महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-23, verse-26

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
कस्मिन्काले चरेद्धर्मं कस्मिन्कालेऽर्थमाचरेत् ।
कस्मिन्काले सुखी च स्यात्तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥२६॥

26. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
kasminkāle careddharmaṁ kasminkāle'rthamācaret ,
kasminkāle sukhī ca syāttanme brūhi pitāmaha.

26. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca | kasmin kāle
caret dharmam kasmin kāle
artham ācaret | kasmin kāle sukhī
ca syāt tat me brūhi pitāmaha

26. pitāmaha kasmin kāle dharmam
caret kasmin kāle ca artham ācaret
kasmin kāle ca sukhī syāt tat
me brūhi (iti yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca)

26. Yudhishthira said: "O grandfather, in what period should one practice natural law (dharma)? In what period should one pursue material wealth? In what period would one be happy? Please tell me that."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - The character Yudhishthira (Yudhishthira)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Yudhishthira said (said, spoke)

• कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in what (in which, in what)

• काले (kāle) - in what period of time (in time, in period, at what time)

• चरेत् (caret) - one should practice/follow (one should move, one should practice, one should perform)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, righteous conduct (as an object of practice) (righteousness, duty, law, constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature)

• कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in what (in which, in what)

• काले (kāle) - in what period of time (in time, in period, at what time)

• अर्थम् (artham) - material wealth, material gain (purpose, meaning, wealth, material gain)

• आचरेत् (ācaret) - one should pursue, practice (one should practice, perform, do)

• कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in what (in which, in what)

• काले (kāle) - in what period of time (in time, in period, at what time)

• सुखी (sukhī) - happy (happy, joyful, comfortable)

• च (ca) - and, also

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be (may be, should be, would be)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the previous questions) (that)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - please tell (tell, say)

• पितामह (pitāmaha) - O grandfather (address to Bhishma) (grandfather)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - The character Yudhishthira (Yudhishthira)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira; firm in battle

Compound type : aluk-tatpurusha (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle (locative of yudh)
  noun (feminine)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - Yudhishthira said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active

root 'vac' (2nd conj.) - perfect 3rd person singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in what (in which, in what)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Adjectival use with 'kāle'.

काले (kāle) - in what period of time (in time, in period, at what time)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

Note: Locative of time.

चरेत् (caret) - one should practice/follow (one should move, one should practice, one should perform)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of car

optative active

root 'car' (1st conj.) - optative 3rd person singular active

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Expresses a request or a duty.

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, righteous conduct (as an object of practice) (righteousness, duty, law, constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - duty, righteousness, law, justice, virtue, natural law, intrinsic nature

from root dhṛ- to uphold

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'caret'.

कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in what (in which, in what)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Adjectival use with 'kāle'.

काले (kāle) - in what period of time (in time, in period, at what time)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

Note: Locative of time.

अर्थम् (artham) - material wealth, material gain (purpose, meaning, wealth, material gain)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, wealth, material prosperity, object

Note: Object of 'ācaret'.

आचरेत् (ācaret) - one should pursue, practice (one should practice, perform, do)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of car

optative active

root 'car' (1st conj.) with prefix 'ā-' - optative 3rd person singular active

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Expresses a request or a duty.

कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in what (in which, in what)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Adjectival use with 'kāle'.

काले (kāle) - in what period of time (in time, in period, at what time)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

Note: Locative of time.

सुखी (sukhī) - happy (happy, joyful, comfortable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sukhin

sukhin - happy, comfortable, joyful

Note: Predicative adjective.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

स्यात् (syāt) - would be (may be, should be, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

optative active

root 'as' (2nd conj.) - optative 3rd person singular active

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Expresses possibility or potential.

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the previous questions) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of 'brūhi'.

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Dative of indirect object.

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - please tell (tell, say)

(verb)

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

imperative active

root 'brū' (2nd conj.) - imperative 2nd person singular active

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Command/request.

पितामह (pitāmaha) - O grandfather (address to Bhishma) (grandfather)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather (father's father)