महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-20, verse-24

हार्योऽयं विषयो ब्रह्मन्गान्धर्वो नाम नामतः ।
छन्दतो वर्ततां विप्र यथा वदति वा भवान् ॥२४॥

24. hāryo'yaṁ viṣayo brahmangāndharvo nāma nāmataḥ ,
chandato vartatāṁ vipra yathā vadati vā bhavān.

24. hāryaḥ ayam viṣayaḥ brahman gāndharvaḥ nāma nāmataḥ
chandataḥ vartatām vipra yathā vadati vā bhavān

24. brahman ayam viṣayaḥ nāmataḥ gāndharvaḥ nāma hāryaḥ
vipra chandataḥ vartatām vā yathā bhavān vadati

24. O Brahmin, this matter, named 'Gandharva,' is to be chosen. Let it proceed according to your wish, O priest, or as your honor states.

Words meanings summery:

• हार्यः (hāryaḥ) - to be taken, to be carried, to be charming, to be chosen, agreeable

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• विषयः (viṣayaḥ) - subject, matter, object of sense, domain

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

• गान्धर्वः (gāndharvaḥ) - the Gandharva form of marriage, based on mutual consent (relating to Gandharvas; a type of marriage (Gandharva marriage); a musical art form)

• नाम (nāma) - namely, called by the name (name, by name, indeed, verily)

• नामतः (nāmataḥ) - by name, in name, nominally

• छन्दतः (chandataḥ) - according to one's wish/will, freely

• वर्तताम् (vartatām) - let it proceed, let it be, let it exist

• विप्र (vipra) - O priest, O Brahmin

• यथा (yathā) - as, in which manner

• वदति (vadati) - speaks, says

• वा (vā) - or

• भवान् (bhavān) - your honor, you

Words meanings and morphology

हार्यः (hāryaḥ) - to be taken, to be carried, to be charming, to be chosen, agreeable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hārya

hārya - to be taken, to be carried, to be charming, to be chosen, agreeable

Gerundive/Passive Future Participle

derived from root hṛ (to take) with suffix -ya (kṛtya pratyaya)

Root: hṛ (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

विषयः (viṣayaḥ) - subject, matter, object of sense, domain

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣaya

viṣaya - subject, matter, object of sense, domain

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, one who knows or possesses (brahman)

गान्धर्वः (gāndharvaḥ) - the Gandharva form of marriage, based on mutual consent (relating to Gandharvas; a type of marriage (Gandharva marriage); a musical art form)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gāndharva

gāndharva - relating to Gandharvas; a type of marriage (Gandharva marriage); a musical art form

नाम (nāma) - namely, called by the name (name, by name, indeed, verily)

(indeclinable)

Note: Here used as an indeclinable particle, specifying 'named'.

नामतः (nāmataḥ) - by name, in name, nominally

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas

छन्दतः (chandataḥ) - according to one's wish/will, freely

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas

वर्तताम् (vartatām) - let it proceed, let it be, let it exist

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, Imperative (loṭ) of vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Atmanepada.

विप्र (vipra) - O priest, O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - inspired, wise, a sage, a priest, a Brahmin

यथा (yathā) - as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

वदति (vadati) - speaks, says

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Present (laṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

भवान् (bhavān) - your honor, you

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (polite address)

present participle of bhū (to be) used as a polite pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used as a polite second-person pronoun.