महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-128, verse-1

सोमक उवाच ।
ब्रह्मन्यद्यद्यथा कार्यं तत्तत्कुरु तथा तथा ।
पुत्रकामतया सर्वं करिष्यामि वचस्तव ॥१॥

1. somaka uvāca ,
brahmanyadyadyathā kāryaṁ tattatkuru tathā tathā ,
putrakāmatayā sarvaṁ kariṣyāmi vacastava.

1. somakaḥ uvāca | brahman yadyat yathā kāryam tat tat kuru
tathā tathā | putrakāmatayā sarvam kariṣyāmi vacaḥ tava

1. Somaka said: 'O Brahmin (brahman), whatever is to be done and however it is to be done, please do it exactly that way. Out of my strong desire for sons, I will perform everything according to your instructions.'

Words meanings summery:

• सोमकः (somakaḥ) - King Somaka (Somaka)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O priest (brahman) (O Brahmin)

• यद्यत् (yadyat) - whatever, whatsoever

• यथा (yathā) - as, how, in whatever manner

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - the ritual actions to be performed (to be done, duty, action)

• तत् (tat) - that thing, that way (that)

• तत् (tat) - that thing, that way (that)

• कुरु (kuru) - do, perform, make

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• पुत्रकामतया (putrakāmatayā) - King Somaka's strong desire for male offspring (by the desire for sons)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all the instructions or rituals (all, everything)

• करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will do, I will perform

• वचः (vacaḥ) - your instructions (word, speech, command)

• तव (tava) - of the priest (your)

Words meanings and morphology

सोमकः (somakaḥ) - King Somaka (Somaka)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of somaka

somaka - name of a king, a follower of Soma

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O priest (brahman) (O Brahmin)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin (brahman), priest, one who knows the sacred texts, ultimate reality (brahman)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

यद्यत् (yadyat) - whatever, whatsoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yadyat

yadyat - whatever, whatsoever

Reduplication of the relative pronoun yat (which, what).

Note: Used adverbially here.

यथा (yathā) - as, how, in whatever manner

(indeclinable)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - the ritual actions to be performed (to be done, duty, action)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, proper to be done, duty, business

Gerundive

Gerundive (future passive participle) of √kṛ (to do, to make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used as a substantive here.

तत् (tat) - that thing, that way (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Used adverbially here.

तत् (tat) - that thing, that way (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Used adverbially for emphasis or correlation. Often transliterated as 'tattat' in sandhi context.

कुरु (kuru) - do, perform, make

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Reduplicated for emphasis or to mean 'exactly so'.

पुत्रकामतया (putrakāmatayā) - King Somaka's strong desire for male offspring (by the desire for sons)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of putrakāmatā

putrakāmatā - desire for sons

Derived from putrakāma (desiring sons) with suffix -tā (state, condition).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (putra+kāmatā)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
  From √puṃ (to cleanse) + tra (suffix).
  Root: puṃ
• kāmatā – state of desiring, desire, longing
  noun (feminine)
  From kāma (desire) + suffix -tā.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all the instructions or rituals (all, everything)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will do, I will perform

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वचः (vacaḥ) - your instructions (word, speech, command)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, utterance, command

Root: vac (class 2)

तव (tava) - of the priest (your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you