महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-277, verse-13

वरं वृणीष्वाश्वपते मद्रराज यथेप्सितम् ।
न प्रमादश्च धर्मेषु कर्तव्यस्ते कथंचन ॥१३॥

13. varaṁ vṛṇīṣvāśvapate madrarāja yathepsitam ,
na pramādaśca dharmeṣu kartavyaste kathaṁcana.

13. varam vṛṇīṣva aśvapate madrarāja yathepsitam na
pramādaḥ ca dharmeṣu kartavyaḥ te kathaṃcana

13. O Aśvapati, king of Madra, choose the boon (vara) you desire! And you must never, in any way, be negligent in your duties (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• वरम् (varam) - a boon, a blessing

• वृणीष्व (vṛṇīṣva) - choose, select

• अश्वपते (aśvapate) - O lord of horses, O Aśvapati

• मद्रराज (madrarāja) - O king of Madra

• यथेप्सितम् (yathepsitam) - as desired, according to desire

• न (na) - not, no

• प्रमादः (pramādaḥ) - negligence, error, carelessness

• च (ca) - and

• धर्मेषु (dharmeṣu) - in duties, in righteousness, in natural laws (dharma)

• कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - to be done, should be done

• ते (te) - by you, to you

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - never (with 'na') (in any way, at all)

Words meanings and morphology

वरम् (varam) - a boon, a blessing

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - a boon, a choice, best, excellent

Root: vṛ (class 9)

वृणीष्व (vṛṇīṣva) - choose, select

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (Loṭ) of vṛ

Root: vṛ (class 9)

अश्वपते (aśvapate) - O lord of horses, O Aśvapati

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of aśvapati

aśvapati - lord of horses, a king's title, proper name (Aśvapati)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśva+pati)

• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)

मद्रराज (madrarāja) - O king of Madra

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of madrarāja

madrarāja - king of the Madras (an ancient kingdom/people)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madra+rāja)

• madra – the country of Madra, a people
  proper noun (masculine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

यथेप्सितम् (yathepsitam) - as desired, according to desire

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yathepsita

yathepsita - as desired, wished for, according to one's wish

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+īpsita)

• yathā – as, in which manner, according to
  indeclinable
• īpsita – desired, wished for, longed for
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of desiderative stem of āp
  Prefix: ā
  Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'varam'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

प्रमादः (pramādaḥ) - negligence, error, carelessness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pramāda

pramāda - heedlessness, error, carelessness, negligence

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

धर्मेषु (dharmeṣu) - in duties, in righteousness, in natural laws (dharma)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of dharma

dharma - duty, righteousness, natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature (dharma)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - to be done, should be done

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, proper to be done, duty

Gerundive

Gerundive of root kṛ (kṛ + tavya)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with pramādaḥ (negligence should not be made).

ते (te) - by you, to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Used as the agent in a passive construction (by you).

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - never (with 'na') (in any way, at all)

(indeclinable)