महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-261, verse-61

तथ्यं वदस्व मे ब्रह्मन्नुपसन्नोऽस्म्यधीहि भोः ।
यथा ते विदितो मोक्षस्तथेच्छाम्युपशिक्षितुम् ॥६१॥

61. tathyaṁ vadasva me brahmannupasanno'smyadhīhi bhoḥ ,
yathā te vidito mokṣastathecchāmyupaśikṣitum.

61. tathyam vadasva me brahman upasannaḥ asmi adhīhi bhoḥ
yathā te viditaḥ mokṣaḥ tathā icchāmi upaśikṣitum

61. brahman me tathyam vadasva bhoḥ upasannaḥ asmi adhīhi
yathā te mokṣaḥ viditaḥ tathā upaśikṣitum icchāmi

61. O Brahmana, tell me the truth! I have approached you, so please instruct me. As you know about liberation (mokṣa), so do I desire to be taught.

Words meanings summery:

• तथ्यम् (tathyam) - truth, reality, fact

• वदस्व (vadasva) - tell, speak

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmana, O knower of Brahman

• उपसन्नः (upasannaḥ) - approached, having come near, submitted

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• अधीहि (adhīhi) - instruct, teach

• भोः (bhoḥ) - O! hello! (vocative particle)

• यथा (yathā) - as, in which manner

• ते (te) - by you, to you, for you

• विदितः (viditaḥ) - known, understood

• मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - liberation, emancipation

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that manner

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

• उपशिक्षितुम् (upaśikṣitum) - to learn, to be taught

Words meanings and morphology

तथ्यम् (tathyam) - truth, reality, fact

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tathya

tathya - truth, reality, fact, true

Derived from tat 'that'.

वदस्व (vadasva) - tell, speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I, me

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmana, O knower of Brahman

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (the Absolute), a brahmin, sacred word, prayer

उपसन्नः (upasannaḥ) - approached, having come near, submitted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upasanna

upasanna - approached, submitted, resorted to, humble

Past Passive Participle

Formed from prefix upa + root sad 'to sit, approach' + P.P.P. suffix kta.

Prefix: upa

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Implies 'I am approached' or 'I have approached'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

अधीहि (adhīhi) - instruct, teach

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of adhi + i

Prefix: adhi

Root: i (class 2)

भोः (bhoḥ) - O! hello! (vocative particle)

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - by you, to you, for you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Can also be dative or genitive singular. Here likely instrumental as in 'known *by* you'.

विदितः (viditaḥ) - known, understood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidita

vidita - known, understood, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root vid 'to know' + P.P.P. suffix kta.

Root: vid (class 2)

मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - liberation, emancipation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, release, emancipation, salvation

Derived from root muc 'to release'.

Root: muc (class 6)

तथा (tathā) - so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

उपशिक्षितुम् (upaśikṣitum) - to learn, to be taught

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Formed from prefix upa + root śikṣ 'to learn, teach' + suffix tumun.

Prefix: upa

Root: śikṣ (class 1)