महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-88, verse-2

भीष्म उवाच ।
हवींषि श्राद्धकल्पे तु यानि श्राद्धविदो विदुः ।
तानि मे शृणु काम्यानि फलं चैषां युधिष्ठिर ॥२॥

2. bhīṣma uvāca ,
havīṁṣi śrāddhakalpe tu yāni śrāddhavido viduḥ ,
tāni me śṛṇu kāmyāni phalaṁ caiṣāṁ yudhiṣṭhira.

2. bhīṣma uvāca havīṃṣi śrāddhakalpe tu yāni śrāddhavidaḥ
viduḥ tāni me śṛṇu kāmyāni phalam ca eṣām yudhiṣṭhira

2. bhīṣma uvāca yudhiṣṭhira me śṛṇu tāni havīṃṣi yāni
śrāddhakalpe tu śrāddhavidaḥ viduḥ ca eṣām kāmyāni phalam

2. Bhīṣma said: "O Yudhiṣṭhira, listen from me concerning those oblations (havīṃṣi) within the ancestral (śrāddha) ritual, which are known by those who understand the śrāddha procedure, and also the desired outcomes thereof."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma (the Kuru patriarch) (Bhīṣma (proper name))

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

• हवींषि (havīṁṣi) - oblations (oblations, offerings)

• श्राद्धकल्पे (śrāddhakalpe) - in the ancestral (śrāddha) ritual procedure (in the ritual procedure for ancestors (śrāddha))

• तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic) (but, indeed, however (particle for emphasis or contrast))

• यानि (yāni) - which (oblations) (which (neuter plural))

• श्राद्धविदः (śrāddhavidaḥ) - those who understand the śrāddha procedure (those who know the śrāddha (ritual), experts in śrāddha)

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they (śrāddhavidaḥ) know/understand (they know, they understand)

• तानि (tāni) - those (oblations) (those (neuter plural))

• मे (me) - from me (from me, to me, for me)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - (you) listen (listen, hear)

• काम्यानि (kāmyāni) - desired (results) (desired, wished for, agreeable)

• फलम् (phalam) - results, outcomes (fruit, result, consequence, reward)

• च (ca) - and also (and, also)

• एषाम् (eṣām) - of these (oblations), their (of these, their)

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (vocative) (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma (the Kuru patriarch) (Bhīṣma (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (proper name, lit. 'terrible, formidable')

Root: bhī (class 3)

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

(verb)

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

perfect active (liṭ)

Irregular perfect form from √vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

हवींषि (havīṁṣi) - oblations (oblations, offerings)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of havis

havis - oblation, offering, sacrificial food

From √hu (to offer).

Root: hu (class 3)

Note: Serves as the object of 'śṛṇu'.

श्राद्धकल्पे (śrāddhakalpe) - in the ancestral (śrāddha) ritual procedure (in the ritual procedure for ancestors (śrāddha))

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śrāddhakalpa

śrāddhakalpa - the system or procedure of the śrāddha ritual

Compound of 'śrāddha' and 'kalpa'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrāddha+kalpa)

• śrāddha – ancestral ceremony, ritual for the deceased
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle from śrad-dhā (faith-place), then noun.
  Prefix: śrad
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• kalpa – rule, ritual, procedure, system
  noun (masculine)
  From √kḷp (to arrange, ordain).
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Refers to the context of the offerings.

तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic) (but, indeed, however (particle for emphasis or contrast))

(indeclinable)

यानि (yāni) - which (oblations) (which (neuter plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who

Relative pronoun.

Note: Antecedent is `havīṃṣi`.

श्राद्धविदः (śrāddhavidaḥ) - those who understand the śrāddha procedure (those who know the śrāddha (ritual), experts in śrāddha)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śrāddhavid

śrāddhavid - knowing the śrāddha, expert in ancestral rites

Compound of 'śrāddha' and 'vid' (knower).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrāddha+vid)

• śrāddha – ancestral ceremony, ritual for the deceased
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle from śrad-dhā, then noun.
  Prefix: śrad
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• vid – knower, understanding
  noun/adjective (masculine)
  From √vid (to know).
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'viduḥ'.

विदुः (viduḥ) - they (śrāddhavidaḥ) know/understand (they know, they understand)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vid

present active (laṭ)

From √vid, 2nd class (adādi).

Root: vid (class 2)

तानि (tāni) - those (oblations) (those (neuter plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative/correlative pronoun.

Note: Object of `śṛṇu`.

मे (me) - from me (from me, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Enclitic dative/genitive singular form of 'aham'.

Note: Acts adverbially to indicate source of information (from me).

शृणु (śṛṇu) - (you) listen (listen, hear)

(verb)

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

imperative active (loṭ)

From √śru, 5th class (svādi).

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Implied subject is Yudhiṣṭhira.

काम्यानि (kāmyāni) - desired (results) (desired, wished for, agreeable)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of kāmya

kāmya - desirable, longed for, lovely, agreeable

Gerundive / Adjective

From √kam (to desire) with suffix -ya. Can also be a gerundive (to be desired).

Root: kam (class 10)

Note: Qualifies `phalam`.

फलम् (phalam) - results, outcomes (fruit, result, consequence, reward)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, outcome, reward, gain

Note: Object of `śṛṇu`.

च (ca) - and also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एषाम् (eṣām) - of these (oblations), their (of these, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Possessive, 'their results'.

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (vocative) (Yudhiṣṭhira)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (a proper name, lit. 'steady in battle')

Compound type : aluk-tatpuruṣa (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  indeclinable (locative form used as part of compound) (feminine)
  locative singular of yudh (battle)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – steady, firm, constant
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)