महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-192, verse-32

ब्राह्मण उवाच ।
स्वागतं सूर्यपुत्राय कालाय च महात्मने ।
मृत्यवे चाथ धर्माय किं कार्यं करवाणि वः ॥३२॥

32. brāhmaṇa uvāca ,
svāgataṁ sūryaputrāya kālāya ca mahātmane ,
mṛtyave cātha dharmāya kiṁ kāryaṁ karavāṇi vaḥ.

32. brāhmaṇaḥ uvāca svāgatam sūryaputrāya kālāya ca mahātmane
mṛtyave ca atha dharmāya kim kāryam karavāṇi vaḥ

32. brāhmaṇaḥ uvāca sūryaputrāya mahātmane kālāya ca mṛtyave
ca atha dharmāya svāgatam kim kāryam vaḥ karavāṇi

32. The Brahmin said: Welcome to the son of Sūrya, and to the great-souled Time (Kāla), and to Death (Mṛtyu), and also to natural law (dharma). What task shall I perform for you all?

Words meanings summery:

• ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - the Brahmin

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• स्वागतम् (svāgatam) - welcome, well-come

• सूर्यपुत्राय (sūryaputrāya) - to the son of Sūrya (the sun god)

• कालाय (kālāya) - to Time (personified) (to Time, to Yama)

• च (ca) - and, also

• महात्मने (mahātmane) - to the great-souled, to the noble

• मृत्यवे (mṛtyave) - to Death, to the god of death

• च (ca) - and, also

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• धर्माय (dharmāya) - to natural law (personified, as Yama also represents it) (to Dharma, to righteousness, to natural law)

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?, whether

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - task, duty, work, that which is to be done

• करवाणि (karavāṇi) - may I do, shall I do

• वः (vaḥ) - to you (plural), for you (plural), your (plural)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - the Brahmin

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, member of the priestly class

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd singular

Root: vac (class 2)

स्वागतम् (svāgatam) - welcome, well-come

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svāgata

svāgata - welcome, well-come, properly arrived

Compound: su (well) + āgata (come)

Prefixes: su+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

सूर्यपुत्राय (sūryaputrāya) - to the son of Sūrya (the sun god)

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of sūryaputra

sūryaputra - son of Sūrya (Yama is often referred to as Sūryaputra)

Compound: Sūrya (sun) + putra (son)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūrya+putra)

• sūrya – sun, sun god
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

कालाय (kālāya) - to Time (personified) (to Time, to Yama)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, proper season, god of death (Yama)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महात्मने (mahātmane) - to the great-souled, to the noble

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, a great being

Compound: mahā (great) + ātman (soul)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

मृत्यवे (mṛtyave) - to Death, to the god of death

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, demise, death personified

Root: mṛ (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

धर्माय (dharmāya) - to natural law (personified, as Yama also represents it) (to Dharma, to righteousness, to natural law)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what?, why?, whether

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, why, whether

कार्यम् (kāryam) - task, duty, work, that which is to be done

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, task, work, business

Gerundive

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

करवाणि (karavāṇi) - may I do, shall I do

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वः (vaḥ) - to you (plural), for you (plural), your (plural)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you