महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-5, verse-8

एतत्कार्यं तव सर्वप्रधानं तेषां तुष्टिः शकुनेश्चावमानः ।
एवं शेषं यदि पुत्रेषु ते स्यादेतद्राजंस्त्वरमाणः कुरुष्व ॥८॥

8. etatkāryaṁ tava sarvapradhānaṁ; teṣāṁ tuṣṭiḥ śakuneścāvamānaḥ ,
evaṁ śeṣaṁ yadi putreṣu te syā;detadrājaṁstvaramāṇaḥ kuruṣva.

8. etat kāryam tava sarva-pradhānam
teṣām tuṣṭiḥ śakuneḥ ca avamānaḥ
| evam śeṣam yadi putreṣu te
syāt etat rājan tvaramāṇaḥ kuruṣva

8. This is your foremost duty: to ensure their (Pāṇḍavas') satisfaction and Śakuni's humiliation. O King, if you desire any survival or well-being for your sons, then perform this quickly.

8. זוהי המשימה החשובה ביותר שלך, שביעות רצונם והשפלת שַׁקוּנִי. אם כך תישאר השארית לבניך, הו מלך, עשה זאת מהר.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

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

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• सर्व-प्रधानम् (sarva-pradhānam) - most important, chief of all

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the Pāṇḍavas (of them, their)

• तुष्टिः (tuṣṭiḥ) - satisfaction, contentment

• शकुनेः (śakuneḥ) - of Śakuni

• च (ca) - and, also

• अवमानः (avamānaḥ) - disrespect, humiliation, insult

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• शेषम् (śeṣam) - survival or well-being (remainder, survival, rest)

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case

• पुत्रेषु (putreṣu) - among your sons (among sons, in sons)

• ते (te) - your, for you, to you

• स्यात् (syāt) - it would be, may be

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• राजन् (rājan) - Addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O King)

• त्वरमाणः (tvaramāṇaḥ) - hurrying, swiftly, quickly

• कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - do, perform

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this, this one

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - duty, task, action, what is to be done

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, proper to be done, duty, action, business

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

From root kṛ (to do) + suffix -ya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

सर्व-प्रधानम् (sarva-pradhānam) - most important, chief of all

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva-pradhāna

sarva-pradhāna - chief of all, pre-eminent, most important

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sarva+pradhāna)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun (neuter)
• pradhāna – chief, principal, important
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the Pāṇḍavas (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas.

तुष्टिः (tuṣṭiḥ) - satisfaction, contentment

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tuṣṭi

tuṣṭi - satisfaction, contentment, pleasure

From root tuṣ (to be pleased)

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

शकुनेः (śakuneḥ) - of Śakuni

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śakuni

śakuni - Śakuni (name of an eagle, or a maternal uncle of Duryodhana)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

अवमानः (avamānaḥ) - disrespect, humiliation, insult

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avamāna

avamāna - disrespect, contempt, insult, humiliation

From root man (to think) with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: man (class 4)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

Adverb

शेषम् (śeṣam) - survival or well-being (remainder, survival, rest)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śeṣa

śeṣa - remainder, balance, residue, end, conclusion, survival

From root śiṣ (to remain)

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

यदि (yadi) - if, in case

(indeclinable)

Conjunction, conditional

पुत्रेषु (putreṣu) - among your sons (among sons, in sons)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

ते (te) - your, for you, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Can be genitive or dative singular.

स्यात् (syāt) - it would be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this, this one

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

राजन् (rājan) - Addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

त्वरमाणः (tvaramāṇaḥ) - hurrying, swiftly, quickly

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tvaramāṇa

tvaramāṇa - hurrying, quick, speedy

Present Middle Participle

From root tvar (to hurry)

Root: tvar (class 1)

Note: Adverbial usage, describing the agent of 'kuruṣva'.

कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - do, perform

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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