed upon

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √sañj (to attach, cling)

Root: sañj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'mām'.

शुश्रूषुम् (śuśrūṣum) - desirous of hearing, desirous of serving, obedient

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śuśrūṣu

śuśrūṣu - desirous of hearing, desirous of serving, obedient, attentive

Desiderative participle

Derived from desiderative stem of root √śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'mām'.

अनसूयकम् (anasūyakam) - not envious, free from malice, benevolent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anasūyaka

anasūyaka - not envious, not malicious, benevolent

Compound: a- (neg.) + asūyaka (envious)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+asūyaka)

• a – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
• asūyaka – envious, jealous, malicious
  adjective
  Derived from √asūy (to be envious)
  Root: asūy (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'mām'.