महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-62, verse-9

यद्येतद्वो बहुमतं मन्यध्वं वा क्षमं यदि ।
तदानयामहे सर्वे कथं वा भीम मन्यसे ॥९॥

9. yadyetadvo bahumataṁ manyadhvaṁ vā kṣamaṁ yadi ,
tadānayāmahe sarve kathaṁ vā bhīma manyase.

9. yadi etat vaḥ bahumatam manyadhvam vā kṣamam yadi
| tadā ānayāmahe sarve katham vā bhīma manyase

9. If this is highly approved by you, or if you consider it proper, then all of us shall bring it. Or, what do you think, O Bhima?

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if

• एतत् (etat) - refers to the proposal being discussed (this)

• वः (vaḥ) - by you (referring to the recipients of the 'bahumatam') (to you, by you (plural))

• बहुमतम् (bahumatam) - highly agreeable, approved (highly esteemed, approved, honored)

• मन्यध्वम् (manyadhvam) - you (plural) think, you consider

• वा (vā) - or, either

• क्षमम् (kṣamam) - suitable, proper, capable, fit

• यदि (yadi) - if

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• आनयामहे (ānayāmahe) - we shall go to acquire/bring it (we (all) bring, we shall bring)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all of us (the speakers) (all, everyone)

• कथम् (katham) - what, how do you think (how, why)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• भीम (bhīma) - vocative for the Pandava prince Bhima (O Bhima (name))

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you (singular) think, you consider

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - refers to the proposal being discussed (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

वः (vaḥ) - by you (referring to the recipients of the 'bahumatam') (to you, by you (plural))

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Note: Dative (to you) or genitive (of you) with 'bahumatam'. If 'bahumatam' is predicate, it would be 'highly approved to you'.

बहुमतम् (bahumatam) - highly agreeable, approved (highly esteemed, approved, honored)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bahumata

bahumata - highly esteemed, approved, honored

Past Passive Participle

Compound: 'bahu' (much) + 'mata' (thought, considered). From root 'man' (to think).

Compound type : tatpurusha (bahu+mata)

• bahu – much, many, greatly
  adjective (neuter)
• mata – thought, considered, approved
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'man' (to think).
  Root: man (class 4)

मन्यध्वम् (manyadhvam) - you (plural) think, you consider

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, present (loṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Imperative or indicative. Here likely indicative 'you consider'.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

क्षमम् (kṣamam) - suitable, proper, capable, fit

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣama

kṣama - capable, fit, proper, suitable, patient

From root 'kṣam' (to be capable, patient).

Root: kṣam (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' (that).

आनयामहे (ānayāmahe) - we shall go to acquire/bring it (we (all) bring, we shall bring)

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of ānī

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Can also imply 'we will bring it upon ourselves' or 'we shall undertake'.

सर्वे (sarve) - all of us (the speakers) (all, everyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

कथम् (katham) - what, how do you think (how, why)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

भीम (bhīma) - vocative for the Pandava prince Bhima (O Bhima (name))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - Bhima (name of a Pandava prince); terrible, dreadful

मन्यसे (manyase) - you (singular) think, you consider

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)