महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-72, verse-21

तस्यास्तत्प्रियमाख्यानं प्रब्रवीहि महामते ।
तदेव वाक्यं वैदर्भी श्रोतुमिच्छत्यनिन्दिता ॥२१॥

21. tasyāstatpriyamākhyānaṁ prabravīhi mahāmate ,
tadeva vākyaṁ vaidarbhī śrotumicchatyaninditā.

21. tasyāḥ tat priyam ākhyānam prabravīhi mahā-mate
tat eva vākyam vaidarbhī śrotum icchati aninditā

21. O wise one, relate that dear account to her. The blameless Vaidarbhī wishes to hear that very message.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her, to her

• तत् (tat) - that

• प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, beloved, agreeable

• आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - story, narration, account

• प्रब्रवीहि (prabravīhi) - speak, relate, tell

• महा-मते (mahā-mate) - O wise one, O greatly intelligent one

• तत् (tat) - that

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, message, speech

• वैदर्भी (vaidarbhī) - Sītā (the princess of Vidarbha, a woman from Vidarbha)

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• इच्छति (icchati) - desires, wishes

• अनिन्दिता (aninditā) - blameless, faultless

Words meanings and morphology

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her, to her

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Note: Can also be ablative. Here, dative sense 'to her'.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to 'ākhyānam'.

प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, beloved, agreeable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, liked

आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - story, narration, account

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - story, narration, account

Derived from root khyā (to tell) with prefix ā- and suffix -ana.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Object of 'prabravīhi'.

प्रब्रवीहि (prabravīhi) - speak, relate, tell

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pra-brū

Imperative active 2nd singular, derived from root brū (to speak) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: brū (class 2)

महा-मते (mahā-mate) - O wise one, O greatly intelligent one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāmat

mahāmat - great-minded, wise, greatly intelligent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+mat)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
  Feminine form of 'mahat', also used as a prefix 'mahā-'.
• mat – mind, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  From root man (to think), suffix -ti (kṛt suffix).
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Refers to the interlocutor (e.g., Lakṣmaṇa).

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to 'vākyam'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, message, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākyam

vākyam - word, message, speech, sentence

Derived from root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śrotum icchati'.

वैदर्भी (vaidarbhī) - Sītā (the princess of Vidarbha, a woman from Vidarbha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaidarbhī

vaidarbhī - a woman from Vidarbha, princess of Vidarbha

Feminine derivative of Vidarbha.

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Derived from root śru (to hear) with suffix -tum.

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Used with 'icchati'.

इच्छति (icchati) - desires, wishes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present active 3rd singular.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

अनिन्दिता (aninditā) - blameless, faultless

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anindita

anindita - unblamed, faultless, blameless

Past Passive Participle with negative prefix

From a (negative prefix) + nindita (past passive participle of nind - to blame).

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (a+nindita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• nindita – blamed, censured
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root nind (to blame) with suffix -kta.
  Root: nind (class 1)