महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-171, verse-59

उपदेशं महाप्राज्ञ शमस्योपदिशस्व मे ।
कां बुद्धिं समनुध्याय शान्तश्चरसि निर्वृतः ॥५९॥

59. upadeśaṁ mahāprājña śamasyopadiśasva me ,
kāṁ buddhiṁ samanudhyāya śāntaścarasi nirvṛtaḥ.

59. upadeśam mahāprājña śamasya upadiśasva me kām
buddhim samanudhyāya śāntaḥ carasi nirvṛtaḥ

59. mahāprājña me śamasya upadeśam upadiśasva kām
buddhim samanudhyāya śāntaḥ nirvṛtaḥ carasi

59. O greatly wise one, instruct me concerning tranquility. Reflecting upon what kind of understanding do you live peacefully and contentedly?

Words meanings summery:

• उपदेशम् (upadeśam) - instruction, teaching, advice

• महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one

• शमस्य (śamasya) - of tranquility, of mental quietude

• उपदिशस्व (upadiśasva) - instruct, teach, advise (middle voice)

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• काम् (kām) - what kind of, which

• बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - understanding, intellect, state of mind

• समनुध्याय (samanudhyāya) - having meditated upon, having contemplated

• शान्तः (śāntaḥ) - tranquil, peaceful

• चरसि (carasi) - you live, you act, you move

• निर्वृतः (nirvṛtaḥ) - contented, free from pain, liberated

Words meanings and morphology

उपदेशम् (upadeśam) - instruction, teaching, advice

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upadeśa

upadeśa - instruction, teaching, advice, precept

Prefix: upa

Root: diś (class 6)

महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāprājña

mahāprājña - greatly wise, very intelligent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+prājña)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• prājña – wise, intelligent, knowing
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from pra-jñā
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)

शमस्य (śamasya) - of tranquility, of mental quietude

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śama

śama - tranquility, calmness, mental quietude, peace, cessation

Root: śam (class 4)

उपदिशस्व (upadiśasva) - instruct, teach, advise (middle voice)

(verb)

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

Prefix: upa

Root: diś (class 6)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Note: Enclitic form of asmad

काम् (kām) - what kind of, which

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who (interrogative pronoun/adjective)

बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - understanding, intellect, state of mind

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, mind, discrimination

Root: budh (class 1)

समनुध्याय (samanudhyāya) - having meditated upon, having contemplated

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) form with prefixes sam- and anu-

Prefixes: sam+anu

Root: dhyai (class 1)

शान्तः (śāntaḥ) - tranquil, peaceful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śānta

śānta - tranquil, peaceful, calm, pacified, ceased

Past Passive Participle

Root: śam (class 4)

चरसि (carasi) - you live, you act, you move

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of car

Root: car (class 1)

निर्वृतः (nirvṛtaḥ) - contented, free from pain, liberated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirvṛta

nirvṛta - contented, happy, free from pain, liberated, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: nir

Root: vṛt (class 1)