महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-15, verse-11

ततः कथान्ते गोविन्दो गुडाकेशमुवाच ह ।
सान्त्वयञ्श्लक्ष्णया वाचा हेतुयुक्तमिदं वचः ॥११॥

11. tataḥ kathānte govindo guḍākeśamuvāca ha ,
sāntvayañślakṣṇayā vācā hetuyuktamidaṁ vacaḥ.

11. tataḥ kathā ante govindaḥ guḍākeśam uvāca ha
sāntvayan ślakṣṇayā vācā hetuyuktam idam vacaḥ

11. tataḥ kathā ante govindaḥ sāntvayan ślakṣṇayā
vācā hetuyuktam idam vacaḥ guḍākeśam uvāca ha

11. Then, at the conclusion of the discourse, Govinda addressed Guḍākeśa (Arjuna) with these gentle and reasonable words, comforting him.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (referring to time) (then, thence, from that)

• कथा (kathā) - discourse, narration (story, narration, discourse)

• अन्ते (ante) - at the end (at the end, in the end)

• गोविन्दः (govindaḥ) - Govinda (Kṛṣṇa) (protector of cows, Kṛṣṇa)

• गुडाकेशम् (guḍākeśam) - Guḍākeśa (Arjuna) (Arjuna (conqueror of sleep))

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (spoke, said)

• ह (ha) - (emphatic, often untranslated) (indeed, certainly, an emphatic particle)

• सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - comforting (comforting, conciliating)

• श्लक्ष्णया (ślakṣṇayā) - with gentle (by gentle, by soft, by smooth)

• वाचा (vācā) - with voice/speech (by voice, by speech)

• हेतुयुक्तम् (hetuyuktam) - reasonable (endowed with reason, logical, reasonable)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• वचः (vacaḥ) - speech (speech, word)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (referring to time) (then, thence, from that)

(indeclinable)

Root: tad

कथा (kathā) - discourse, narration (story, narration, discourse)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narration, discourse

Root: kath (class 1)

Note: first part of a compound kathānte

अन्ते (ante) - at the end (at the end, in the end)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, boundary, vicinity

Note: Second part of a compound kathānte

गोविन्दः (govindaḥ) - Govinda (Kṛṣṇa) (protector of cows, Kṛṣṇa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of govinda

govinda - protector of cows, Kṛṣṇa

गुडाकेशम् (guḍākeśam) - Guḍākeśa (Arjuna) (Arjuna (conqueror of sleep))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of guḍākeśa

guḍākeśa - Arjuna (conqueror of sleep)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (guḍākā+īśa)

• guḍākā – sleep
  noun (feminine)
• īśa – lord, master
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (spoke, said)

(verb)

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

perfect active 3rd singular

Root vac, perfect tense, irregular form

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - (emphatic, often untranslated) (indeed, certainly, an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - comforting (comforting, conciliating)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāntvayat

sāntvayat - comforting, conciliating

present active participle

Derived from root sāntv with śatṛ suffix

Root: sāntv (class 10)

श्लक्ष्णया (ślakṣṇayā) - with gentle (by gentle, by soft, by smooth)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ślakṣṇa

ślakṣṇa - smooth, soft, gentle, delicate

Note: agrees with vācā

वाचा (vācā) - with voice/speech (by voice, by speech)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, voice, word

Root: vac (class 2)

हेतुयुक्तम् (hetuyuktam) - reasonable (endowed with reason, logical, reasonable)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hetuyukta

hetuyukta - endowed with reason, logical, reasonable

Compound type : tatpurusha (hetu+yukta)

• hetu – cause, reason, motive
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hi (class 5)
• yukta – joined, connected, endowed with, proper
  participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Derived from root yuj with kta suffix
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: agrees with vacaḥ

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: agrees with vacaḥ

वचः (vacaḥ) - speech (speech, word)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - speech, word, saying

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: object of uvāca