महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-314, verse-34

इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मर्षिस्तानुवाच ह ।
उच्यतामिति तद्वत्सा यद्वः कार्यं प्रियं मया ॥३४॥

34. iti teṣāṁ vacaḥ śrutvā brahmarṣistānuvāca ha ,
ucyatāmiti tadvatsā yadvaḥ kāryaṁ priyaṁ mayā.

34. iti teṣām vacaḥ śrutvā brahmarṣiḥ tān uvāca ha
ucyatām iti tat vatsāḥ yat vaḥ kāryam priyam mayā

34. iti teṣām vacaḥ śrutvā,
brahmarṣiḥ tān ha uvāca vatsāḥ,
yat vaḥ priyam kāryam mayā,
tat ucyatām iti.

34. Having heard their words, the Brahmarshi (brahmarṣi) said to them, "O dear ones, tell me what you desire to have done by me."

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - introducing a quote (thus, so, in this way, denoting conclusion or quotation)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of their (words) (of them, their)

• वचः (vacaḥ) - words (word, speech, saying)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• ब्रह्मर्षिः (brahmarṣiḥ) - the Brahmarshi (a specific revered sage) (a Brahmarshi (a sage of the Brahmin class))

• तान् (tān) - to them (the disciples) (them)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (to them) (spoke, said)

• ह (ha) - (particle, often untranslated in modern English) (indeed, verily, a particle indicating past action or emphasis)

• उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - tell me (as an imperative) (let it be said, speak)

• इति (iti) - concluding the quoted speech (thus, so, in this way, denoting conclusion or quotation)

• तत् (tat) - that (which you desire) (that, it)

• वत्साः (vatsāḥ) - O dear ones (addressing his disciples affectionately) (O children, O calves, O dear ones)

• यत् (yat) - what (which, what)

• वः (vaḥ) - for you (to you (plural), your)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - to be done, or desired (as a neuter noun) (to be done, a duty, a task)

• प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, desired (dear, pleasing, beloved)

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - introducing a quote (thus, so, in this way, denoting conclusion or quotation)

(indeclinable)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of their (words) (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, they

Note: Refers to the disciples.

वचः (vacaḥ) - words (word, speech, saying)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - speech, word, saying

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Can also be nominative singular, but accusative fits better with 'śrutvā'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root śru + suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

ब्रह्मर्षिः (brahmarṣiḥ) - the Brahmarshi (a specific revered sage) (a Brahmarshi (a sage of the Brahmin class))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahmarṣi

brahmarṣi - a Brahmin sage, a sage of the highest class

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+ṛṣi)

• brahman – Brahmin, sacred knowledge, ultimate reality
  noun (neuter)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

तान् (tān) - to them (the disciples) (them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, they

Note: Refers to the disciples.

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (to them) (spoke, said)

(verb)

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

perfect active

Perfect tense form of the root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - (particle, often untranslated in modern English) (indeed, verily, a particle indicating past action or emphasis)

(indeclinable)

उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - tell me (as an imperative) (let it be said, speak)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vac

imperative passive

Root vac, passive voice, 3rd person singular imperative (lot)

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - concluding the quoted speech (thus, so, in this way, denoting conclusion or quotation)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (which you desire) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to 'kāryam'.

वत्साः (vatsāḥ) - O dear ones (addressing his disciples affectionately) (O children, O calves, O dear ones)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of vatsa

vatsa - calf, child, dear one, pupil

यत् (yat) - what (which, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Corresponds to 'tat'.

वः (vaḥ) - for you (to you (plural), your)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Also can be genitive or accusative plural.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - to be done, or desired (as a neuter noun) (to be done, a duty, a task)

(gerundive)

प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, desired (dear, pleasing, beloved)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing

Note: Agrees with 'kāryam'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Agent of the passive 'kāryam'.