महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-241, verse-4

उक्तं तात मया पूर्वं गच्छतस्ते तपोवनम् ।
गमनं मे न रुचितं तव तन्न कृतं च ते ॥४॥

4. uktaṁ tāta mayā pūrvaṁ gacchataste tapovanam ,
gamanaṁ me na rucitaṁ tava tanna kṛtaṁ ca te.

4. uktam tāta mayā pūrvam gacchataḥ te tapovanam
gamanam me na rucitam tava tat na kṛtam ca te

4. “Dear one, I told you before, when you were going to the hermitage (tapovanam), that your departure was not pleasing to me; yet you did not heed that advice.”

Words meanings summery:

• उक्तम् (uktam) - It was said by me (said, spoken)

• तात (tāta) - Dear one (Bhīṣma addressing Duryodhana) (dear one, father, son (term of endearment))

• मया (mayā) - It was said by me (by me)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - I told you before (before, formerly, previously)

• गच्छतः (gacchataḥ) - as you were going (of one going, while going)

• ते (te) - as you were going (of you, to you, by you)

• तपोवनम् (tapovanam) - to the hermitage (tapovanam) (hermitage, forest of austerities (tapas))

• गमनम् (gamanam) - Your going (going, departure)

• मे (me) - not pleasing to me (to me, for me)

• न (na) - not pleasing (not, no)

• रुचितम् (rucitam) - not pleasing to me (liked, pleasing, desired)

• तव (tava) - Your going (of you, your)

• तत् (tat) - that (advice) was not done (that, it)

• न (na) - not done (not, no)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - was not done by you (done, performed)

• च (ca) - and yet that was not done (and, also)

• ते (te) - was not done by you (by you)

Words meanings and morphology

उक्तम् (uktam) - It was said by me (said, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

from √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Used impersonally here, 'it was said'.

तात (tāta) - Dear one (Bhīṣma addressing Duryodhana) (dear one, father, son (term of endearment))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - dear one, father, son, an affectionate address

Note: An address by Bhīṣma to Duryodhana.

मया (mayā) - It was said by me (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

Note: Agent of the passive participle uktam.

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - I told you before (before, formerly, previously)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb, referring to time.

गच्छतः (gacchataḥ) - as you were going (of one going, while going)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gacchat

gacchat - going, moving, proceeding

Present Active Participle

from √gam (to go) + śatṛ suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with te (genitive of 'you').

ते (te) - as you were going (of you, to you, by you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form of yuṣmad, here in genitive (possessive or agent for participle).

तपोवनम् (tapovanam) - to the hermitage (tapovanam) (hermitage, forest of austerities (tapas))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapovana

tapovana - forest for ascetic practices, hermitage, sacred grove

Compound type : tatpurusha (tapas+vana)

• tapas – austerity, penance, heat
  noun (neuter)
• vana – forest, grove, wood
  noun (neuter)

Note: Indicates the destination of movement (gacchataḥ).

गमनम् (gamanam) - Your going (going, departure)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gamana

gamana - going, moving, proceeding, departure

Verbal Noun

from √gam (to go) + lyuṭ suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of rucitam.

मे (me) - not pleasing to me (to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

Note: Enclitic form of asmad, here in dative case, indicating 'to me'.

न (na) - not pleasing (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle.

रुचितम् (rucitam) - not pleasing to me (liked, pleasing, desired)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rucita

rucita - pleasing, liked, desired

Past Passive Participle

from √ruc (to shine, to please)

Root: ruc (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for gamanam.

तव (tava) - Your going (of you, your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive adjective for gamanam.

तत् (tat) - that (advice) was not done (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the advice given earlier.

न (na) - not done (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - was not done by you (done, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

from √kṛ (to do, to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate adjective for tat.

च (ca) - and yet that was not done (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the clauses.

ते (te) - was not done by you (by you)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form of yuṣmad, here in instrumental case, indicating the agent of the passive participle kṛtam.