महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-136, verse-17

यवक्रीरुवाच ।
एवं करिष्ये मा तापं तात कार्षीः कथंचन ।
यथा हि मे भवान्मान्यस्तथा रैभ्यः पिता मम ॥१७॥

17. yavakrīruvāca ,
evaṁ kariṣye mā tāpaṁ tāta kārṣīḥ kathaṁcana ,
yathā hi me bhavānmānyastathā raibhyaḥ pitā mama.

17. yavakrīḥ uvāca evam kariṣye mā tāpam tāta kārṣīḥ kathaṃcana
yathā hi me bhavān mānyaḥ tathā raibhyaḥ pitā mama

17. Yavakri said: "I will do so. O dear father, do not feel any distress (tāpa) at all. For just as you are venerable to me, so also is Raibhya, [whom I regard as] my father."

Words meanings summery:

• यवक्रीः (yavakrīḥ) - Yavakri (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

• करिष्ये (kariṣye) - I will do

• मा (mā) - do not

• तापम् (tāpam) - distress, sorrow, heat, suffering

• तात (tāta) - O dear father (dear father, dear one)

• कार्षीः (kārṣīḥ) - do not cause or do not feel (distress) (you should do, you should make, you should cause)

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, at all

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because, for

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (polite), revered sir

• मान्यः (mānyaḥ) - honorable, venerable, worthy of respect

• तथा (tathā) - so, likewise, thus

• रैभ्यः (raibhyaḥ) - Raibhya (a proper name)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• मम (mama) - my, of me

Words meanings and morphology

यवक्रीः (yavakrīḥ) - Yavakri (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yavakri

yavakri - name of a sage, son of Bharadvaja

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

root vac, Perfect, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

करिष्ये (kariṣye) - I will do

(verb)

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

Future Active

root kṛ, Future, 1st person singular, ātmanepada (irregular/optional)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मा (mā) - do not

(indeclinable)

तापम् (tāpam) - distress, sorrow, heat, suffering

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tāpa

tāpa - heat, burning, pain, distress, sorrow

Root: tap (class 1)

तात (tāta) - O dear father (dear father, dear one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one (term of address for elders or juniors)

कार्षीः (kārṣīḥ) - do not cause or do not feel (distress) (you should do, you should make, you should cause)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, injunctive aorist (luṅ) of kṛ

Injunctive Aorist

root kṛ, Aorist, 2nd person singular, parasmaipada. Used with mā for prohibition.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, at all

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because, for

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, my

Pronoun 'asmad', dative/genitive singular

भवान् (bhavān) - you (polite), revered sir

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you, sir, revered person

Respectful pronoun, nominative singular masculine

मान्यः (mānyaḥ) - honorable, venerable, worthy of respect

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānya

mānya - to be honored, venerable, respected

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

root man + ṇyaT suffix

Root: man (class 4)

तथा (tathā) - so, likewise, thus

(indeclinable)

रैभ्यः (raibhyaḥ) - Raibhya (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of raibhya

raibhya - name of a sage

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, my

Pronoun 'asmad', genitive singular