महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-218, verse-20

शक्र उवाच ।
यदि सत्यमिदं वाक्यं निश्चयाद्भाषितं त्वया ।
यदि वा शासनं स्कन्द कर्तुमिच्छसि मे शृणु ॥२०॥

20. śakra uvāca ,
yadi satyamidaṁ vākyaṁ niścayādbhāṣitaṁ tvayā ,
yadi vā śāsanaṁ skanda kartumicchasi me śṛṇu.

20. śakra uvāca | yadi satyam idam vākyam niścayāt bhāṣitam
tvayā | yadi vā śāsanam skanda kartum icchasi me śṛṇu

20. Śakra said: "If this statement, spoken by you with certainty, is true, or if you, O Skanda, wish to carry out my command, then listen to me."

Words meanings summery:

• शक्र (śakra) - Indra

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यदि (yadi) - if

• सत्यम् (satyam) - true, truth

• इदम् (idam) - this

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, word, speech

• निश्चयात् (niścayāt) - from certainty, with resolve

• भाषितम् (bhāṣitam) - spoken, said

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• यदि (yadi) - if

• वा (vā) - or, optionally

• शासनम् (śāsanam) - command, order

• स्कन्द (skanda) - O Skanda, O Kartikeya

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

Words meanings and morphology

शक्र (śakra) - Indra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Indra (as the powerful one), mighty, powerful

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

सत्यम् (satyam) - true, truth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - true, real, actual; truth, reality

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, word, speech

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, sentence, statement, word

निश्चयात् (niścayāt) - from certainty, with resolve

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - certainty, ascertainment, conviction, resolve

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

भाषितम् (bhāṣitam) - spoken, said

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāṣita

bhāṣita - spoken, said, told; speech, utterance

Past Passive Participle

From √bhāṣ (to speak)

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vākyam'

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, optionally

(indeclinable)

शासनम् (śāsanam) - command, order

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śāsana

śāsana - command, order, instruction, teaching, governing

agent noun/action noun from √śās

Root: śās (class 2)

स्कन्द (skanda) - O Skanda, O Kartikeya

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of skanda

skanda - Skanda, Kartikeya, the god of war, son of Shiva

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive of purpose from √kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of √iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 4)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of √śru

Root: śru (class 5)