महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-7, verse-9

विराट उवाच ।
ददामि ते हन्त वरं महानसे तथा च कुर्याः कुशलं हि भाषसे ।
न चैव मन्ये तव कर्म तत्समं समुद्रनेमिं पृथिवीं त्वमर्हसि ॥९॥

9. virāṭa uvāca ,
dadāmi te hanta varaṁ mahānase; tathā ca kuryāḥ kuśalaṁ hi bhāṣase ,
na caiva manye tava karma tatsamaṁ; samudranemiṁ pṛthivīṁ tvamarhasi.

9. virāṭa uvāca dadāmi te hanta varam
mahānase tathā ca kuryāḥ kuśalam hi
bhāṣase na ca eva manye tava karma tat
samam samudranemim pṛthivīm tvam arhasi

9. Virāṭa said: 'Indeed, I grant you a boon concerning the kitchen, and you should perform skillfully, for you speak competently. However, I do not consider your caliber of work suitable for such a task (as kitchen duties); you are worthy of ruling the entire earth, which is bounded by the ocean.'

Words meanings summery:

• विराट (virāṭa) - Virāṭa

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ददामि (dadāmi) - I give, I grant, I offer

• ते (te) - to you, for you

• हन्त (hanta) - Indeed (used as an intensifier, indicating emphasis on granting the boon) (indeed, alas, come on)

• वरम् (varam) - a boon (boon, blessing, choice, best)

• महानसे (mahānase) - in the kitchen, in the cookhouse

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• कुर्याः (kuryāḥ) - you should do, you should make, you should perform

• कुशलम् (kuśalam) - skillfully, well, expertly

• हि (hi) - for, because, indeed

• भाषसे (bhāṣase) - you speak, you say

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• कर्म (karma) - work, action, duty (karma)

• तत् (tat) - such (lowly, kitchen) work (that, such)

• समम् (samam) - suitable for, on par with (equal, similar, suitable, appropriate)

• समुद्रनेमिम् (samudranemim) - ocean-bordered, ocean-rimmed

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - earth

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you are worthy of, you deserve, you ought to

Words meanings and morphology

विराट (virāṭa) - Virāṭa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of virāṭa

virāṭa - Virāṭa (name of a king, a Mahabharata character)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ददामि (dadāmi) - I give, I grant, I offer

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of dā

Root: dā (class 3)

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular and plural)

हन्त (hanta) - Indeed (used as an intensifier, indicating emphasis on granting the boon) (indeed, alas, come on)

(indeclinable)

वरम् (varam) - a boon (boon, blessing, choice, best)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, blessing, wish, choice, best, excellent

Derived from root vṛ (to choose)

Root: vṛ (class 5)

महानसे (mahānase) - in the kitchen, in the cookhouse

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahānasa

mahānasa - kitchen, cookhouse

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

कुर्याः (kuryāḥ) - you should do, you should make, you should perform

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कुशलम् (kuśalam) - skillfully, well, expertly

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kuśala

kuśala - skillful, clever, expert, well, welfare

Note: Functions as an adverb here.

हि (hi) - for, because, indeed

(indeclinable)

भाषसे (bhāṣase) - you speak, you say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of bhāṣ

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (lat) of man

Root: man (class 4)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular and plural)

कर्म (karma) - work, action, duty (karma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, work, deed, religious rite, consequence of actions (karma)

Derived from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - such (lowly, kitchen) work (that, such)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

समम् (samam) - suitable for, on par with (equal, similar, suitable, appropriate)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sama

sama - same, equal, similar, even, suitable, proper

समुद्रनेमिम् (samudranemim) - ocean-bordered, ocean-rimmed

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of samudranemi

samudranemi - ocean-bordered, having the ocean as a rim/boundary

Compound type : bahuvrihi (samudra+nemi)

• samudra – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• nemi – rim (of a wheel), circumference, boundary
  noun (feminine)

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground, land

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (singular)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you are worthy of, you deserve, you ought to

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)