महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-10, verse-10

विष्णुरुवाच ।
अवश्यं करणीयं मे भवतां हितमुत्तमम् ।
तस्मादुपायं वक्ष्यामि यथासौ न भविष्यति ॥१०॥

10. viṣṇuruvāca ,
avaśyaṁ karaṇīyaṁ me bhavatāṁ hitamuttamam ,
tasmādupāyaṁ vakṣyāmi yathāsau na bhaviṣyati.

10. viṣṇuḥ uvāca avaśyam karaṇīyam me bhavatām hitam
uttamam tasmāt upāyam vakṣyāmi yathā asau na bhaviṣyati

10. Vishnu said: "Certainly, I must accomplish the best welfare for you all. Therefore, I will tell you a method by which he (Vṛtra) will no longer exist."

Words meanings summery:

• विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Vishnu

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - certainly, necessarily, undoubtedly

• करणीयम् (karaṇīyam) - to be done, ought to be done

• मे (me) - by me (by me, to me, for me)

• भवताम् (bhavatām) - of you (all, polite)

• हितम् (hitam) - welfare, benefit, good

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, supreme, best

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• उपायम् (upāyam) - means, remedy, method

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will speak, I will tell

• यथा (yathā) - so that, by which (so that, in order that, how, as)

• असौ (asau) - that one (referring to Vṛtra) (that one, he)

• न (na) - not, no

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will exist, will be (no longer) (will be, will happen, will exist)

Words meanings and morphology

विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Vishnu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Vishnu (a principal deity in Hinduism)

Root: viṣ (class 3)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect, third person singular

Derived from root vac (to speak), perfect tense.

Root: vac (class 2)

अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - certainly, necessarily, undoubtedly

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

करणीयम् (karaṇīyam) - to be done, ought to be done

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karaṇīya

karaṇīya - to be done, proper to be done, practicable

Gerundive (Passive Future Participle)

Derived from root kṛ (to do) with suffix -anīya.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Gerundive, functions as an adjective.

मे (me) - by me (by me, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Enclitic form for instrumental singular.

भवताम् (bhavatām) - of you (all, polite)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of bhavat

bhavat - you, your honor (polite address)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Polite form of address, declined in genitive plural.

हितम् (hitam) - welfare, benefit, good

(noun)

neuter, singular of hita

hita - benefit, welfare, good, suitable

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dhā (to place), with prefix hi and suffix -ta.

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Past Passive Participle used as a noun.

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, supreme, best

(adjective)

neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - best, highest, supreme, principal

Note: Adjective modifying hitam.

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Note: Ablative singular of tad used adverbially to mean 'therefore'.

उपायम् (upāyam) - means, remedy, method

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upāya

upāya - means, method, remedy, approach

Derived from root i (to go) with prefix upa-.

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Object of vakṣyāmi.

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will speak, I will tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Future, first person singular

Future tense of root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - so that, by which (so that, in order that, how, as)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

असौ (asau) - that one (referring to Vṛtra) (that one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Nominative masculine singular of adas.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will exist, will be (no longer) (will be, will happen, will exist)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Future, third person singular

Future tense of root bhū (to be).

Root: bhū (class 1)