महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-20, verse-1

अष्टावक्र उवाच ।
तथास्तु साधयिष्यामि तत्र यास्याम्यसंशयम् ।
यत्र त्वं वदसे साधो भवान्भवतु सत्यवाक् ॥१॥

1. aṣṭāvakra uvāca ,
tathāstu sādhayiṣyāmi tatra yāsyāmyasaṁśayam ,
yatra tvaṁ vadase sādho bhavānbhavatu satyavāk.

1. aṣṭāvakraḥ uvāca | tathā astu sādhayiṣyāmi tatra yāsyāmi
asaṃśayam | yatra tvam vadase sādho bhavān bhavatu satyavāk

1. Aṣṭāvakra said, 'So be it! I will certainly accomplish it and go there, just as you say, O good one. May you be truthful!'

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - Aṣṭāvakra (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

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

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• साधयिष्यामि (sādhayiṣyāmi) - I will accomplish, I will fulfill

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• यास्यामि (yāsyāmi) - I will go

• असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - without doubt, certainly

• यत्र (yatra) - where

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• वदसे (vadase) - you say

• साधो (sādho) - O good one, O venerable one

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (polite), your honor

• भवतु (bhavatu) - let him be, may he be, may you be (with bhavān)

• सत्यवाक् (satyavāk) - truthful, speaker of truth

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - Aṣṭāvakra (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṣṭāvakra

aṣṭāvakra - Aṣṭāvakra (name of a sage)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (aṣṭā+vakra)

• aṣṭā – eight
  numeral
• vakra – bent, crooked
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: vraśc

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

3rd person singular, perfect tense

Root: vac (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Imperative Mood

3rd person singular, imperative mood

Root: as (class 2)

साधयिष्यामि (sādhayiṣyāmi) - I will accomplish, I will fulfill

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of sādh

Future Tense

1st person singular, future tense

Root: sādh (class 5)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

यास्यामि (yāsyāmi) - I will go

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of yā

Future Tense

1st person singular, future tense

Root: yā (class 2)

असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - without doubt, certainly

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (a+saṃśaya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śī

Note: Null gender/number/case as it functions adverbially.

यत्र (yatra) - where

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

वदसे (vadase) - you say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vad

Present Tense

2nd person singular, present tense, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Root: vad (class 1)

साधो (sādho) - O good one, O venerable one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, holy man

Root: sādh

भवान् (bhavān) - you (polite), your honor

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (polite), respectable person

Present Active Participle

From root bhū. Used as an honorific pronoun, 2nd person singular nominative masculine.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Functions as a pronoun for 'you (polite)'.

भवतु (bhavatu) - let him be, may he be, may you be (with bhavān)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Imperative Mood

3rd person singular, imperative mood

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used with 'bhavān' (polite 'you') to convey a 2nd person imperative.

सत्यवाक् (satyavāk) - truthful, speaker of truth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satyavāc

satyavāc - truthful, speaking truth

Compound type : karmadhāraya (satya+vāc)

• satya – true, real
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: as
• vāc – speech, voice
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vac

Note: Here used as an adjective for 'bhavān'.