महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-49, verse-22

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
कथमस्य प्रयोक्तव्यः संस्कारः कस्य वा कथम् ।
देया कन्या कथं चेति तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥२२॥

22. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
kathamasya prayoktavyaḥ saṁskāraḥ kasya vā katham ,
deyā kanyā kathaṁ ceti tanme brūhi pitāmaha.

22. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca katham asya prayoktavyaḥ saṃskāraḥ kasya
vā katham deyā kanyā katham ca iti tat me brūhi pitāmaha

22. Yudhishthira said, 'How should his purification rite (saṃskāra) be performed? And to whom [does he belong], or in what manner? And how should a daughter be given to him [in marriage]? Tell me that, O Grandsire.'

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pāṇḍavas

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• अस्य (asya) - of this adopted son (his, of him)

• प्रयोक्तव्यः (prayoktavyaḥ) - to be performed, to be applied, to be employed

• संस्कारः (saṁskāraḥ) - a purification ritual (saṃskāra) (purification rite, ritual, sacrament, impression)

• कस्य (kasya) - to whom (does he belong, or should the rite be applied) (whose, of whom, to whom)

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• कथम् (katham) - in what manner (should the rite be performed, or is he related) (how, in what manner)

• देया (deyā) - to be given, due, fit to be given

• कन्या (kanyā) - daughter, girl, maiden

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• च (ca) - and, also

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• तत् (tat) - that (matter/question) (that, it (neuter singular accusative))

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell! speak!

• पितामह (pitāmaha) - O Grandsire (addressing Bhishma) (O Grandsire (vocative, addressing Bhishma))

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - steady in battle; Yudhishthira (proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of this adopted son (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

प्रयोक्तव्यः (prayoktavyaḥ) - to be performed, to be applied, to be employed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prayoktavya

prayoktavya - to be employed, to be used, to be performed, to be applied

Gerundive

Gerundive of root yuj with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

संस्कारः (saṁskāraḥ) - a purification ritual (saṃskāra) (purification rite, ritual, sacrament, impression)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃskāra

saṁskāra - preparation, purification, rite, sacrament, impression, embellishment

Prefix: sam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कस्य (kasya) - to whom (does he belong, or should the rite be applied) (whose, of whom, to whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - in what manner (should the rite be performed, or is he related) (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

देया (deyā) - to be given, due, fit to be given

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of deya

deya - to be given, due, fit to be given

Gerundive

Gerundive of root dā

Root: dā (class 3)

कन्या (kanyā) - daughter, girl, maiden

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - girl, maiden, daughter, virgin

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (matter/question) (that, it (neuter singular accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell! speak!

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

पितामह (pitāmaha) - O Grandsire (addressing Bhishma) (O Grandsire (vocative, addressing Bhishma))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather, grandsire