महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-89, verse-1

भीष्म उवाच ।
यमस्तु यानि श्राद्धानि प्रोवाच शशबिन्दवे ।
तानि मे शृणु काम्यानि नक्षत्रेषु पृथक्पृथक् ॥१॥

1. bhīṣma uvāca ,
yamastu yāni śrāddhāni provāca śaśabindave ,
tāni me śṛṇu kāmyāni nakṣatreṣu pṛthakpṛthak.

1. bhīṣma uvāca | yamaḥ tu yāni śrāddhāni provāca śaśabindave
| tāni me śṛṇu kāmyāni nakṣatreṣu pṛthak pṛthak

1. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca tu yamaḥ yāni śrāddhāni śaśabindave
provāca tāni kāmyāni nakṣatreṣu pṛthak pṛthak me śṛṇu

1. Bhishma said: Now, listen to me about those desirable ancestral rituals (śrāddha) which Yama (the lord of death) taught to Śaśabindu, to be performed separately for each constellation (nakṣatra).

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - (he) said, spoke

• यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama, the lord of death

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, now, however

• यानि (yāni) - which (neuter plural)

• श्राद्धानि (śrāddhāni) - ancestral rituals, śrāddha ceremonies

• प्रोवाच (provāca) - (he) spoke, told, imparted

• शशबिन्दवे (śaśabindave) - to Śaśabindu

• तानि (tāni) - those (neuter plural)

• मे (me) - to me

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (imperative)

• काम्यानि (kāmyāni) - desirable, longed for, relating to desires

• नक्षत्रेषु (nakṣatreṣu) - in the constellations, in the lunar mansions

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - for each specific nakṣatra (separately, individually)

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - for each specific nakṣatra (separately, individually)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a prominent character in the Mahābhārata, son of Shantanu and Ganga)

उवाच (uvāca) - (he) said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama, the lord of death

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yama

yama - Yama (the god of death, judge of the dead), restraint, control

तु (tu) - but, indeed, now, however

(indeclinable)

यानि (yāni) - which (neuter plural)

(relative pronoun)

श्राद्धानि (śrāddhāni) - ancestral rituals, śrāddha ceremonies

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śrāddha

śrāddha - ancestral ritual, funeral rite, act of faith, offering to ancestors

प्रोवाच (provāca) - (he) spoke, told, imparted

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Prefix 'pra' implies 'forth, forward, thoroughly'

शशबिन्दवे (śaśabindave) - to Śaśabindu

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of śaśabindu

śaśabindu - Śaśabindu (name of an ancient king or sage, literally 'moon-spot')

तानि (tāni) - those (neuter plural)

(demonstrative pronoun)

मे (me) - to me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Enclitic form of 'asmat' pronoun

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (imperative)

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

काम्यानि (kāmyāni) - desirable, longed for, relating to desires

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of kāmya

kāmya - desirable, wished for, optional (ritual)

derived from 'kāma' (desire)

नक्षत्रेषु (nakṣatreṣu) - in the constellations, in the lunar mansions

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of nakṣatra

nakṣatra - lunar mansion, constellation, star

पृथक् (pṛthak) - for each specific nakṣatra (separately, individually)

(indeclinable)

पृथक् (pṛthak) - for each specific nakṣatra (separately, individually)

(indeclinable)