महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-192, verse-42

ब्राह्मण उवाच ।
तुष्यसि त्वं स्वधर्मेण तथा तुष्टा वयं नृप ।
अन्योन्यस्योत्तरं नास्ति यदिष्टं तत्समाचर ॥४२॥

42. brāhmaṇa uvāca ,
tuṣyasi tvaṁ svadharmeṇa tathā tuṣṭā vayaṁ nṛpa ,
anyonyasyottaraṁ nāsti yadiṣṭaṁ tatsamācara.

42. brāhmaṇaḥ uvāca | tuṣyasi tvam svadharmeṇa tathā tuṣṭā vayam
nṛpa | anyonyasya uttaram na asti yat iṣṭam tat samācara

42. brāhmaṇaḥ uvāca nṛpa,
tvam svadharmeṇa tuṣyasi.
tathā vayam tuṣṭāḥ.
anyonyasya uttaram na asti.
yat iṣṭam,
tat samācara.

42. The brahmin said: "O king, you are satisfied with your own natural law (dharma), and similarly, we are satisfied. There is no further reply between us. Whatever you wish, do that."

Words meanings summery:

• ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - brahmin, priest, member of the priestly caste

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तुष्यसि (tuṣyasi) - you are pleased, you are satisfied

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• स्वधर्मेण (svadharmeṇa) - by your own natural law (dharma) (by one's own natural law, by one's own duty)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way

• तुष्टा (tuṣṭā) - we (masculine, plural) are pleased/satisfied (pleased, satisfied, content)

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king

• अन्योन्यस्य (anyonyasya) - of each other, mutual

• उत्तरम् (uttaram) - answer, reply

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which, what

• इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desired, wished, agreeable

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• समाचर (samācara) - perform, do, act

Words meanings and morphology

ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - brahmin, priest, member of the priestly caste

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - brahmin, priest, related to Brahman

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

तुष्यसि (tuṣyasi) - you are pleased, you are satisfied

(verb)

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

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

स्वधर्मेण (svadharmeṇa) - by your own natural law (dharma) (by one's own natural law, by one's own duty)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of svadharma

svadharma - one's own natural law (dharma), intrinsic nature, duty, proper conduct

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+dharma)

• sva – own, self, personal
  pronoun
• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way

(indeclinable)

तुष्टा (tuṣṭā) - we (masculine, plural) are pleased/satisfied (pleased, satisfied, content)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tuṣṭa

tuṣṭa - pleased, satisfied, contented

Past Passive Participle

From root 'tuṣ' (to be pleased) with suffix '-ta'

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

Note: Grammatically, for 'we' (vayam) spoken by a male, one would expect 'tuṣṭāḥ' (masculine nominative plural). 'tuṣṭā' is feminine nominative plural. This may be a scribal variance (dropping of visarga) or a poetic usage.

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of mad

mad - I, me

नृप (nṛpa) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, monarch, ruler

From nṛ (man) + pā (to protect)

अन्योन्यस्य (anyonyasya) - of each other, mutual

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anyonyasya

anyonya - each other, mutual, reciprocal

उत्तरम् (uttaram) - answer, reply

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uttara

uttara - answer, reply, north, subsequent, higher

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

यत् (yat) - whatever, which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever, who

इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desired, wished, agreeable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, wished, loved, sacrificed, worshipped

Past Passive Participle

From root 'iṣ' (to wish, desire) with suffix '-ta'

Root: iṣ (class 4)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

समाचर (samācara) - perform, do, act

(verb)

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

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: car (class 1)