महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-85, verse-11

भीष्म उवाच ।
इत्युक्तः कृतवान्सर्वं तथा शक्रः पुरोधसा ।
तथा त्वमपि कौन्तेय सम्यगेतत्समाचर ॥११॥

11. bhīṣma uvāca ,
ityuktaḥ kṛtavānsarvaṁ tathā śakraḥ purodhasā ,
tathā tvamapi kaunteya samyagetatsamācara.

11. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca iti uktaḥ kṛtavān sarvaṃ tathā śakraḥ
purodhasā tathā tvaṃ api kaunteya samyak etat samācara

11. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca.
iti uktaḥ śakraḥ purodhasā tathā sarvaṃ kṛtavān.
tathā kaunteya tvaṃ api etat samyak samācara

11. Bhishma said: "Having been thus advised by his chief priest, Indra (Śakra) acted accordingly in every respect. Similarly, O son of Kunti (Kaunteya), you too should properly follow this instruction."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (quotation marker)

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, advised

• कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - did, performed, made

• सर्वं (sarvaṁ) - all, everything

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

• शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra (proper noun)

• पुरोधसा (purodhasā) - by the chief priest

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

• त्वं (tvaṁ) - you

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O Yudhishthira (O son of Kunti)

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, completely, rightly

• एतत् (etat) - this

• समाचर (samācara) - practice, act, follow, perform

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a character in the Mahabharata)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

Perfect 3rd person singular, from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

Note: Precedes or follows reported speech. Here it means 'having been thus advised'.

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, advised

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, advised, told

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'śakraḥ'.

कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - did, performed, made

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtavat

kṛtavat - having done, performed, made

Past Active Participle

Derived from root kṛ with suffix -vat

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'śakraḥ' and acts as the main verb.

सर्वं (sarvaṁ) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Object of 'kṛtavān'.

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Indra (name of the king of gods)

Note: Subject of 'kṛtavān'.

पुरोधसा (purodhasā) - by the chief priest

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of purodhas

purodhas - chief priest, leader, one placed in front

Note: Agent of 'uktaḥ'.

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the comparison.

त्वं (tvaṁ) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of 'samācara'.

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'you also'.

कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O Yudhishthira (O son of Kunti)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti

Patronymic from Kuntī

Note: Address to Yudhishthira.

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, completely, rightly

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies 'samācara'.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, he, she, it

Note: Object of 'samācara', referring to the previous advice.

समाचर (samācara) - practice, act, follow, perform

(verb)

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

Derived from root car with upasargas sam- and ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Command to Yudhishthira.