महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-228, verse-17

तस्माद्गच्छन्तु पुरुषाः स्मारणायाप्तकारिणः ।
न स्वयं तत्र गमनं रोचये तव भारत ॥१७॥

17. tasmādgacchantu puruṣāḥ smāraṇāyāptakāriṇaḥ ,
na svayaṁ tatra gamanaṁ rocaye tava bhārata.

17. tasmāt gacchantu puruṣāḥ smāraṇāya āptakāriṇaḥ
na svayam tatra gamanam rocaye tava bhārata

17. Therefore, let trustworthy men (puruṣa) go to remind him. I do not approve of your personally going there, O Bhārata.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• गच्छन्तु (gacchantu) - let them go

• पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men, persons

• स्मारणाय (smāraṇāya) - for the purpose of reminding, to remind

• आप्तकारिणः (āptakāriṇaḥ) - trustworthy people, reliable agents

• न (na) - not, no

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally, by oneself

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• गमनम् (gamanam) - going, journey, movement

• रोचये (rocaye) - I approve (here, causative with meaning 'to cause to like' or 'to make acceptable', used with dative or genitive of person who likes). Here, 'I do not approve of'. (I like, I approve, I cause to shine (causative))

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• भारत (bhārata) - O Duryodhana (or Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Used adverbially as 'therefore'.

गच्छन्तु (gacchantu) - let them go

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of gam

Imperative Mood

3rd person plural imperative form of root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men, persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, human being, (puruṣa)

Root: pṛ

Note: Subject of gacchantu.

स्मारणाय (smāraṇāya) - for the purpose of reminding, to remind

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of smāraṇa

smāraṇa - act of reminding, recollection

Derived from causative of smṛ

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Expresses purpose.

आप्तकारिणः (āptakāriṇaḥ) - trustworthy people, reliable agents

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āptakārin

āptakārin - one who does what is fitting/reliable, trustworthy

Compound of āpta (trusted) and kārin (doing/agent).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āpta+kārin)

• āpta – trustworthy, reliable, obtained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root āp
  Root: āp (class 5)
• kārin – doing, making, agent
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Agent suffix -in after root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'puruṣāḥ'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally, by oneself

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes personal action.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb derived from tad

गमनम् (gamanam) - going, journey, movement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gamana

gamana - going, journey, movement

From root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of rocaye.

रोचये (rocaye) - I approve (here, causative with meaning 'to cause to like' or 'to make acceptable', used with dative or genitive of person who likes). Here, 'I do not approve of'. (I like, I approve, I cause to shine (causative))

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ruc

Present Indicative, causative

1st person singular present indicative form of the causative of root ruc. When used causatively, with a genitive or dative of the person, it means 'to approve of something for someone'. Here, with 'na', it means 'I do not approve of it for you'.

Root: ruc (class 1)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive, 'your going'.

भारत (bhārata) - O Duryodhana (or Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an epithet for a prince of the Kuru dynasty

Note: Form of address.