महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-24, verse-18

अन्वेषणे पाण्डवानां भूयः किं करवामहे ।
इमां च नः प्रियामीक्ष वाचं भद्रवतीं शुभाम् ॥१८॥

18. anveṣaṇe pāṇḍavānāṁ bhūyaḥ kiṁ karavāmahe ,
imāṁ ca naḥ priyāmīkṣa vācaṁ bhadravatīṁ śubhām.

18. anveṣaṇe pāṇḍavānām bhūyaḥ kim karavāmahe imām
ca naḥ priyām īkṣa vācam bhadravatīm śubhām

18. What more should we do regarding the search for the Pāṇḍavas? And consider this dear, auspicious, and beautiful message of ours.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्वेषणे (anveṣaṇe) - in the search, in the investigation, in finding

• पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, more, greatly

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• करवामहे (karavāmahe) - shall we do, what should we do

• इमाम् (imām) - this

• च (ca) - and, also

• नः (naḥ) - our, to us, by us

• प्रियाम् (priyām) - dear, beloved, pleasing

• ईक्ष (īkṣa) - behold, see, consider, look at

• वाचम् (vācam) - word, speech, voice, message

• भद्रवतीम् (bhadravatīm) - auspicious, blessed, fortunate

• शुभाम् (śubhām) - auspicious, beautiful, bright, pure

Words meanings and morphology

अन्वेषणे (anveṣaṇe) - in the search, in the investigation, in finding

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of anveṣaṇa

anveṣaṇa - search, investigation, finding

Derived from anu-√īṣ (to seek)

Prefix: anu

Root: īṣ (class 1)

पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, one of the Pāṇḍavas

Patronymic from Pāṇḍu

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, more, greatly

(indeclinable)

Comparative of bahu (much)

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which, why

Note: Used as an interrogative pronoun/adverb here.

करवामहे (karavāmahe) - shall we do, what should we do

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, optative/subjunctive (liṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: From √kṛ, 1st plural Atmanepada.

इमाम् (imām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - our, to us, by us

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

Note: Genitive or dative form of asmad. Here, "our".

प्रियाम् (priyām) - dear, beloved, pleasing

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing

Note: Agrees with vācam.

ईक्ष (īkṣa) - behold, see, consider, look at

(verb)

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

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: From √īkṣ, 2nd singular Atmanepada.

वाचम् (vācam) - word, speech, voice, message

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - word, speech, voice, message

भद्रवतीम् (bhadravatīm) - auspicious, blessed, fortunate

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhadravat

bhadravat - auspicious, blessed, fortunate, good

Derived from bhadra + -vat (possessive suffix)

Note: Agrees with vācam.

शुभाम् (śubhām) - auspicious, beautiful, bright, pure

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śubhā

śubhā - auspicious, beautiful, bright, pure

Note: Agrees with vācam.