महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-92, verse-20

इत्यवश्यं मयैतद्वो वक्तव्यं द्विजपुंगवाः ।
शृणुताव्यग्रमनसः शंसतो मे द्विजर्षभाः ॥२०॥

20. ityavaśyaṁ mayaitadvo vaktavyaṁ dvijapuṁgavāḥ ,
śṛṇutāvyagramanasaḥ śaṁsato me dvijarṣabhāḥ.

20. iti avaśyam mayā etat vaḥ vaktavyam dvijapuṅgavāḥ
śṛṇuta avyagramanasaḥ śaṃsataḥ me dvijarṣabhāḥ

20. dvijapuṅgavāḥ iti etat avaśyam mayā vaḥ vaktavyam
dvijarṣabhāḥ avyagramanasaḥ me śaṃsataḥ śṛṇuta

20. Therefore, O excellent Brahmins, this must certainly be told by me to you. O best of Brahmins, listen with calm minds as I speak.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - therefore (thus, so, in this manner, therefore)

• अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - certainly (necessarily, certainly, inevitably)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• एतत् (etat) - this (this, this one, it)

• वः (vaḥ) - to you (plural) (to you, of you, your)

• वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - must be told (to be spoken, ought to be said, what should be told)

• द्विजपुङ्गवाः (dvijapuṅgavāḥ) - O excellent Brahmins (O excellent Brahmins, O foremost among the twice-born)

• शृणुत (śṛṇuta) - listen (listen, hear (you plural))

• अव्यग्रमनसः (avyagramanasaḥ) - with calm minds (with undisturbed minds, whose minds are calm, calm-minded)

• शंसतः (śaṁsataḥ) - as I speak (lit. of me speaking) (of one speaking, of one narrating, speaking)

• मे (me) - of me (of me, to me, my)

• द्विजर्षभाः (dvijarṣabhāḥ) - O best of Brahmins (O best of Brahmins, O eminent Brahmins)

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - therefore (thus, so, in this manner, therefore)

(indeclinable)

अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - certainly (necessarily, certainly, inevitably)

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

एतत् (etat) - this (this, this one, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, he, she, it

वः (vaḥ) - to you (plural) (to you, of you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - must be told (to be spoken, ought to be said, what should be told)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaktavya

vaktavya - to be spoken, ought to be said, what should be told, fit to be spoken

Gerundive

Derived from root √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

द्विजपुङ्गवाः (dvijapuṅgavāḥ) - O excellent Brahmins (O excellent Brahmins, O foremost among the twice-born)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of dvijapuṅgava

dvijapuṅgava - excellent Brahmin, foremost among the twice-born (lit. bull among Brahmins)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dvija+puṅgava)

• dvija – twice-born, Brahmin
  noun (masculine)
• puṅgava – bull, chief, excellent, best
  noun (masculine)

शृणुत (śṛṇuta) - listen (listen, hear (you plural))

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

अव्यग्रमनसः (avyagramanasaḥ) - with calm minds (with undisturbed minds, whose minds are calm, calm-minded)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, plural of avyagramanas

avyagramanas - calm-minded, with undisturbed mind, tranquil mind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+vyagra+manas)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vyagra – agitated, perplexed, occupied, engrossed
  adjective
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)

शंसतः (śaṁsataḥ) - as I speak (lit. of me speaking) (of one speaking, of one narrating, speaking)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śaṃsat

śaṁsat - speaking, praising, narrating

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √śaṃs (to speak, to praise).

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

मे (me) - of me (of me, to me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

द्विजर्षभाः (dvijarṣabhāḥ) - O best of Brahmins (O best of Brahmins, O eminent Brahmins)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of dvijarṣabha

dvijarṣabha - bull among Brahmins, best of Brahmins, eminent Brahmin

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dvija+ṛṣabha)

• dvija – twice-born, Brahmin
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)