महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-65, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
राजन्किं करवामस्ते प्रशाध्यस्मांस्त्वमीश्वरः ।
नित्यं हि स्थातुमिच्छामस्तव भारत शासने ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
rājankiṁ karavāmaste praśādhyasmāṁstvamīśvaraḥ ,
nityaṁ hi sthātumicchāmastava bhārata śāsane.

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca rājan kim karavāmaḥ te praśādhi asmān
tvam īśvaraḥ nityam hi sthātum icchāmaḥ tava bhārata śāsane

1. Yudhiṣṭhira said, "O King, what service can we render to you? Please govern us, for you are our lord. Indeed, O Bhārata, we always desire to remain under your guidance."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• राजन् (rājan) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O King)

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• करवामः (karavāmaḥ) - let us do, may we do

• ते (te) - Dative pronoun referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (to you, for you)

• प्रशाधि (praśādhi) - govern, rule

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - lord, master

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• स्थातुम् (sthātum) - to stand, to remain

• इच्छामः (icchāmaḥ) - we wish, we desire

• तव (tava) - Genitive pronoun referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (your, of you)

• भारत (bhārata) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra as a descendant of Bharata (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

• शासने (śāsane) - in the rule, under the governance, in the instruction

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava brother)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

राजन् (rājan) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

करवामः (karavāmaḥ) - let us do, may we do

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative/potential (liṅ) of √kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ते (te) - Dative pronoun referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (to you, for you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

प्रशाधि (praśādhi) - govern, rule

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √śās

Imperative 2nd singular of √śās with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: śās (class 2)

अस्मान् (asmān) - us

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - lord, master

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, controller, god

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

स्थातुम् (sthātum) - to stand, to remain

(verb)

infinitive of √sthā

infinitive

Root: sthā (class 1)

इच्छामः (icchāmaḥ) - we wish, we desire

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of √iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 1)

तव (tava) - Genitive pronoun referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

भारत (bhārata) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra as a descendant of Bharata (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian

शासने (śāsane) - in the rule, under the governance, in the instruction

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śāsana

śāsana - rule, governance, command, instruction, teaching