महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-133, verse-12

यथा यथा वक्ष्यसि नः करिष्यामस्तथा तथा ।
पालयास्मान्यथान्यायं यथा माता यथा पिता ॥१२॥

12. yathā yathā vakṣyasi naḥ kariṣyāmastathā tathā ,
pālayāsmānyathānyāyaṁ yathā mātā yathā pitā.

12. yathā yathā vakṣyasi naḥ kariṣyāmaḥ tathā tathā
pālayā asmān yathānyāyam yathā mātā yathā pitā

12. naḥ yathā yathā vakṣyasi tathā tathā kariṣyāmaḥ
asmān yathānyāyam pālayā yathā mātā yathā pitā

12. Whatever you instruct us, we will do accordingly. Protect us justly, just as a mother and a father would.

Words meanings summery:

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

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

• वक्ष्यसि (vakṣyasi) - you will say, you will tell, you will instruct

• नः (naḥ) - us, to us

• करिष्यामः (kariṣyāmaḥ) - we will do, we will make

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

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

• पालया (pālayā) - protect!

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us

• यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - according to justice, justly, appropriately

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• माता (mātā) - mother

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• पिता (pitā) - father

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

वक्ष्यसि (vakṣyasi) - you will say, you will tell, you will instruct

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

future tense, 2nd person singular

From √vac (2nd class, Parasmaipada, 'vacati'), future stem vakṣya-

Root: vac (class 2)

नः (naḥ) - us, to us

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

करिष्यामः (kariṣyāmaḥ) - we will do, we will make

(verb)

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

future tense, 1st person plural

From √kṛ (8th class, Ubhayapada, 'karoti'), future stem kariṣya-

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

पालया (pālayā) - protect!

(verb)

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

imperative mood, 2nd person singular

From √pāl (10th class, 'pālayati'), imperative stem pālayā

Root: pāl (class 10)

अस्मान् (asmān) - us

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - according to justice, justly, appropriately

(indeclinable)

Adverbial compound

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+nyāya)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• nyāya – justice, right, rule, method, logic
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

Nominative singular of 'mātṛ' (feminine r-stem)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Nominative singular of 'pitṛ' (masculine r-stem)