महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-37, verse-17

तामुवाच ततो व्यासो यत्ते कार्यं विवक्षितम् ।
तद्ब्रूहि त्वं महाप्राज्ञे यत्ते मनसि वर्तते ॥१७॥

17. tāmuvāca tato vyāso yatte kāryaṁ vivakṣitam ,
tadbrūhi tvaṁ mahāprājñe yatte manasi vartate.

17. tām uvāca tataḥ vyāsaḥ yat te kāryam vivakṣitam
tat brūhi tvam mahāprājñe yat te manasi vartate

17. tataḥ vyāsaḥ tām uvāca mahāprājñe tvam yat te
vivakṣitam kāryam tat brūhi yat te manasi vartate

17. Then Vyāsa said to her (Kuntī), 'O highly intelligent one, declare whatever purpose you intend, whatever is in your mind.'

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - to her (Kunti) (her, that (feminine accusative))

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyasa (name of a sage)

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever, that

• ते (te) - your (Kunti's) (your, to you)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - purpose, matter (to be done, duty, purpose, affair)

• विवक्षितम् (vivakṣitam) - intended (to be stated) (intended to be spoken, desired, meant)

• तत् (tat) - that (purpose/matter) (that, it)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - declare (to me) (speak, tell)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Kunti) (you)

• महाप्राज्ञे (mahāprājñe) - O highly intelligent Kunti (O very wise one, O highly intelligent one)

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever, that

• ते (te) - in your (Kunti's) mind (your, to you)

• मनसि (manasi) - in the mind, heart, spirit

• वर्तते (vartate) - is, exists, resides, happens

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - to her (Kunti) (her, that (feminine accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Kuntī.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense of √vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyasa (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyasa (compiler of Mahabharata and Puranas)

यत् (yat) - which, whatever, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

ते (te) - your (Kunti's) (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Can also be dative or locative.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - purpose, matter (to be done, duty, purpose, affair)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, purpose, affair, effect

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From √kṛ (to do) + ṇyat suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

विवक्षितम् (vivakṣitam) - intended (to be stated) (intended to be spoken, desired, meant)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vivakṣita

vivakṣita - intended to be spoken, desired, meant

Past Passive Participle (of desiderative)

From desiderative stem of √vac (to speak), vi-vakṣ- + kta.

Prefix: vi

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Qualifies kāryam.

तत् (tat) - that (purpose/matter) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - declare (to me) (speak, tell)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular of √brū.

Root: brū (class 2)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Kunti) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

महाप्राज्ञे (mahāprājñe) - O highly intelligent Kunti (O very wise one, O highly intelligent one)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of mahāprājñā

mahāprājñā - very wise, highly intelligent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+prājñā)

• mahā – great, large, mighty, highly
  adjective
• prājñā – wise, intelligent
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine form of prājña, from pra- + √jñā (to know).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Addressed to Kuntī.

यत् (yat) - which, whatever, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

ते (te) - in your (Kunti's) mind (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Here in locative sense, 'in your'.

मनसि (manasi) - in the mind, heart, spirit

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, spirit

वर्तते (vartate) - is, exists, resides, happens

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Present tense, middle voice, 3rd person singular of √vṛt.

Root: vṛt (class 1)