महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-219, verse-15

स्कन्द उवाच ।
मातरस्तु भवत्यो मे भवतीनामहं सुतः ।
उच्यतां यन्मया कार्यं भवतीनामथेप्सितम् ॥१५॥

15. skanda uvāca ,
mātarastu bhavatyo me bhavatīnāmahaṁ sutaḥ ,
ucyatāṁ yanmayā kāryaṁ bhavatīnāmathepsitam.

15. skandaḥ uvāca mātaraḥ tu bhavatyaḥ me bhavatīnām aham
sutaḥ ucyatām yat mayā kāryam bhavatīnām atha īpsitam

15. Skanda said: "You are indeed my mothers, and I am your son. Please tell me what should be done by me, and what you desire."

Words meanings summery:

• स्कन्दः (skandaḥ) - Skanda

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मातरः (mātaraḥ) - mothers

• तु (tu) - indeed, but, on the other hand

• भवत्यः (bhavatyaḥ) - you (feminine plural, honorific)

• मे (me) - to me, my

• भवतीनाम् (bhavatīnām) - of you (feminine plural, honorific)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

• उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, let it be told

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• मया (mayā) - by me

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - to be done, duty, action

• भवतीनाम् (bhavatīnām) - of you (feminine plural, honorific)

• अथ (atha) - and, also, then

• ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - desired, wished for

Words meanings and morphology

स्कन्दः (skandaḥ) - Skanda

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of skanda

skanda - Skanda, Kārttikeya (a god)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

root 'vac' (2nd class) - perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

मातरः (mātaraḥ) - mothers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

तु (tu) - indeed, but, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

भवत्यः (bhavatyaḥ) - you (feminine plural, honorific)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhavatī

bhavatī - you (feminine, honorific)

feminine stem of 'bhavat' (honorific pronoun)

Note: Referring to the Mātṛs

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form for genitive 'my'

भवतीनाम् (bhavatīnām) - of you (feminine plural, honorific)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of bhavatī

bhavatī - you (feminine, honorific)

feminine stem of 'bhavat' (honorific pronoun)

Note: Possessive 'of you'

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, child

Past Passive Participle (from sū 'to beget')

Root: sū (class 4)

Note: Predicate nominative for aham

उच्यताम् (ucyatām) - let it be said, let it be told

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vac

Imperative Passive

root 'vac' (2nd class) - imperative mood, 3rd person singular, passive voice

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Relative pronoun

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Agent in passive construction (kāryam)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - to be done, duty, action

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

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

Gerundive

root 'kṛ' (8th class) - Gerundive (ṇyat-pratyaya)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate nominative for yat

भवतीनाम् (bhavatīnām) - of you (feminine plural, honorific)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of bhavatī

bhavatī - you (feminine, honorific)

feminine stem of 'bhavat' (honorific pronoun)

Note: With īpsitam, 'desired by you'

अथ (atha) - and, also, then

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - desired, wished for

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of īpsita

īpsita - desired, wished for, object of desire

Past Passive Participle

root 'āp' with desiderative stem 'īpsa' - Past Passive Participle

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agreement with implied object of ucyatām