महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-106, verse-18

प्रियं कार्यं हि मे तस्य यस्यास्मि वचने स्थितः ।
ब्रूहि गालव यास्यामि शृणु चाप्यपरां दिशम् ॥१८॥

18. priyaṁ kāryaṁ hi me tasya yasyāsmi vacane sthitaḥ ,
brūhi gālava yāsyāmi śṛṇu cāpyaparāṁ diśam.

18. priyam kāryam hi me tasya yasya asmi vacane sthitaḥ
brūhi gālava yāsyāmi śṛṇu ca api aparām diśam

18. Indeed, it is a pleasing task for me, that of him whose word I abide by. Speak, O Gālava; I will go, and also listen concerning the other direction.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रियम् (priyam) - pleasing (dear, pleasing, beloved)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - task (a thing to be done, duty, action, task)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, my)

• तस्य (tasya) - of him (referring to Viśvāmitra) (of him, of that)

• यस्य (yasya) - whose (whose, of which)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• वचने (vacane) - in the command (in the word, in the speech, in the command)

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - abiding (standing, abiding, situated, firm, fixed)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - speak, tell

• गालव (gālava) - O Gālava (a sage, disciple of Viśvāmitra)

• यास्यामि (yāsyāmi) - I will go

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• अपराम् (aparām) - other (direction) (other, western, later)

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction (direction, quarter)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रियम् (priyam) - pleasing (dear, pleasing, beloved)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable

कार्यम् (kāryam) - task (a thing to be done, duty, action, task)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, fit to be done, duty, action, task

gerundive

Derived from root kṛ (to do) with suffix -ya (gerundive)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my, we, us, our

Note: Enclitic form of the 1st person pronoun, functioning here as dative of interest.

तस्य (tasya) - of him (referring to Viśvāmitra) (of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, her, it

यस्य (yasya) - whose (whose, of which)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, whose

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

वचने (vacane) - in the command (in the word, in the speech, in the command)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, statement, command

Root: vac (class 2)

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - abiding (standing, abiding, situated, firm, fixed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, abiding, situated, firm

past passive participle

Past passive participle of root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject 'I' (Suparṇa).

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - speak, tell

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

गालव (gālava) - O Gālava (a sage, disciple of Viśvāmitra)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of gālava

gālava - name of a sage, disciple of Viśvāmitra

यास्यामि (yāsyāmi) - I will go

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

अपराम् (aparām) - other (direction) (other, western, later)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of apara

apara - other, another, western, later

Note: Agrees with diśam.

दिशम् (diśam) - direction (direction, quarter)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, point of the compass