महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-50, verse-24

भीष्म उवाच ।
इत्युक्तो मत्स्यमध्यस्थश्च्यवनो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।
यो मेऽद्य परमः कामस्तं शृणुध्वं समाहिताः ॥२४॥

24. bhīṣma uvāca ,
ityukto matsyamadhyasthaścyavano vākyamabravīt ,
yo me'dya paramaḥ kāmastaṁ śṛṇudhvaṁ samāhitāḥ.

24. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca iti uktaḥ matsyamadhyasthaḥ cyavanaḥ vākyam
abravīt yaḥ me adya paramaḥ kāmaḥ tam śṛṇudhvam samāhitāḥ

24. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca iti uktaḥ matsyamadhyasthaḥ cyavanaḥ vākyam
abravīt adya me yaḥ paramaḥ kāmaḥ tam samāhitāḥ śṛṇudhvam

24. Bhishma said, "Thus addressed, Chyavana, who was situated amidst the fish, spoke these words: 'Listen carefully, everyone, to what my paramount desire is today.'"

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• इति (iti) - (after having been) thus (spoken to) (thus, so, in this way)

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - (having been) addressed (by the Nishadas) (spoken, said, addressed)

• मत्स्यमध्यस्थः (matsyamadhyasthaḥ) - situated in the midst of fish

• च्यवनः (cyavanaḥ) - The sage Chyavana (Chyavana (name of a sage))

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words, statement (speech, word, sentence, statement)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

• यः (yaḥ) - which (desire) (who, which)

• मे (me) - my (to me, my, for me)

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• परमः (paramaḥ) - paramount, utmost (highest, supreme, foremost, ultimate)

• कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire, wish (desire, wish, longing, love)

• तम् (tam) - that (desire) (him, that, it)

• शृणुध्वम् (śṛṇudhvam) - hear (you all), listen (you all)

• समाहिताः (samāhitāḥ) - attentively, with full attention (attentive, concentrated, composed, collected)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a Kuru warrior in Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

3rd person singular Perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - (after having been) thus (spoken to) (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - (having been) addressed (by the Nishadas) (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

मत्स्यमध्यस्थः (matsyamadhyasthaḥ) - situated in the midst of fish

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of matsyamadhyastha

matsyamadhyastha - situated in the middle of fish

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (matsya+madhya+stha)

• matsya – fish
  noun (masculine)
• madhya – middle, center, midst
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, staying, situated
  adjective
  derived from √sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with Chyavana.

च्यवनः (cyavanaḥ) - The sage Chyavana (Chyavana (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cyavana

cyavana - Chyavana (a sage, son of Bhrigu)

Note: Subject of abravīt.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words, statement (speech, word, sentence, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

from √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of abravīt.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect Active

3rd person singular Imperfect active of √brū

Root: brū (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - which (desire) (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

relative pronoun

Note: Agrees with kāmaḥ.

मे (me) - my (to me, my, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

enclitic form of asmad

Note: Here genitive 'my'.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

परमः (paramaḥ) - paramount, utmost (highest, supreme, foremost, ultimate)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, chief, ultimate, best

superlative of para

Note: Agrees with kāmaḥ.

कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire, wish (desire, wish, longing, love)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, longing, love, sensual pleasure

from √kam (to desire)

Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Subject of an implied 'is'.

तम् (tam) - that (desire) (him, that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

demonstrative pronoun

Note: Object of śṛṇudhvam.

शृणुध्वम् (śṛṇudhvam) - hear (you all), listen (you all)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative Middle

2nd person plural Imperative middle of √śru

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Addressed to the Nishadas.

समाहिताः (samāhitāḥ) - attentively, with full attention (attentive, concentrated, composed, collected)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāhita

samāhita - attentive, concentrated, composed, absorbed, prepared

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of sam-ā-√dhā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with implied 'you all' (Nishadas).