महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-65, verse-16

एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं भगवंस्तद्ब्रवीहि मे ।
त्वं बन्धुभूतो ह्यस्माकं क्षत्रियाणां सुरेश्वर ॥१६॥

16. etadicchāmyahaṁ śrotuṁ bhagavaṁstadbravīhi me ,
tvaṁ bandhubhūto hyasmākaṁ kṣatriyāṇāṁ sureśvara.

16. etat icchāmi aham śrotum bhagavan tat bravīhi me
tvam bandhubhūtaḥ hi asmākam kṣatriyāṇām sureśvara

16. aham etat śrotum icchāmi,
bhagavan,
tat me bravīhi hi tvam asmākam kṣatriyāṇām bandhubhūtaḥ sureśvara

16. O revered one (Bhagavan), I wish to hear this; therefore, please tell it to me. For you are indeed a kinsman to us Kshatriyas, O lord of gods (Sureśvara).

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this, this (matter)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• अहम् (aham) - I

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one, O divine one

• तत् (tat) - therefore, so (that, therefore)

• ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell, speak

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• बन्धुभूतः (bandhubhūtaḥ) - a kinsman (having become a kinsman, acting as a friend)

• हि (hi) - for, indeed (indeed, for, because)

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, our

• क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of Kshatriyas, of warriors

• सुरेश्वर (sureśvara) - O lord of gods

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this, this (matter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, that which is near

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present Indicative

1st person singular present indicative active of root iṣ (class 6)

Root: iṣ (class 6)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(verb)

infinitive of śru

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root 'śru' (class 5).

Root: śru (class 5)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one, O divine one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - revered, divine, glorious, fortunate, worshipful

तत् (tat) - therefore, so (that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Note: Acts as an adverb here, meaning 'therefore'.

ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell, speak

(verb)

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

Imperative

2nd person singular imperative active of the irregular root brū (class 2).

Root: brū (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Can also be genitive singular, but dative ('to me') fits the context better with 'bravīhi'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

बन्धुभूतः (bandhubhūtaḥ) - a kinsman (having become a kinsman, acting as a friend)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bandhubhūta

bandhubhūta - become a kinsman, acting as a relative or friend

Past Passive Participle

Compound of 'bandhu' (kinsman) and 'bhūta' (past passive participle of 'bhū', to become/be). Lit. 'one who has become a relative'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bandhu+bhūta)

• bandhu – kinsman, relative, friend, relation
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, been, existing, past, creature
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of the root 'bhū' (to be, to become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

हि (hi) - for, indeed (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, our

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of Kshatriyas, of warriors

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - Kshatriya, member of the warrior and ruling class

सुरेश्वर (sureśvara) - O lord of gods

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sureśvara

sureśvara - lord of gods, chief of the gods (an epithet of Indra)

Compound of 'sura' (god) and 'īśvara' (lord).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sura+īśvara)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler, god
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś