महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-21, verse-8

प्रश्नं तु वाङ्मनसोर्मां यस्मात्त्वमनुपृच्छसि ।
तस्मात्ते वर्तयिष्यामि तयोरेव समाह्वयम् ॥८॥

8. praśnaṁ tu vāṅmanasormāṁ yasmāttvamanupṛcchasi ,
tasmātte vartayiṣyāmi tayoreva samāhvayam.

8. praśnam tu vāṅmanasoḥ mām yasmāt tvam anupṛcchasi
tasmāt te vartayiṣyāmi tayoḥ eva samāhvayam

8. tu yasmāt tvam mām vāṅmanasoḥ praśnam anupṛcchasi
tasmāt te tayoḥ eva samāhvayam vartayiṣyāmi

8. But since you ask me this question concerning speech and mind, I will therefore explain to you their mutual interaction.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रश्नम् (praśnam) - question, inquiry

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• वाङ्मनसोः (vāṅmanasoḥ) - of speech and mind

• माम् (mām) - me

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because, since, from which

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अनुपृच्छसि (anupṛcchasi) - you ask, you inquire

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore

• ते (te) - to you

• वर्तयिष्यामि (vartayiṣyāmi) - I will explain, I will narrate, I will cause to proceed

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of speech and mind (of them two, between them two)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• समाह्वयम् (samāhvayam) - mutual calling, interaction, relationship

Words meanings and morphology

प्रश्नम् (praśnam) - question, inquiry

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of praśna

praśna - question, inquiry, problem

Derived from pra-prach

Prefix: pra

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Object of 'anupṛcchasi'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

वाङ्मनसोः (vāṅmanasoḥ) - of speech and mind

(noun)

Genitive, dual of vāṅmanas

vāṅmanas - speech and mind

Compound type : dvandva (vāc+manas)

• vāc – speech, voice, word
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from vac
  Root: vac (class 2)
• manas – mind, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from man
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Refers to both speech and mind.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Object of 'anupṛcchasi'.

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because, since, from which

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb 'since'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

Note: Subject of 'anupṛcchasi'.

अनुपृच्छसि (anupṛcchasi) - you ask, you inquire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prach

Prefix: anu

Root: prach (class 6)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb 'therefore'.

ते (te) - to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

Note: Enclitic form of 'tubhyam'.

वर्तयिष्यामि (vartayiṣyāmi) - I will explain, I will narrate, I will cause to proceed

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Future tense, causative.

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of speech and mind (of them two, between them two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to 'vāc' and 'manas'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

समाह्वयम् (samāhvayam) - mutual calling, interaction, relationship

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samāhvaya

samāhvaya - mutual calling, assembly, interaction, relationship

Derived from sam-ā-hve

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: hve (class 1)

Note: Object of 'vartayiṣyāmi'.