महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-15, verse-3

गुह्यं चैतत्त्वया कार्यं नाख्यातव्यं शुभे क्वचित् ।
गत्वा नहुषमेकान्ते ब्रवीहि तनुमध्यमे ॥३॥

3. guhyaṁ caitattvayā kāryaṁ nākhyātavyaṁ śubhe kvacit ,
gatvā nahuṣamekānte bravīhi tanumadhyame.

3. guhyam ca etat tvayā kāryam na ākhyātavyam śubhe
kvacit gatvā nahuṣam ekānte bravīhi tanumadhyame

3. This task is confidential and should be performed by you. O beautiful one, it must never be revealed anywhere. Go to Nahuṣa in private, O slender-waisted one, and tell him.

Words meanings summery:

• गुह्यम् (guhyam) - secret, confidential matter

• च (ca) - and, also

• एतत् (etat) - this

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

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

• न (na) - not

• आख्यातव्यम् (ākhyātavyam) - to be told, to be narrated

• शुभे (śubhe) - O beautiful one, O auspicious one

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, ever, at all

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• नहुषम् (nahuṣam) - to Nahuṣa

• एकान्ते (ekānte) - in a solitary place, in private

• ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell, speak

• तनुमध्यमे (tanumadhyame) - O slender-waisted one

Words meanings and morphology

गुह्यम् (guhyam) - secret, confidential matter

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of guhya

guhya - secret, hidden, to be concealed

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Derived from the root guh (to hide) with the suffix -ya. Can function as an adjective or a neuter noun.

Root: guh (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here, the present

Demonstrative pronoun.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Second person pronoun, instrumental singular.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - to be done, a task

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, to be performed, duty, task, business

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Derived from the root kṛ (to do) with the suffix -ya. Can function as an adjective or a neuter noun.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Particle of negation.

आख्यातव्यम् (ākhyātavyam) - to be told, to be narrated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhyātavya

ākhyātavya - to be told, to be narrated, to be declared

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Derived from the root khyā (to tell) with the preverb ā and suffix -tavya.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Expresses obligation or potential.

शुभे (śubhe) - O beautiful one, O auspicious one

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of śubhā

śubhā - beautiful, auspicious, radiant, excellent

Feminine form of śubha.

क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, ever, at all

(indeclinable)

Indefinite adverb.

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root gam (to go) with the suffix -tvā.

Root: gam (class 1)

नहुषम् (nahuṣam) - to Nahuṣa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nahuṣa

nahuṣa - Nahuṣa (name of an ancient king who temporarily usurped Indra's throne)

एकान्ते (ekānte) - in a solitary place, in private

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ekānta

ekānta - solitary place, privacy, seclusion

Compound of eka (one, sole) and anta (end, proximity). Often used as an adverb in the locative case.

Compound type : tatpurusha (eka+anta)

• eka – one, sole, singular, unique
  adjective (masculine)
• anta – end, limit, proximity, vicinity, private place
  noun (masculine)

ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell, speak

(verb)

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

Imperative 2nd Person Singular

Derived from the root brū (to speak), which is an irregular verb.

Root: brū (class 2)

तनुमध्यमे (tanumadhyame) - O slender-waisted one

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of tanumadhyamā

tanumadhyamā - slender-waisted, having a thin middle

Feminine form of tanumadhyama. A bahuvrīhi compound, literally 'she whose middle is slender'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tanu+madhya)

• tanu – slender, thin, delicate; body (as noun)
  adjective (feminine)
  Root: tan (class 8)
• madhya – middle, waist, center
  noun (neuter)