महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-193, verse-2

अथ वा तौ गतौ तत्र यदेतत्कीर्तितं त्वया ।
संवादो वा तयोः कोऽभूत्किं वा तौ तत्र चक्रतुः ॥२॥

2. atha vā tau gatau tatra yadetatkīrtitaṁ tvayā ,
saṁvādo vā tayoḥ ko'bhūtkiṁ vā tau tatra cakratuḥ.

2. atha vā tau gatau tatra yat etat kīrtitam tvayā
saṃvādaḥ vā tayoḥ kaḥ abhūt kim vā tau tatra cakratuḥ

2. atha vā tvayā kīrtitam yat etat tau tatra gatau? vā
tayoḥ kaḥ saṃvādaḥ abhūt? vā kim tau tatra cakratuḥ?

2. Or, did those two indeed go there, as recounted by you? What conversation took place between them, or what did they do there?

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - Or else, indicating an alternative question. (then, now, thereupon, therefore, and, or)

• वा (vā) - Or, indicating an alternative in a question. (or, either...or, as if, indeed)

• तौ (tau) - Referring to the two individuals previously mentioned or implied. (those two)

• गतौ (gatau) - 'went', referring to the action of the two individuals. (gone, having gone, reached)

• तत्र (tatra) - 'there', referring to the place previously discussed. (there, in that place)

• यत् (yat) - "as", introducing a clause explaining the manner. (which, what, that)

• एतत् (etat) - 'this', referring to the preceding statement. (this, it)

• कीर्तितम् (kīrtitam) - 'recounted' or 'described', referring to the previous narrative. (praised, mentioned, celebrated, recounted)

• त्वया (tvayā) - 'by you', the speaker being addressed. (by you)

• संवादः (saṁvādaḥ) - 'conversation', referring to what was spoken between the two. (conversation, discourse, dialogue)

• वा (vā) - Or, indicating an alternative in a question. (or, either...or, as if, indeed)

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - 'between them', referring to the two individuals. (of those two, among those two)

• कः (kaḥ) - 'what', inquiring about the nature of the conversation. (who, what, which)

• अभूत् (abhūt) - 'took place' or 'was'. (was, became, existed)

• किम् (kim) - 'what', inquiring about the action. (what, why, whether)

• वा (vā) - Or, indicating an alternative in a question. (or, either...or, as if, indeed)

• तौ (tau) - Referring to the two individuals previously mentioned or implied. (those two)

• तत्र (tatra) - 'there', referring to the place previously discussed. (there, in that place)

• चक्रतुः (cakratuḥ) - 'did', referring to the actions of the two individuals. (they two did, they two made)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - Or else, indicating an alternative question. (then, now, thereupon, therefore, and, or)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - Or, indicating an alternative in a question. (or, either...or, as if, indeed)

(indeclinable)

तौ (tau) - Referring to the two individuals previously mentioned or implied. (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गतौ (gatau) - 'went', referring to the action of the two individuals. (gone, having gone, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of gata

gata - gone, past, reached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Acts predicatively as a past tense verb here.

तत्र (tatra) - 'there', referring to the place previously discussed. (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad (that) + tra (locative suffix)

यत् (yat) - "as", introducing a clause explaining the manner. (which, what, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Used here as a relative pronoun modifying 'etat'.

एतत् (etat) - 'this', referring to the preceding statement. (this, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, it

कीर्तितम् (kīrtitam) - 'recounted' or 'described', referring to the previous narrative. (praised, mentioned, celebrated, recounted)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kīrtita

kīrtita - praised, mentioned, celebrated, recounted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kīrt (to mention, praise)

Root: kīrt (class 10)

Note: Acts predicatively, 'was recounted'.

त्वया (tvayā) - 'by you', the speaker being addressed. (by you)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Agent in a passive construction.

संवादः (saṁvādaḥ) - 'conversation', referring to what was spoken between the two. (conversation, discourse, dialogue)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃvāda

saṁvāda - conversation, discourse, dialogue

Derived from sam-vad (to speak together)

Prefix: sam

Root: vad (class 1)

वा (vā) - Or, indicating an alternative in a question. (or, either...or, as if, indeed)

(indeclinable)

तयोः (tayoḥ) - 'between them', referring to the two individuals. (of those two, among those two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Also can be locative dual, but genitive makes more sense with 'saṃvādaḥ'.

कः (kaḥ) - 'what', inquiring about the nature of the conversation. (who, what, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Note: Used as an interrogative pronoun.

अभूत् (abhūt) - 'took place' or 'was'. (was, became, existed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist

3rd person singular aorist, Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

किम् (kim) - 'what', inquiring about the action. (what, why, whether)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which, why

Note: Can function as an interrogative pronoun (neuter nom/acc sing) or an interrogative particle (indeclinable). Here, it asks 'what did they do?'.

वा (vā) - Or, indicating an alternative in a question. (or, either...or, as if, indeed)

(indeclinable)

तौ (tau) - Referring to the two individuals previously mentioned or implied. (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तत्र (tatra) - 'there', referring to the place previously discussed. (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad (that) + tra (locative suffix)

चक्रतुः (cakratuḥ) - 'did', referring to the actions of the two individuals. (they two did, they two made)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (liṭ) of kṛ

Perfect

3rd person dual perfect, Parasmaipada

Root: kṛ (class 8)