महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-55, verse-20

तमुवाचाथ गाङ्गेय ऋषभः सर्वधन्विनाम् ।
पृच्छ मां तात विस्रब्धं मा भैस्त्वं कुरुसत्तम ॥२०॥

20. tamuvācātha gāṅgeya ṛṣabhaḥ sarvadhanvinām ,
pṛccha māṁ tāta visrabdhaṁ mā bhaistvaṁ kurusattama.

20. tam uvāca atha gāṅgeyaḥ ṛṣabhaḥ sarvadhanvinām
pṛccha mām tāta visrabdham mā bhaiḥ tvam kurusattama

20. atha gāṅgeyaḥ sarvadhanvinām ṛṣabhaḥ tam uvāca.
tāta,
kurusattama,
visrabdham mām pṛccha.
tvam mā bhaiḥ.

20. Then Bhishma (Gāṅgeya), the foremost of all archers, said to him: 'My dear son, ask me confidently. Do not be afraid, O best of the Kurus!'

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - Yudhiṣṭhira (him)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• गाङ्गेयः (gāṅgeyaḥ) - son of Gaṅgā, Bhishma

• ऋषभः (ṛṣabhaḥ) - bull, best, excellent

• सर्वधन्विनाम् (sarvadhanvinām) - of all archers

• पृच्छ (pṛccha) - ask!

• माम् (mām) - me

• तात (tāta) - My dear son (from Bhishma to Yudhiṣṭhira) (dear one, child, father (term of endearment))

• विस्रब्धम् (visrabdham) - confidently, trustingly

• मा (mā) - not (prohibitive particle)

• भैः (bhaiḥ) - be afraid!

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• कुरुसत्तम (kurusattama) - O Yudhiṣṭhira! (O best of the Kurus!)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - Yudhiṣṭhira (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of `uvāca`.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, third person singular

Root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

गाङ्गेयः (gāṅgeyaḥ) - son of Gaṅgā, Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gāṅgeya

gāṅgeya - son of Gaṅgā, an epithet for Bhishma or Kārttikeya

Derived from Gaṅgā with patronymic suffix -eya

Note: Subject of `uvāca`.

ऋषभः (ṛṣabhaḥ) - bull, best, excellent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣabha

ṛṣabha - bull, lord, chief, best, pre-eminent

Root: ṛṣabh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `gāṅgeyaḥ`.

सर्वधन्विनाम् (sarvadhanvinām) - of all archers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarvadhanvin

sarvadhanvin - all archers, every bowman

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+dhanvin)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• dhanvin – bowman, archer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from dhanus (bow)

Note: Governed by `ṛṣabhaḥ` (best among).

पृच्छ (pṛccha) - ask!

(verb)

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

Imperative, second person singular

Root prach (to ask), Tudādi class (6th conjugation)

Root: prach (class 6)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Object of `pṛccha`.

तात (tāta) - My dear son (from Bhishma to Yudhiṣṭhira) (dear one, child, father (term of endearment))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, child (a term of endearment or respect, especially used by elders to juniors)

विस्रब्धम् (visrabdham) - confidently, trustingly

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

From root śrambh (to trust) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: śrambh (class 1)

Note: Adverbial accusative, modifies `pṛccha`.

मा (mā) - not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

Note: Prohibitive particle.

भैः (bhaiḥ) - be afraid!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (injunctive) (luṅ (injunctive)) of bhī

Aorist (or Injunctive), second person singular

Root bhī (to fear), Adādi class (2nd conjugation), sigmatic aorist, second person singular. Used with 'mā' for prohibition.

Root: bhī (class 2)

Note: Used with `mā` for prohibition.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of `bhaiḥ`.

कुरुसत्तम (kurusattama) - O Yudhiṣṭhira! (O best of the Kurus!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurusattama

kurusattama - best among the Kurus, most excellent of the Kurus

Compound type : tatpurusha (kuru+sattama)

• kuru – a member of the Kuru dynasty, name of an ancient tribe/kingdom
  proper noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent, most virtuous
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama