महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-4, verse-19

अनुकूलो भवेच्चास्य सर्वार्थेषु कथासु च ।
अप्रियं चाहितं यत्स्यात्तदस्मै नानुवर्णयेत् ॥१९॥

19. anukūlo bhaveccāsya sarvārtheṣu kathāsu ca ,
apriyaṁ cāhitaṁ yatsyāttadasmai nānuvarṇayet.

19. anukūlaḥ bhavet ca asya sarva-artheṣu kathāsu ca
apriyam ca ahitam yat syāt tat asmai na anuvarṇayet

19. She should also be agreeable to him in all matters and conversations. Whatever is unpleasant and harmful, she should not narrate that to him.

Words meanings summery:

• अनुकूलः (anukūlaḥ) - agreeable, favorable, compliant

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, may be

• च (ca) - and, moreover

• अस्य (asya) - of him, to him

• सर्व-अर्थेषु (sarva-artheṣu) - in all matters, in all affairs

• कथासु (kathāsu) - in conversations, in talks

• च (ca) - and, moreover

• अप्रियम् (apriyam) - unpleasant, disagreeable, disliked (thing)

• च (ca) - and, moreover

• अहितम् (ahitam) - harmful, unbeneficial, not good (thing)

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which (thing)

• स्यात् (syāt) - should be, may be

• तत् (tat) - that (thing)

• अस्मै (asmai) - to him

• न (na) - not

• अनुवर्णयेत् (anuvarṇayet) - should narrate, should describe

Words meanings and morphology

अनुकूलः (anukūlaḥ) - agreeable, favorable, compliant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anukūla

anukūla - agreeable, favorable, compliant, propitious

From `anu` + `kūla` (bank, shore; figuratively: favorable direction).

Note: Refers to the implied female subject.

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative mood, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

From root `bhū` (to be).

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

अस्य (asya) - of him, to him

(pronoun)

masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, that, he, she, it

Genitive/dative singular masculine of `idam`.

Note: To him.

सर्व-अर्थेषु (sarva-artheṣu) - in all matters, in all affairs

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sarvārtha

sarvārtha - all purposes, all affairs, all matters

Compound of `sarva` and `artha`.

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (sarva+artha)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, matter, affair
  noun (masculine)
  Root: arth (class 10)

कथासु (kathāsu) - in conversations, in talks

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narration, conversation, talk

From root `kath` (to tell).

Root: kath (class 10)

च (ca) - and, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

अप्रियम् (apriyam) - unpleasant, disagreeable, disliked (thing)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apriya

apriya - disagreeable, unpleasant, disliked, not dear

Negative prefix `a-` + `priya` (pleasing).

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+priya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• priya – dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable
  adjective (neuter)
  From root `prī` (to please).
  Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Object of `anuvarṇayet`.

च (ca) - and, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

अहितम् (ahitam) - harmful, unbeneficial, not good (thing)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ahita

ahita - harmful, unbeneficial, inimical, not salutary

Past Passive Participle

Negative prefix `a-` + `hita` (beneficial).

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• hita – beneficial, suitable, good, salutary, placed, put
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `dhā` (to place) in passive, or `hi` (to send).
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of `anuvarṇayet`.

यत् (yat) - whatever, which (thing)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

Note: Subject of `syāt`.

स्यात् (syāt) - should be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Optative mood, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

From root `as` (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that (thing)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Object of `anuvarṇayet`.

अस्मै (asmai) - to him

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, that, he, she, it

Dative singular masculine of `idam`.

Note: Recipient of the narration.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

अनुवर्णयेत् (anuvarṇayet) - should narrate, should describe

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of anuvarṇay

Optative mood, Denominative, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

From root `varṇ` (to describe) with upasarga `anu`.

Prefix: anu

Root: varṇ (class 10)

Note: Refers to the implied female subject.