महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-22, verse-12

द्वारकाधिपतिर्वीर आह त्वामाहुको वचः ।
केशवेह विजानीष्व यत्त्वां पितृसखोऽब्रवीत् ॥१२॥

12. dvārakādhipatirvīra āha tvāmāhuko vacaḥ ,
keśaveha vijānīṣva yattvāṁ pitṛsakho'bravīt.

12. dvārakādhipatiḥ vīra āha tvām āhukaḥ vacaḥ
keśava iha vijānīṣva yat tvām pitṛsakhaḥ abravīt

12. O hero Yudhiṣṭhira, Āhuka, the lord of Dvārakā, conveyed this message to me (Krishna): 'O Keśava, please understand here what your father's friend has told you.'

Words meanings summery:

• द्वारकाधिपतिः (dvārakādhipatiḥ) - Refers to Āhuka. (lord of Dvārakā)

• वीर (vīra) - Addressing Yudhiṣṭhira. (O hero, heroic)

• आह (āha) - he said

• त्वाम् (tvām) - Refers to Krishna. (you (accusative))

• आहुकः (āhukaḥ) - Āhuka

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, message

• केशव (keśava) - Addressing Krishna. (O Keśava)

• इह (iha) - here, in this matter

• विजानीष्व (vijānīṣva) - understand, know well

• यत् (yat) - that which, what

• त्वाम् (tvām) - Refers to Krishna. (you (accusative))

• पितृसखः (pitṛsakhaḥ) - Refers to Vasudeva's friend. (father's friend)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

Words meanings and morphology

द्वारकाधिपतिः (dvārakādhipatiḥ) - Refers to Āhuka. (lord of Dvārakā)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvārakādhipati

dvārakādhipati - lord of Dvārakā

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvārakā+adhipati)

• dvārakā – Dvārakā (name of a city)
  proper noun (feminine)
• adhipati – lord, ruler, master
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix adhi + root pat (to rule).
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Subject of `āha`.

वीर (vīra) - Addressing Yudhiṣṭhira. (O hero, heroic)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, valorous

Root: vīr (class 10)

आह (āha) - he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of brū

perfect

From root brū (class 2). Perfect 3rd person singular. Used here with present meaning.

Root: brū (class 2)

त्वाम् (tvām) - Refers to Krishna. (you (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Second person singular pronoun.

आहुकः (āhukaḥ) - Āhuka

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āhuka

āhuka - Āhuka (a proper name)

Note: Also the "dvārakādhipatiḥ".

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, message

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, voice, message

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of `āha`.

केशव (keśava) - Addressing Krishna. (O Keśava)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of keśava

keśava - Keśava (epithet of Krishna), 'having beautiful hair' or 'slayer of the demon Keśī'

इह (iha) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place or circumstance.

विजानीष्व (vijānīṣva) - understand, know well

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of jñā

imperative

From prefix vi + root jñā (class 9, "to know"). Imperative 2nd person singular, middle voice.

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

यत् (yat) - that which, what

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Relative pronoun.

Note: Object of `abravīt`.

त्वाम् (tvām) - Refers to Krishna. (you (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Second person singular pronoun.

पितृसखः (pitṛsakhaḥ) - Refers to Vasudeva's friend. (father's friend)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛsakha

pitṛsakha - father's friend

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+sakhi)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• sakhi – friend, companion
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of `abravīt` in the inner quote.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect

From root brū (class 2). Imperfect 3rd person singular.

Root: brū (class 2)