महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-19, verse-15

अष्टावक्र उवाच ।
किं द्रष्टव्यं मया तत्र वक्तुमर्हति मे भवान् ।
तथेदानीं मया कार्यं यथा वक्ष्यति मां भवान् ॥१५॥

15. aṣṭāvakra uvāca ,
kiṁ draṣṭavyaṁ mayā tatra vaktumarhati me bhavān ,
tathedānīṁ mayā kāryaṁ yathā vakṣyati māṁ bhavān.

15. aṣṭāvakraḥ uvāca kim draṣṭavyam mayā tatra vaktum arhati me
bhavān tathā idānīm mayā kāryam yathā vakṣyati mām bhavān

15. aṣṭāvakraḥ uvāca kim draṣṭavyam mayā tatra bhavān me vaktum
arhati idānīm mayā tathā kāryam yathā bhavān mām vakṣyati

15. Aṣṭāvakra said, "What is there for me to see? You should tell me. I will act exactly as you instruct me now."

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - Aṣṭāvakra (a sage, literally 'eight-curved')

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• किम् (kim) - what?

• द्रष्टव्यम् (draṣṭavyam) - to be seen, worthy of being seen

• मया (mayā) - by me

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to tell

• अर्हति (arhati) - ought, is able, deserves

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful), sir

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at this time

• मया (mayā) - by me

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - to be done, duty, work

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• वक्ष्यति (vakṣyati) - will tell, will speak

• माम् (mām) - me

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful), sir

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - Aṣṭāvakra (a sage, literally 'eight-curved')

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṣṭāvakra

aṣṭāvakra - Aṣṭāvakra (proper name), having eight crookednesses

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (aṣṭa+vakra)

• aṣṭa – eight
  numeral
• vakra – bent, crooked, curved
  adjective (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? which? who?

द्रष्टव्यम् (draṣṭavyam) - to be seen, worthy of being seen

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of draṣṭavya

draṣṭavya - to be seen, worthy of being seen, perceptible

Gerundive

Derived from root 'dṛś' with suffix -tavya

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to tell

(indeclinable)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Infinitive form

अर्हति (arhati) - ought, is able, deserves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful), sir

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), Sir, Lord

Present Active Participle

From root 'bhū'

Root: bhū (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at this time

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

कार्यम् (kāryam) - to be done, duty, work

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, work, proper to be done

Gerundive

Derived from root 'kṛ' with suffix -ya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

वक्ष्यति (vakṣyati) - will tell, will speak

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (Lṛṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful), sir

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), Sir, Lord

Present Active Participle

From root 'bhū'

Root: bhū (class 1)