महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-230, verse-21

सर्गः कालो धृतिर्वेदाः कर्ता कार्यं क्रिया फलम् ।
एतत्ते कथितं तात यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ॥२१॥

21. sargaḥ kālo dhṛtirvedāḥ kartā kāryaṁ kriyā phalam ,
etatte kathitaṁ tāta yanmāṁ tvaṁ paripṛcchasi.

21. sargaḥ kālaḥ dhṛtiḥ vedāḥ kartā kāryam kriyā phalam
etat te kathitam tāta yat mām tvam paripṛcchasi

21. tāta sargaḥ kālaḥ dhṛtiḥ vedāḥ kartā kāryam kriyā
phalam yat tvam mām paripṛcchasi etat te kathitam

21. Creation, time, resolve, the Vedas, the agent, the act, the activity, and its result – this is what I have told you, dear one, regarding what you have been asking me.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation, production

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time, period, era

• धृतिः (dhṛtiḥ) - firmness, steadfastness, resolve, endurance

• वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas, sacred knowledge

• कर्ता (kartā) - doer, agent, creator

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, action, effect, what is to be done, duty

• क्रिया (kriyā) - action, activity, ritual, performance

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• ते (te) - to you, for you

• कथितम् (kathitam) - told, recounted, described

• तात (tāta) - dear one, father, son

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• माम् (mām) - me

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular)

• परिपृच्छसि (paripṛcchasi) - you ask, you inquire, you question

Words meanings and morphology

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation, emanation, production

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, production, discharge

Derived from `sṛj` (root)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

कालः (kālaḥ) - time, period, era

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, era, death

धृतिः (dhṛtiḥ) - firmness, steadfastness, resolve, endurance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhṛti

dhṛti - firmness, steadfastness, resolve, endurance, courage, patience

Derived from `dhṛ` (root)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas, sacred knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - Veda, sacred knowledge, lore

Derived from `vid` (root)

Root: vid (class 2)

कर्ता (kartā) - doer, agent, creator

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, agent, creator, author

Agent noun (nomen agentis)

Derived from `kṛ` (root) with `tṛ` suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, action, effect, what is to be done, duty

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - work, action, effect, duty, what is to be done

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

Derived from `kṛ` (root) with `ya` suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

क्रिया (kriyā) - action, activity, ritual, performance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kriyā

kriyā - action, activity, ritual, performance, verb

Derived from `kṛ` (root)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward, advantage

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun.

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvam

tvam - you (singular)

Second person singular pronoun.

कथितम् (kathitam) - told, recounted, described

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kathita

kathita - told, recounted, described, spoken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from `kath` (root)

Root: kath (class 10)

तात (tāta) - dear one, father, son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - dear one, father, son, sir

Term of endearment or respect.

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Relative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the preceding list of concepts.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

First person singular pronoun.

Note: Object of `paripṛcchasi`.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you (singular)

Second person singular pronoun.

Note: Subject of `paripṛcchasi`.

परिपृच्छसि (paripṛcchasi) - you ask, you inquire, you question

(verb)

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

Present Active Second Person Singular

Derived from `pari-` (prefix) + `prac` (root)

Prefix: pari

Root: prac (class 6)