महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-55, verse-28

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
उत्तङ्कस्तु महाराज पुनरेवाब्रवीद्वचः ।
आज्ञापयस्व मां मातः कर्तव्यं हि प्रियं तव ॥२८॥

28. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
uttaṅkastu mahārāja punarevābravīdvacaḥ ,
ājñāpayasva māṁ mātaḥ kartavyaṁ hi priyaṁ tava.

28. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca uttaṅkaḥ tu mahārāja punar eva abravīt
vacaḥ ājñāpayasva mām mātaḥ kartavyam hi priyam tava

28. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca: mahārāja,
uttaṅkaḥ tu punar eva vacaḥ abravīt: mātaḥ,
mām ājñāpayasva,
hi tava priyam kartavyam.

28. Vaiśampayana said: "O great king, Utanka then spoke again, saying: 'Command me, O mother. Indeed, I must fulfill your cherished wish.'"

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - The sage Vaiśampayana, narrator of the Mahabharata to Janamejaya (Vaiśampayana)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• उत्तङ्कः (uttaṅkaḥ) - Utanka, the disciple of sage Gautama (Utanka)

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

• महाराज (mahārāja) - Addressed to King Janamejaya by Vaiśampayana (O great king)

• पुनर् (punar) - again, once more

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• वचः (vacaḥ) - words, speech

• आज्ञापयस्व (ājñāpayasva) - command, order

• माम् (mām) - me

• मातः (mātaḥ) - O mother

• कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - That which must be done as a duty or obligation (to be done, ought to be done, duty)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• प्रियम् (priyam) - A thing that is pleasing or desired by you (Ahalya) (dear, pleasing, desired thing)

• तव (tava) - your

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - The sage Vaiśampayana, narrator of the Mahabharata to Janamejaya (Vaiśampayana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampayana (name of a sage, student of Vyasa)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense, Active Voice

Root: vac (class 2)

उत्तङ्कः (uttaṅkaḥ) - Utanka, the disciple of sage Gautama (Utanka)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttaṅka

uttaṅka - Utanka (name of a sage, student of Gautama)

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

(indeclinable)

महाराज (mahārāja) - Addressed to King Janamejaya by Vaiśampayana (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)

पुनर् (punar) - again, once more

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect Tense, Active Voice

Root: brū (class 2)

वचः (vacaḥ) - words, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

Root: vac (class 2)

आज्ञापयस्व (ājñāpayasva) - command, order

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of jñā

Imperative Mood, Middle Voice, Causative

Causative stem (jñā > jñāpaya) + Middle voice imperative.

Prefix: ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

मातः (mātaḥ) - O mother

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - That which must be done as a duty or obligation (to be done, ought to be done, duty)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, fit to be done, duty

Gerundive (kṛtya)

Derived from √kṛ with suffix -tavya.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

प्रियम् (priyam) - A thing that is pleasing or desired by you (Ahalya) (dear, pleasing, desired thing)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, desired

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you