महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-52, verse-2

के वै भवन्तः कश्चासौ यस्याहं दूत ईप्सितः ।
किं च तत्र मया कार्यं कथयध्वं यथातथम् ॥२॥

2. ke vai bhavantaḥ kaścāsau yasyāhaṁ dūta īpsitaḥ ,
kiṁ ca tatra mayā kāryaṁ kathayadhvaṁ yathātatham.

2. ke vai bhavantaḥ kaḥ ca asau yasya aham dūtaḥ īpsitaḥ
kim ca tatra mayā kāryam kathayadhvam yathātatham

2. "Who exactly are you all? And who is that one whose messenger I am sought to be? What work is to be done by me there? Tell me accurately, just as it is."

Words meanings summery:

• के (ke) - who (who, which (masculine nominative plural))

• वै (vai) - exactly (for emphasis) (indeed, certainly, surely (emphatic particle))

• भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you all (you (respectful plural))

• कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what (masculine nominative singular))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• असौ (asau) - that one (referring to a specific person) (that one, he, she, it)

• यस्य (yasya) - whose (whose, of whom)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• दूतः (dūtaḥ) - messenger (messenger, envoy)

• ईप्सितः (īpsitaḥ) - sought to be (desired, wished, sought after)

• किम् (kim) - what (what, why, how)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (in that matter) (there, in that place, in that matter)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - work to be done (to be done, duty, task)

• कथयध्वम् (kathayadhvam) - tell (tell, relate, describe)

• यथातथम् (yathātatham) - accurately, just as it is (accurately, truly, exactly as it is)

Words meanings and morphology

के (ke) - who (who, which (masculine nominative plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

वै (vai) - exactly (for emphasis) (indeed, certainly, surely (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you all (you (respectful plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (respectful)

present active participle

from √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - that one (referring to a specific person) (that one, he, she, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one, he, she, it

यस्य (yasya) - whose (whose, of whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

दूतः (dūtaḥ) - messenger (messenger, envoy)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dūta

dūta - messenger, envoy

Past Passive Participle

from √du

Root: du

ईप्सितः (īpsitaḥ) - sought to be (desired, wished, sought after)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īpsita

īpsita - desired, wished, sought after

Past Passive Participle

from desiderative of √āp (to obtain) or √iṣ (to wish)

Root: āp (class 5)

किम् (kim) - what (what, why, how)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there (in that matter) (there, in that place, in that matter)

(indeclinable)

locative suffix -tra added to pronoun ta

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

कार्यम् (kāryam) - work to be done (to be done, duty, task)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, action, business

Gerundive

from √kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कथयध्वम् (kathayadhvam) - tell (tell, relate, describe)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of √kath

imperative 2nd plural middle

causative of √kath

Root: kath (class 10)

यथातथम् (yathātatham) - accurately, just as it is (accurately, truly, exactly as it is)

(indeclinable)

compound of yathā and tathā, adverbialized