महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-319, verse-27

ततः प्रतिवचो देयं सर्वैरेव समाहितैः ।
एतन्मे स्नेहतः सर्वे वचनं कर्तुमर्हथ ॥२७॥

27. tataḥ prativaco deyaṁ sarvaireva samāhitaiḥ ,
etanme snehataḥ sarve vacanaṁ kartumarhatha.

27. tataḥ prativacaḥ deyam sarvaiḥ eva samāhitaiḥ
etat me snehatas sarve vacanam kartum arhatha

27. tataḥ prativacaḥ sarvaiḥ eva samāhitaiḥ deyam.
sarve me snehatas etat vacanam kartum arhatha

27. Therefore, an answer should be given by all of you with full attention. Out of affection for me, all of you should fulfill this request.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - therefore (then, therefore, therefrom)

• प्रतिवचः (prativacaḥ) - a reply (reply, answer)

• देयम् (deyam) - should be given (to be given, due, suitable)

• सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all (the deities) (by all)

• एव (eva) - (emphatic, intensifying 'all') (indeed, only, just)

• समाहितैः (samāhitaiḥ) - by those who are attentive (by those who are concentrated, attentive, composed)

• एतत् (etat) - this (request/word) (this)

• मे (me) - for me / my (my, to me, for me)

• स्नेहतस् (snehatas) - out of affection (from affection, out of affection)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all of you (all (nominative plural masculine))

• वचनम् (vacanam) - this request / word (word, speech, command)

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to fulfill / to do (to do, to make)

• अर्हथ (arhatha) - you (all) should (you (plural) ought, you are able)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - therefore (then, therefore, therefrom)

(indeclinable)

From 'tad' (that) + suffix 'tas' indicating origin or consequence.

प्रतिवचः (prativacaḥ) - a reply (reply, answer)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prativacas

prativacas - answer, reply, counter-speech

From 'prati' (back, against) + 'vacas' (speech).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prati+vacas)

• prati – against, towards, in return
  indeclinable
• vacas – speech, word
  noun (neuter)
  From √vac (to speak).
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Forms the subject of the passive construction with 'deyam'.

देयम् (deyam) - should be given (to be given, due, suitable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of deya

dā - to give, grant

Gerundive (Passive Future Participle)

From √dā (3U, to give) with suffix '-ya'. Indicates obligation or fitness.

Root: dā (class 3)

सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all (the deities) (by all)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Pronominal adjective.

एव (eva) - (emphatic, intensifying 'all') (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

समाहितैः (samāhitaiḥ) - by those who are attentive (by those who are concentrated, attentive, composed)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of samāhita

samāhita - collected, attentive, composed, concentrated

Past Passive Participle

From √dhā (to place) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

एतत् (etat) - this (request/word) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Demonstrative pronoun.

मे (me) - for me / my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

First person pronoun.

स्नेहतस् (snehatas) - out of affection (from affection, out of affection)

(indeclinable)

From 'sneha' (affection) + suffix 'tas' indicating cause/reason.

Root: snih (class 4)

सर्वे (sarve) - all of you (all (nominative plural masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Pronominal adjective.

Note: Subject of 'arhatha'.

वचनम् (vacanam) - this request / word (word, speech, command)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, command, request

From √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to fulfill / to do (to do, to make)

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of kṛ

Infinitive

From √kṛ (8U, to do, make) with suffix '-tum'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Governed by 'arhatha'.

अर्हथ (arhatha) - you (all) should (you (plural) ought, you are able)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Present Active

From √arh (1P, to deserve). Present tense, 2nd person plural, active voice.

Root: arh (class 1)