महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-100, verse-24

भीष्म उवाच ।
इति भूमेर्वचः श्रुत्वा वासुदेवः प्रतापवान् ।
तथा चकार सततं त्वमप्येवं समाचर ॥२४॥

24. bhīṣma uvāca ,
iti bhūmervacaḥ śrutvā vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān ,
tathā cakāra satataṁ tvamapyevaṁ samācara.

24. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca | iti bhūmeḥ vacaḥ śrutvā vāsudevaḥ
pratāpavān | tathā cakāra satatam tvam api evam samācara

24. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca iti bhūmeḥ vacaḥ śrutvā pratāpavān
vāsudevaḥ satatam tathā cakāra tvam api evam samācara

24. Bhīṣma said: "Having heard these words from Bhūmi, the glorious Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) always acted accordingly. You, too, should always act in this same manner."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating quoted speech

• भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - from Bhumi, the personified Earth goddess (of Bhumi, of the earth)

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Lord Krishna, son of Vasudeva (Vasudeva, Krishna)

• प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - glorious, mighty, powerful

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

• चकार (cakāra) - acted, behaved (did, performed)

• सततम् (satatam) - always, constantly

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अपि (api) - also, even

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

• समाचर (samācara) - behave, act

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (proper name), terrible, formidable

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating quoted speech

(indeclinable)

भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - from Bhumi, the personified Earth goddess (of Bhumi, of the earth)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, Bhumi (personified as goddess)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, utterance

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Root: śru (class 5)

वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Lord Krishna, son of Vasudeva (Vasudeva, Krishna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - son of Vasudeva, Krishna

प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - glorious, mighty, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratāpavat

pratāpavat - glorious, mighty, powerful

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

चकार (cakāra) - acted, behaved (did, performed)

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सततम् (satatam) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

(indeclinable)

समाचर (samācara) - behave, act

(verb)

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

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: car (class 1)