महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-27, verse-2

आचार्यवाक्योपरमे तद्वाक्यमभिसंदधत् ।
हितार्थं स उवाचेमां भारतीं भारतान्प्रति ॥२॥

2. ācāryavākyoparame tadvākyamabhisaṁdadhat ,
hitārthaṁ sa uvācemāṁ bhāratīṁ bhāratānprati.

2. ācāryavākyoparame tat vākyam abhisaṃdadhat
hitārtham saḥ uvāca imām bhāratīm bhāratān prati

2. When the preceptor's words concluded, he (Bhishma), bearing those words in mind for their welfare (hitārtham), spoke this address to the Bhāratas.

Words meanings summery:

• आचार्यवाक्योपरमे (ācāryavākyoparame) - at the conclusion of Drona's speech (at the cessation of the teacher's words, at the conclusion of the guru's speech)

• तत् (tat) - Drona's (words) (that)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - Drona's speech (word, speech, statement)

• अभिसंदधत् (abhisaṁdadhat) - reflecting upon Drona's words (deliberating, keeping in mind, reflecting)

• हितार्थम् (hitārtham) - for the welfare of the Bhāratas (for the sake of welfare, for the benefit, for the good)

• सः (saḥ) - Bhishma (he)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Bhishma spoke (he spoke, he said)

• इमाम् (imām) - this speech (this)

• भारतीम् (bhāratīm) - the speech, address (speech, utterance, pertaining to Bhārata)

• भारतान् (bhāratān) - the assembled Bhāratas (Kauravas and Pandavas) (the Bhāratas)

• प्रति (prati) - to (towards, to, in regard to)

Words meanings and morphology

आचार्यवाक्योपरमे (ācāryavākyoparame) - at the conclusion of Drona's speech (at the cessation of the teacher's words, at the conclusion of the guru's speech)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ācāryavākyoparama

ācāryavākyoparama - cessation of the teacher's words

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (ācārya+vākya+uparama)

• ācārya – teacher, preceptor, guru
  noun (masculine)
• vākya – word, speech, sentence
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root vac (to speak)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• uparama – cessation, desistance, conclusion
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from upa-ram (to cease)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: ram (class 1)

तत् (tat) - Drona's (words) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to vākyam from Drona.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - Drona's speech (word, speech, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence

Gerundive

Derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of abhisaṃdadhat.

अभिसंदधत् (abhisaṁdadhat) - reflecting upon Drona's words (deliberating, keeping in mind, reflecting)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhisaṃdadhant

abhisaṁdadhant - deliberating, keeping in mind, contemplating

Present Active Participle

Derived from root dhā with upasargas abhi and sam

Prefixes: abhi+sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ' (Bhishma).

हितार्थम् (hitārtham) - for the welfare of the Bhāratas (for the sake of welfare, for the benefit, for the good)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hitārtha

hitārtha - purpose of welfare, for the sake of good

Compound type : caturthī tatpuruṣa (hita+artha)

• hita – welfare, good, benefit
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root dhā (to place, do) with prefix hi (which changes to hita)
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• artha – purpose, aim, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to express purpose.

सः (saḥ) - Bhishma (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Bhishma.

उवाच (uvāca) - Bhishma spoke (he spoke, he said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect

Reduplicated perfect 3rd singular

Root: vac (class 2)

इमाम् (imām) - this speech (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: Agrees with 'bhāratīm'.

भारतीम् (bhāratīm) - the speech, address (speech, utterance, pertaining to Bhārata)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāratī

bhāratī - speech, eloquence, goddess Sarasvati, pertaining to Bhārata

Feminine derivative of Bhārata

Note: Object of 'uvāca'.

भारतान् (bhāratān) - the assembled Bhāratas (Kauravas and Pandavas) (the Bhāratas)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, pertaining to India, an Indian

Patronymic from Bharata

Note: Governed by 'prati'.

प्रति (prati) - to (towards, to, in regard to)

(indeclinable)