महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-75, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
विधिं गवां परमहं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ।
येन ताञ्शाश्वताँल्लोकानखिलानश्नुवीमहि ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
vidhiṁ gavāṁ paramahaṁ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ ,
yena tāñśāśvatāँllokānakhilānaśnuvīmahi.

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca vidhim gavām param aham śrotum icchāmi
tattvataḥ yena tān śāśvatān lokān akhilān aśnuvīmahi

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca aham gavām param vidhim tattvataḥ
śrotum icchāmi yena tān śāśvatān akhilān lokān aśnuvīmahi

1. Yudhiṣṭhira said: "I wish to hear accurately the supreme method concerning cows, by which we may attain all those eternal worlds."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of a Pandava prince)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• विधिम् (vidhim) - rule, method, ordinance, sacred injunction

• गवाम् (gavām) - concerning cows (implicitly, the ritual of cow giving) (of cows, belonging to cows)

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent

• अहम् (aham) - I

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, in order to hear

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - in truth, really, accurately, essentially

• येन (yena) - by which, whereby

• तान् (tān) - those

• शाश्वतान् (śāśvatān) - eternal, perpetual, permanent

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms, regions

• अखिलान् (akhilān) - all, entire, complete

• अश्नुवीमहि (aśnuvīmahi) - may we attain, may we reach, may we enjoy

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of a Pandava prince)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (steadfast in battle)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  noun (feminine)
  Locative singular of 'yudh' (battle)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, third person singular, from root 'vac'

Root: vac (class 2)

विधिम् (vidhim) - rule, method, ordinance, sacred injunction

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vidhi

vidhi - rule, method, injunction, destiny, fate

Derived from 'vi' + 'dhā'.

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of 'śrotum icchāmi'.

गवाम् (gavām) - concerning cows (implicitly, the ritual of cow giving) (of cows, belonging to cows)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, earth, ray of light

Note: Possessive with 'vidhim'.

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, subsequent

Note: Agrees with 'vidhim'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of 'icchāmi'.

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, in order to hear

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of the root 'śru'

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Used with 'icchāmi' (I wish to).

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present tense, first person singular, from root 'iṣ'

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - in truth, really, accurately, essentially

(indeclinable)

Suffix -tas (from) added to 'tattva' (truth)

येन (yena) - by which, whereby

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Refers to 'vidhim'.

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'lokān'.

शाश्वतान् (śāśvatān) - eternal, perpetual, permanent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, constant, universal

Note: Agrees with 'lokān'.

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms, regions

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, region, people

Note: Object of 'aśnuvīmāhi'.

अखिलान् (akhilān) - all, entire, complete

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of akhila

akhila - whole, entire, complete, all

Derived from 'a' (not) + 'khila' (waste, remnant).

Note: Agrees with 'lokān'.

अश्नुवीमहि (aśnuvīmahi) - may we attain, may we reach, may we enjoy

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of aś

Optative mood, first person plural, Ātmanepada, from root 'aś'

Root: aś (class 5)