महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-130, verse-2

वासुदेव उवाच ।
उक्तं बहुविधं वाक्यं ग्रहणीयं सहेतुकम् ।
ऋषिभिश्च मया चैव न चासौ तद्गृहीतवान् ॥२॥

2. vāsudeva uvāca ,
uktaṁ bahuvidhaṁ vākyaṁ grahaṇīyaṁ sahetukam ,
ṛṣibhiśca mayā caiva na cāsau tadgṛhītavān.

2. vāsudeva uvāca | uktaṃ bahuvidhaṃ vākyaṃ grahaṇīyaṃ
sahetukam | ṛṣibhiḥ ca mayā ca eva na ca asau tat gṛhītavān

2. vāsudeva uvāca ṛṣibhiḥ ca mayā ca eva bahuvidhaṃ
sahetukam grahaṇīyaṃ vākyaṃ uktaṃ asau ca tat na gṛhītavān

2. Vāsudeva said: Many kinds of reasonable and acceptable words were spoken by the sages and also by me, but he (Duryodhana) did not accept them.

Words meanings summery:

• वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Lord Krishna (Vāsudeva (a name of Krishna))

• उवाच (uvāca) - (Vāsudeva) said (said, spoke)

• उक्तं (uktaṁ) - (words) spoken (spoken, said)

• बहुविधं (bahuvidhaṁ) - many kinds of (words) (of many kinds, manifold)

• वाक्यं (vākyaṁ) - words (of advice) (word, speech, sentence)

• ग्रहणीयं (grahaṇīyaṁ) - (words) that should be accepted (to be accepted, acceptable, graspable)

• सहेतुकम् (sahetukam) - reasonable (words) (with reason, reasonable, accompanied by a cause)

• ऋषिभिः (ṛṣibhiḥ) - by the (wise) sages (by sages)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मया (mayā) - by me (Krishna) (by me)

• च (ca) - also (and, also)

• एव (eva) - also, indeed (just, indeed, only)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - and, but (and, also)

• असौ (asau) - he (Duryodhana) (that (person), he)

• तत् (tat) - that (advice) (that)

• गृहीतवान् (gṛhītavān) - he did not accept (the words) (he accepted, he took, he grasped)

Words meanings and morphology

वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Lord Krishna (Vāsudeva (a name of Krishna))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - son of Vasudeva, Krishna

उवाच (uvāca) - (Vāsudeva) said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active

third person singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

उक्तं (uktaṁ) - (words) spoken (spoken, said)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `vākyaṃ`.

बहुविधं (bahuvidhaṁ) - many kinds of (words) (of many kinds, manifold)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bahuvidha

bahuvidha - of many kinds, various, manifold

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+vidha)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective (neuter)
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `vākyaṃ`.

वाक्यं (vākyaṁ) - words (of advice) (word, speech, sentence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject of the sentence 'uktaṃ'.

ग्रहणीयं (grahaṇīyaṁ) - (words) that should be accepted (to be accepted, acceptable, graspable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of grahaṇīya

grahaṇīya - to be taken, to be received, acceptable, understandable

Gerundive

Gerundive (future passive participle) of √grah

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Agrees with `vākyaṃ`.

सहेतुकम् (sahetukam) - reasonable (words) (with reason, reasonable, accompanied by a cause)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sahetuka

sahetuka - having a cause, with reason, reasonable

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+hetu)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• hetu – cause, reason, motive
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hi (class 3)

Note: Agrees with `vākyaṃ`.

ऋषिभिः (ṛṣibhiḥ) - by the (wise) sages (by sages)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

Root: ṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Agent in a passive construction (uktaṃ).

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'sages' and 'me'.

मया (mayā) - by me (Krishna) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

mad - I, me

Note: Agent in a passive construction (uktaṃ).

च (ca) - also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - also, indeed (just, indeed, only)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb `gṛhītavān`.

च (ca) - and, but (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two clauses.

असौ (asau) - he (Duryodhana) (that (person), he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Duryodhana.

तत् (tat) - that (advice) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to `bahuvidhaṃ vākyaṃ`.

गृहीतवान् (gṛhītavān) - he did not accept (the words) (he accepted, he took, he grasped)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gṛhītavat

gṛhītavat - having taken, having accepted, having grasped

Past Active Participle

Past Active Participle (kṛt-suffix -vat) of √grah

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Functions as a finite verb.