महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-144, verse-2

सत्यमाह पृथा वाक्यं कर्ण मातृवचः कुरु ।
श्रेयस्ते स्यान्नरव्याघ्र सर्वमाचरतस्तथा ॥२॥

2. satyamāha pṛthā vākyaṁ karṇa mātṛvacaḥ kuru ,
śreyaste syānnaravyāghra sarvamācaratastathā.

2. satyam āha pṛthā vākyam karṇa mātṛvacaḥ kuru
śreyaḥ te syāt naravyāghra sarvam ācarataḥ tathā

2. karṇa,
pṛthā satyam vākyam āha mātṛvacaḥ kuru naravyāghra,
tathā sarvam ācarataḥ te śreyaḥ syāt

2. Pṛthā speaks the truth, Karna. Heed your mother's words. Your welfare will be ensured, O tiger among men, if you act completely in that manner.

Words meanings summery:

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, truly

• आह (āha) - said, spoke

• पृथा (pṛthā) - Pṛthā (Kuntī)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

• कर्ण (karṇa) - O Karna

• मातृवचः (mātṛvacaḥ) - Refers to Kunti's words to Karna. (mother's word, advice of the mother)

• कुरु (kuru) - Obey, heed. (do, perform, make, obey)

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare, supreme good, prosperity

• ते (te) - for you, to you, yours

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let there be, will be

• नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - O tiger among men, O foremost of men

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, completely

• आचरतः (ācarataḥ) - of one acting, by one acting

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

Words meanings and morphology

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, truly

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, true, real

Note: Acts as object of āha.

आह (āha) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular

From root ah (class 2 Parasmaipada), irregular perfect formation.

Root: ah (class 2)

पृथा (pṛthā) - Pṛthā (Kuntī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthā

pṛthā - Pṛthā (mother of Karna and the Pāṇḍavas, another name for Kuntī)

Note: Subject of āha.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

Note: Object of āha, here referring to 'true words'.

कर्ण (karṇa) - O Karna

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karna (proper name)

मातृवचः (mātṛvacaḥ) - Refers to Kunti's words to Karna. (mother's word, advice of the mother)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mātṛvacas

mātṛvacas - mother's word, mother's speech

Compound type : tatpurusha (mātṛ+vacas)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• vacas – word, speech
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of kuru.

कुरु (kuru) - Obey, heed. (do, perform, make, obey)

(verb)

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

Imperative mood, Parasmaipada, 2nd person singular

From root kṛ (class 8 Parasmaipada), imperative form.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare, supreme good, prosperity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - welfare, good, prosperity, supreme good

Comparative of praśasya (excellent)

Note: Subject of syāt.

ते (te) - for you, to you, yours

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (2nd person pronoun)

Note: Possessive or dative.

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let there be, will be

(verb)

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

Optative mood, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular

From root as (class 2 Parasmaipada)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Expresses possibility or wish.

नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - O tiger among men, O foremost of men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - tiger among men, foremost of men

Compound type : tatpurusha (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressed to Karna.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, completely

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Modifies the action of ācarataḥ (doing everything).

आचरतः (ācarataḥ) - of one acting, by one acting

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ācarat

ācarat - acting, behaving, doing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root car (to move, act) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Qualifies an implied agent, 'of you (who are) acting'. The genitive here denotes the agent of the action for which the benefit (śreyas) is obtained.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies ācarataḥ.