महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-153, verse-16

भीष्म उवाच ।
एवमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि भारत ।
यथैव हि भवन्तो मे तथैव मम पाण्डवाः ॥१६॥

16. bhīṣma uvāca ,
evametanmahābāho yathā vadasi bhārata ,
yathaiva hi bhavanto me tathaiva mama pāṇḍavāḥ.

16. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca | evam etat mahābāho yathā vadasi bhārata
| yathā eva hi bhavantaḥ me tathā eva mama pāṇḍavāḥ

16. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca mahābāho bhārata,
etat evam yathā vadasi yathā eva hi bhavantaḥ me,
tathā eva pāṇḍavāḥ mama (santi)

16. Bhishma said: 'O mighty-armed one, O descendant of Bharata, this is exactly as you state. Just as you are dear to me, so too are the Pandavas dear to me.'

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (name of a character)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• एवम् (evam) - exactly, so (thus, so, in this manner)

• एतत् (etat) - this

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one (addressing Duryodhana) (O mighty-armed one)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

• वदसि (vadasi) - you state (you say, you speak)

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (addressing Duryodhana) (O descendant of Bharata)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, exactly)

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

• भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (addressing Duryodhana and his brothers) (your esteemed selves, you (plural))

• मे (me) - to me (dear to me) (to me, my, for me)

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

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, exactly)

• मम (mama) - my (dear to me) (my, of me)

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas (the Pandavas (sons of Pandu))

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (name of a character)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma, terrible, formidable

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - exactly, so (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one (addressing Duryodhana) (O mighty-armed one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, great-armed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

वदसि (vadasi) - you state (you say, you speak)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (addressing Duryodhana) (O descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, Indian

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, exactly)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (addressing Duryodhana and his brothers) (your esteemed selves, you (plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you, esteemed

Present Active Participle

From root 'bhū' (to be). Used as a respectful second person pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

मे (me) - to me (dear to me) (to me, my, for me)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Variant of 'asmad' in dative/genitive singular.

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

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, exactly)

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my (dear to me) (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas (the Pandavas (sons of Pandu))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pandu, the Pandavas

Derived from 'paṇḍu' (name of a king).