महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-1, verse-15

यानि यानि च कर्माणि तस्य शक्ष्यामहे वयम् ।
कर्तुं यो यत्स तत्कर्म ब्रवीतु कुरुनन्दनाः ॥१५॥

15. yāni yāni ca karmāṇi tasya śakṣyāmahe vayam ,
kartuṁ yo yatsa tatkarma bravītu kurunandanāḥ.

15. yāni yāni ca karmāṇi tasya śakṣyāmahe vayam
kartum yaḥ yat saḥ tat karma bravītu kurunandanāḥ

15. Whatever tasks (karma) of his we are capable of performing, let each one of you, O sons of Kuru (kurunandanāḥ), say what that task is.

Words meanings summery:

• यानि (yāni) - which, whatever

• यानि (yāni) - which, whatever

• च (ca) - and, also

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, tasks (karma)

• तस्य (tasya) - of King Virāṭa (his, of him)

• शक्ष्यामहे (śakṣyāmahe) - we shall be able, we are able

• वयम् (vayam) - the Pāṇḍavas (we)

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

• यः (yaḥ) - each individual Pāṇḍava (who, whoever)

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• सः (saḥ) - that individual (whoever) (he, that)

• तत् (tat) - that particular task (that)

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, task (karma)

• ब्रवीतु (bravītu) - let him say, he should say

• कुरुनन्दनाः (kurunandanāḥ) - address to the Pāṇḍava brothers (O sons of Kuru)

Words meanings and morphology

यानि (yāni) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of yat

yat - which, what, whatever

Note: Used with reduplication for emphasis, 'whatever'.

यानि (yāni) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of yat

yat - which, what, whatever

Note: Used with reduplication for emphasis, 'whatever'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, tasks (karma)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, work, duty, fate, ritual

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तस्य (tasya) - of King Virāṭa (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to King Virāṭa.

शक्ष्यामहे (śakṣyāmahe) - we shall be able, we are able

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, future (lṛṭ) of śak

Root: śak (class 5)

वयम् (vayam) - the Pāṇḍavas (we)

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

(infinitive)

Note: Object of 'śakṣyāmahe'.

यः (yaḥ) - each individual Pāṇḍava (who, whoever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yat

yat - who, which, what

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what, whatever

Note: Agrees with 'karma'.

सः (saḥ) - that individual (whoever) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'yaḥ'.

तत् (tat) - that particular task (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'yat', agrees with 'karma'.

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, task (karma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, duty, fate, ritual

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ब्रवीतु (bravītu) - let him say, he should say

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: The implied subject is 'yaḥ' (whoever).

कुरुनन्दनाः (kurunandanāḥ) - address to the Pāṇḍava brothers (O sons of Kuru)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of kurunandana

kurunandana - son/delight of the Kurus

Compound type : genitive tatpuruṣa (kuru+nandana)

• kuru – a Kuru, descendant of Kuru
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, delight
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nand (class 1)