महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-171, verse-60

बोध्य उवाच ।
उपदेशेन वर्तामि नानुशास्मीह कंचन ।
लक्षणं तस्य वक्ष्येऽहं तत्स्वयं प्रविमृश्यताम् ॥६०॥

60. bodhya uvāca ,
upadeśena vartāmi nānuśāsmīha kaṁcana ,
lakṣaṇaṁ tasya vakṣye'haṁ tatsvayaṁ pravimṛśyatām.

60. bodhyaḥ uvāca upadeśena vartāmi na anuśāsmi iha kaṃcana
lakṣaṇam tasya vakṣye aham tat svayam pravimṛśyatām

60. bodhyaḥ uvāca aham upadeśena vartāmi iha kaṃcana na anuśāsmi
aham tasya lakṣaṇam vakṣye tat svayam pravimṛśyatām

60. Bodhya said: I conduct myself through personal discipline; I do not instruct anyone here. I will describe its characteristic (lakṣaṇa); let that be pondered upon by oneself.

Words meanings summery:

• बोध्यः (bodhyaḥ) - Bodhya (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• उपदेशेन (upadeśena) - by instruction, by discipline, by precept

• वर्तामि (vartāmi) - I act, I live, I exist, I conduct myself

• न (na) - not, no

• अनुशास्मि (anuśāsmi) - I instruct, I teach, I govern

• इह (iha) - here, in this matter

• कंचन (kaṁcana) - anyone

• लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - characteristic, sign, definition

• तस्य (tasya) - of it, its

• वक्ष्ये (vakṣye) - I shall speak, I shall declare

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तत् (tat) - that

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally

• प्रविमृश्यताम् (pravimṛśyatām) - let it be reflected upon, let it be deliberated

Words meanings and morphology

बोध्यः (bodhyaḥ) - Bodhya (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bodhya

bodhya - Bodhya (name of a sage, or 'to be known')

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Irregular perfect tense form

उपदेशेन (upadeśena) - by instruction, by discipline, by precept

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of upadeśa

upadeśa - instruction, teaching, advice, precept, discipline

Prefix: upa

Root: diś (class 6)

वर्तामि (vartāmi) - I act, I live, I exist, I conduct myself

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अनुशास्मि (anuśāsmi) - I instruct, I teach, I govern

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anuśās

Prefix: anu

Root: śās (class 2)

इह (iha) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

कंचन (kaṁcana) - anyone

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kaṃcana

kaṁcana - anyone, someone, anything (indefinite pronoun derived from kim+cana)

लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - characteristic, sign, definition

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lakṣaṇa

lakṣaṇa - mark, sign, characteristic, definition, description

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

तस्य (tasya) - of it, its

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

वक्ष्ये (vakṣye) - I shall speak, I shall declare

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally

(indeclinable)

प्रविमृश्यताम् (pravimṛśyatām) - let it be reflected upon, let it be deliberated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of pravimṛś

Prefixes: pra+vi

Root: mṛś (class 6)