महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-136, verse-144

ब्रवीति मधुरं कंचित्प्रियो मे ह भवानिति ।
तन्मिथ्याकरणं सर्वं विस्तरेणापि मे शृणु ॥१४४॥

144. bravīti madhuraṁ kaṁcitpriyo me ha bhavāniti ,
tanmithyākaraṇaṁ sarvaṁ vistareṇāpi me śṛṇu.

144. bravīti madhuram kañcit priyaḥ me ha bhavān iti
tat mithyākaraṇam sarvam vistareṇa api me śṛṇu

144. kañcit "priyaḥ ha bhavān me" iti madhuram bravīti.
tat sarvam mithyākaraṇam vistareṇa api me śṛṇu

144. He says sweetly to someone, 'Indeed, you are dear to me.' Listen from me, even in detail, about that entire falsification (mithyākaraṇam).

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रवीति (bravīti) - he says, he speaks

• मधुरम् (madhuram) - sweetly, gently, charmingly

• कञ्चित् (kañcit) - someone, anyone, a certain person

• प्रियः (priyaḥ) - dear, beloved, liked

• मे (me) - to me, my, for me

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly, surely

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• तत् (tat) - that

• मिथ्याकरणम् (mithyākaraṇam) - falsification, making false, rendering useless

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, entire

• विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail, extensively

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• मे (me) - from me, my

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रवीति (bravīti) - he says, he speaks

(verb)

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

Present Active

root 'brū' (class 2), present active, 3rd person singular

Root: brū (class 2)

मधुरम् (madhuram) - sweetly, gently, charmingly

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies 'bravīti'.

कञ्चित् (kañcit) - someone, anyone, a certain person

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kañcid

kañcid - someone, anyone, a certain

compound of kim (interrogative pronoun) + cid (indefinite particle)

Note: Object of 'bravīti'.

प्रियः (priyaḥ) - dear, beloved, liked

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing

Note: Predicate adjective for 'bhavān'.

मे (me) - to me, my, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

Note: Dative/genitive case, used here for 'to me' or 'for me'.

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), being, existing

Present Active Participle (used as pronoun)

from root bhū + śatṛ suffix

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Honorific 'you'.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of quoted speech.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the preceding statement.

मिथ्याकरणम् (mithyākaraṇam) - falsification, making false, rendering useless

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mithyākaraṇa

mithyākaraṇa - falsification, making false, rendering futile/useless

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mithyā+karaṇa)

• mithyā – falsely, wrongly, in vain
  indeclinable
• karaṇa – making, doing, instrument, action
  noun (neuter)
  from root kṛ + suffix ana
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'śṛṇu'.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, entire

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Qualifies 'mithyākaraṇam'.

विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail, extensively

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vistara

vistara - extension, elaboration, detail

Root: stṝ (class 5)

Note: Means 'by means of detail'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic, meaning 'even in detail.'

मे (me) - from me, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

Note: Used here in a genitive sense, 'from me' or 'my account'.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

root 'śru' (class 5), imperative active, 2nd person singular

Root: śru (class 5)