महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-309, verse-38

स्मृतिश्च संनिरुध्यते पुरा तवेह पुत्रक ।
समाकुलस्य गच्छतः समाधिमुत्तमं कुरु ॥३८॥

38. smṛtiśca saṁnirudhyate purā taveha putraka ,
samākulasya gacchataḥ samādhimuttamaṁ kuru.

38. smṛtiḥ ca saṃnirudhyate purā tava iha putraka
| samākulasya gacchataḥ samādhim uttamam kuru

38. ca putraka purā tava iha smṛtiḥ saṃnirudhyate
samākulasya gacchataḥ uttamam samādhim kuru

38. And soon, dear son (putraka), your memory (smṛti) will be completely obstructed here. Therefore, for yourself, who will be greatly agitated and departing (from life), cultivate the highest concentration (samādhi).

Words meanings summery:

• स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - your memory (smṛti) (memory, recollection; tradition, sacred tradition)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• संनिरुध्यते (saṁnirudhyate) - will be completely obstructed (is completely obstructed, is suppressed, is hindered)

• पुरा (purā) - soon, in the near future (formerly, in ancient times, at first; in the future, soon, presently)

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this case)

• पुत्रक (putraka) - dear son (putraka) (dear son, little son)

• समाकुलस्य (samākulasya) - for you who will be greatly agitated (of one who is greatly agitated/distressed/confused)

• गच्छतः (gacchataḥ) - and departing (from this world) (of one who is going, departing)

• समाधिम् (samādhim) - the highest concentration (samādhi) (deep meditation, concentration, absorption)

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - the highest (highest, best, excellent, supreme)

• कुरु (kuru) - cultivate, practice (do, perform, make)

Words meanings and morphology

स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - your memory (smṛti) (memory, recollection; tradition, sacred tradition)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of smṛti

smṛti - memory, recollection; mindfulness; tradition, sacred tradition, law codes

Action noun

From root √smṛ (to remember) + -ti suffix.

Root: smṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

संनिरुध्यते (saṁnirudhyate) - will be completely obstructed (is completely obstructed, is suppressed, is hindered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of rudh

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: rudh (class 7)

Note: Used in a future sense.

पुरा (purā) - soon, in the near future (formerly, in ancient times, at first; in the future, soon, presently)

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

पुत्रक (putraka) - dear son (putraka) (dear son, little son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putraka

putraka - son (affectionate diminutive); puppet

From 'putra' (son) + 'ka' suffix, often diminutive or affectionate.

समाकुलस्य (samākulasya) - for you who will be greatly agitated (of one who is greatly agitated/distressed/confused)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of samākula

samākula - greatly agitated, confused, disturbed, crowded

Past Passive Participle

From 'sam' (completely) + 'ā' (towards) + root √kul (to gather, to be disturbed) + -ta suffix.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: kul (class 1)

Note: Participial adjective used substantively to describe the implied 'you'.

गच्छतः (gacchataḥ) - and departing (from this world) (of one who is going, departing)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gam

gam - to go, move, approach, depart

Present Active Participle

From root √gam (to go) + śatṛ suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Describes the implied 'you'.

समाधिम् (samādhim) - the highest concentration (samādhi) (deep meditation, concentration, absorption)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samādhi

samādhi - deep meditation, perfect concentration, absorption; union, completeness

Action noun

From 'sam' (together) + 'ā' (towards) + root √dhā (to place, put) + -i suffix.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - the highest (highest, best, excellent, supreme)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, supreme, excellent, chief; last

Superlative of 'ud' (up, out) or 'ut'.

Note: Qualifies 'samādhim'.

कुरु (kuru) - cultivate, practice (do, perform, make)

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)