महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-84, verse-1

भीष्म उवाच ।
ह्रीनिषेधाः सदा सन्तः सत्यार्जवसमन्विताः ।
शक्ताः कथयितुं सम्यक्ते तव स्युः सभासदः ॥१॥

1. bhīṣma uvāca ,
hrīniṣedhāḥ sadā santaḥ satyārjavasamanvitāḥ ,
śaktāḥ kathayituṁ samyakte tava syuḥ sabhāsadaḥ.

1. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca hrīniṣedhāḥ sadā santaḥ satyārjavasamanvitāḥ
śaktāḥ kathayitum samyak te tava syuḥ sabhāsadaḥ

1. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca: te hrīniṣedhāḥ,
sadā santaḥ,
satyārjavasamanvitāḥ,
samyak kathayitum śaktāḥ ca tava sabhāsadaḥ syuḥ .

1. Bhishma said: Those who are modest (hrīniṣedhāḥ), always virtuous, endowed with truthfulness and straightforwardness, and capable of speaking correctly—they should be your assembly members.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ह्रीनिषेधाः (hrīniṣedhāḥ) - people who are restrained by a sense of modesty or propriety (those for whom shame is a prohibition, modest, scrupulous)

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever, perpetually

• सन्तः (santaḥ) - virtuous and righteous individuals (good people, virtuous, existing, being)

• सत्यार्जवसमन्विताः (satyārjavasamanvitāḥ) - endowed with truthfulness and straightforwardness

• शक्ताः (śaktāḥ) - capable of speaking correctly (capable, able, strong)

• कथयितुम् (kathayitum) - to speak (properly) (to speak, to narrate, to tell)

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, correctly, accurately, completely

• ते (te) - those (qualities of people previously mentioned) (they, those)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• स्युः (syuḥ) - they should be (your assembly members) (should be, may be, would be)

• सभासदः (sabhāsadaḥ) - members of the royal council (assembly members, counsellors, advisors)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a prominent character in the Mahābhārata), terrible, formidable

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect

Perfect tense (Liṭ), active voice, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

ह्रीनिषेधाः (hrīniṣedhāḥ) - people who are restrained by a sense of modesty or propriety (those for whom shame is a prohibition, modest, scrupulous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hrīniṣedha

hrīniṣedha - that for which shame is a prohibition; restrained by shame; modest, scrupulous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hrī+niṣedha)

• hrī – shame, modesty, diffidence
  noun (feminine)
• niṣedha – prohibition, interdiction, restraint, prevention
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: sidh (class 1)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever, perpetually

(indeclinable)

सन्तः (santaḥ) - virtuous and righteous individuals (good people, virtuous, existing, being)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous, real, true

present active participle

Present Active Participle of root अस् (as)

Root: as (class 2)

सत्यार्जवसमन्विताः (satyārjavasamanvitāḥ) - endowed with truthfulness and straightforwardness

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of satyārjavasamanvita

satyārjavasamanvita - endowed with truth and straightforwardness

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (satya+ārjava+samanvita)

• satya – truth, truthfulness, real
  noun (neuter)
• ārjava – straightforwardness, honesty, integrity
  noun (neuter)
• samanvita – joined with, accompanied by, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Past Passive Participle of root अन्व् + इ (anv + i)
  Prefixes: sam+anu
  Root: i (class 2)

शक्ताः (śaktāḥ) - capable of speaking correctly (capable, able, strong)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śakta

śakta - able, capable, competent, powerful

past passive participle

Past Passive Participle of root शक् (śak)

Root: śak (class 5)

कथयितुम् (kathayitum) - to speak (properly) (to speak, to narrate, to tell)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form from the causative stem of root कथ् (kath)

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Infinitive of purpose

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, correctly, accurately, completely

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those (qualities of people previously mentioned) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

स्युः (syuḥ) - they should be (your assembly members) (should be, may be, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of as

optative

Optative mood (Liṅ), active voice, 3rd person plural

Root: as (class 2)

सभासदः (sabhāsadaḥ) - members of the royal council (assembly members, counsellors, advisors)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sabhāsad

sabhāsad - one who sits in an assembly; a member of an assembly, counsellor, courtier

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (sabhā+sad)

• sabhā – assembly, council, court, meeting hall
  noun (feminine)
• sad – sitting, remaining, residing; one who sits
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root सद् (sad) to sit
  Root: sad (class 1)