महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-125, verse-33

भवत्तपोविघातो वा येन स्याद्विरमे ततः ।
यदि वास्ति कथायोगो योऽयं प्रश्नो मयेरितः ॥३३॥

33. bhavattapovighāto vā yena syādvirame tataḥ ,
yadi vāsti kathāyogo yo'yaṁ praśno mayeritaḥ.

33. bhavat tapas vighātaḥ vā yena syāt virame tataḥ yadi
vā asti kathā yogaḥ yaḥ ayam praśnaḥ mayā īritaḥ

33. yena bhavat tapas vighātaḥ syāt vā tataḥ virame yadi
vā kathā yogaḥ asti yaḥ ayam praśnaḥ mayā īritaḥ

33. Desist from anything that might cause an obstruction to your spiritual austerities (tapas). Or, if there is an appropriate occasion for a narrative, then this question has been posed by me.

Words meanings summery:

• भवत् (bhavat) - your, belonging to you (honorific)

• तपस् (tapas) - penance, spiritual austerity

• विघातः (vighātaḥ) - obstruction, hindrance, destruction

• वा (vā) - or, either

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, might be

• विरमे (virame) - desist, stop, cease

• ततः (tataḥ) - thence, from that, therefore

• यदि (yadi) - if

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• कथा (kathā) - story, narrative, discussion

• योगः (yogaḥ) - suitable occasion for a story or discussion (conjunction, connection, suitable occasion, application)

• यः (yaḥ) - which, who

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• प्रश्नः (praśnaḥ) - question, inquiry

• मया (mayā) - by me

• ईरितः (īritaḥ) - spoken, uttered, said

Words meanings and morphology

भवत् (bhavat) - your, belonging to you (honorific)

(adjective)

of bhavat

bhavat - your, belonging to you (honorific)

Note: Here acting as a possessive adjective modifying 'tapas' in the compound 'tapas-vighātaḥ'.

तपस् (tapas) - penance, spiritual austerity

(noun)

neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - penance, spiritual austerity, heat

Note: First part of the compound 'tapas-vighātaḥ'.

विघातः (vighātaḥ) - obstruction, hindrance, destruction

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vighāta

vighāta - obstruction, hindrance, destruction

Derived from root han (to strike/kill) with prefix vi.

Compound type : tatpurusha (tapas+vighāta)

• tapas – penance, spiritual austerity
  noun (neuter)
• vighāta – obstruction, hindrance, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: han (class 2)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

येन (yena) - by which, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers to the cause of the obstruction.

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

विरमे (virame) - desist, stop, cease

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of viram

Prefix: vi

Root: ram (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - thence, from that, therefore

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

कथा (kathā) - story, narrative, discussion

(noun)

feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, narrative, tale, discussion

Note: First part of the compound 'kathā-yogaḥ'.

योगः (yogaḥ) - suitable occasion for a story or discussion (conjunction, connection, suitable occasion, application)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yoga

yoga - conjunction, connection, union, application, spiritual discipline (yoga)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kathā+yoga)

• kathā – story, narrative, discussion
  noun (feminine)
• yoga – conjunction, connection, suitable occasion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yuj (class 7)

यः (yaḥ) - which, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers to 'praśnaḥ'.

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'praśnaḥ'.

प्रश्नः (praśnaḥ) - question, inquiry

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of praśna

praśna - question, inquiry, problem

Derived from root prach with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: prach (class 6)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

ईरितः (īritaḥ) - spoken, uttered, said

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īrita

īrita - spoken, uttered, said, moved, driven

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root īr (to move, stir up, utter).

Root: īr (class 6)