महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-99, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
आरामाणां तडागानां यत्फलं कुरुनन्दन ।
तदहं श्रोतुमिच्छामि त्वत्तोऽद्य भरतर्षभ ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
ārāmāṇāṁ taḍāgānāṁ yatphalaṁ kurunandana ,
tadahaṁ śrotumicchāmi tvatto'dya bharatarṣabha.

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca ārāmāṇām taḍāgānām yat phalam kurunandana
tat aham śrotum icchāmi tvattaḥ adya bharatarṣabha

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca kurunandana bharatarṣabha ārāmāṇām
taḍāgānām yat phalam tat aham adya tvattaḥ śrotum icchāmi

1. Yudhiṣṭhira said: 'O delight of the Kurus, what is the merit of [creating] gardens and reservoirs? I desire to hear that from you today, O bull among Bharatas.'

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• आरामाणाम् (ārāmāṇām) - of gardens, of parks

• तडागानाम् (taḍāgānām) - of tanks, of reservoirs

• यत् (yat) - what, which, that

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, merit

• कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - Addressing Bhīṣma (O delight of the Kurus)

• तत् (tat) - that

• अहम् (aham) - I

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - Addressing Bhīṣma (O bull among Bharatas)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

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

Compound of 'yudhi' (in battle, locative of yudh) and 'sthira' (steady).

Compound type : aluk-tatpurusha (yudhi+sthira)

• yudh – battle, fight
  noun (feminine)
• sthira – steady, firm, constant
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Perfect tense of 'vac'.

आरामाणाम् (ārāmāṇām) - of gardens, of parks

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ārāma

ārāma - garden, park, pleasure-grove

Derived from prefix 'ā' + root 'ram' (to delight)

Prefix: ā

Root: ram (class 1)

तडागानाम् (taḍāgānām) - of tanks, of reservoirs

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of taḍāga

taḍāga - pond, tank, lake, reservoir

यत् (yat) - what, which, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Corresponds to 'tat'.

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, merit

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward, merit

कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - Addressing Bhīṣma (O delight of the Kurus)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurunandana

kurunandana - delight of the Kurus, son of the Kuru dynasty

Compound of 'kuru' and 'nandana'

Compound type : tatpurusha (kuru+nandana)

• kuru – Kuru (dynasty/people)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, delight, gladdening
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'nand' (to rejoice)
  Root: nand (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the 'phalam' mentioned before.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, ego

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form derived from root 'śru'

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: This is a verbal noun/infinitive, hence treated as indeclinable for gender/case/number.

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

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

Root: iṣ (class 6)

त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - Addressing Bhīṣma (O bull among Bharatas)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull among Bharatas, most excellent of Bharatas

Compound of 'bharata' and 'ṛṣabha'

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, proper name
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, excellent one
  noun (masculine)