महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-327, verse-44

विज्ञातं वो मया कार्यं तच्च लोकहितं महत् ।
प्रवृत्तियुक्तं कर्तव्यं युष्मत्प्राणोपबृंहणम् ॥४४॥

44. vijñātaṁ vo mayā kāryaṁ tacca lokahitaṁ mahat ,
pravṛttiyuktaṁ kartavyaṁ yuṣmatprāṇopabṛṁhaṇam.

44. vijñātam vaḥ mayā kāryam tat ca lokahitam mahat
pravṛttiyuktam kartavyam yuṣmatprāṇopabṛṃhaṇam

44. mayā vaḥ kāryam vijñātam tat ca mahat lokahitam
yuṣmatprāṇopabṛṃhaṇam pravṛttiyuktam kartavyam

44. Your task has been understood by me; and that great endeavor is beneficial for the world. It must be undertaken with great effort, for it will strengthen your very lives.

Words meanings summery:

• विज्ञातम् (vijñātam) - known, understood, ascertained

• वः (vaḥ) - your (genitive plural)

• मया (mayā) - by me

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

• तत् (tat) - that (task) (that)

• च (ca) - and

• लोकहितम् (lokahitam) - beneficial to the world, welfare of the world

• महत् (mahat) - great, important, large

• प्रवृत्तियुक्तम् (pravṛttiyuktam) - engaged in activity, endowed with effort

• कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - ought to be done, must be done

• युष्मत्प्राणोपबृंहणम् (yuṣmatprāṇopabṛṁhaṇam) - the strengthening of your lives/vital breaths

Words meanings and morphology

विज्ञातम् (vijñātam) - known, understood, ascertained

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vijñāta

vijñāta - known, understood, perceived, recognized

Past Passive Participle

From root 'jñā' (to know) with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Used predicatively with 'kāryam'.

वः (vaḥ) - your (genitive plural)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Note: Possessive, 'your task'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Agent in passive construction 'known by me'.

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - work, business, affair, duty, what is to be done

Gerundive

From root 'kṛ' (to do) + suffix '-ya' (gerundive)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

तत् (tat) - that (task) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of the second clause.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

लोकहितम् (lokahitam) - beneficial to the world, welfare of the world

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of lokahita

lokahita - beneficial to people/the world, public welfare

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+hita)

• loka – world, people, universe
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)
• hita – beneficial, salutary, good, welfare
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'dhā' (to place, do, bring) with 'hi' (for 'hita')
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'tat'.

महत् (mahat) - great, important, large

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, extensive, important

Present Active Participle

From root 'mah' (to be great)

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tat' and 'lokahitam'.

प्रवृत्तियुक्तम् (pravṛttiyuktam) - engaged in activity, endowed with effort

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pravṛttiyukta

pravṛttiyukta - associated with activity, engaged in action, full of energy

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pravṛtti+yukta)

• pravṛtti – activity, action, exertion, engagement
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'vṛt' (to be, exist) with prefix 'pra'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• yukta – joined, connected, endowed with, engaged in
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'yuj' (to join)
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Modifies the implied subject 'it' (the task) and 'kartavyam'.

कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - ought to be done, must be done

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, proper to be done, duty

Gerundive

From root 'kṛ' (to do) + suffix '-tavya'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate adjective for the implied subject 'it' (the task).

युष्मत्प्राणोपबृंहणम् (yuṣmatprāṇopabṛṁhaṇam) - the strengthening of your lives/vital breaths

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuṣmatprāṇopabṛṃhaṇa

yuṣmatprāṇopabṛṁhaṇa - the strengthening or nourishing of your vital breaths/lives

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yuṣmat+prāṇa+upabṛṃhaṇa)

• yuṣmat – your, belonging to you (plural)
  pronoun
• prāṇa – life, vital breath, air, strength
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix 'pra' and root 'an' (to breathe)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: an (class 2)
• upabṛṃhaṇa – strengthening, nourishing, enhancing
  noun (neuter)
  Noun from causative verb
  From root 'bṛṃh' (to grow, swell) with 'upa' and causative 'णिच्' suffix
  Prefix: upa
  Root: bṛṃh (class 10)

Note: Predicate nominative, describing the nature of the task.