महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-159, verse-7

मद्वचश्चापि भूयस्ते वक्तव्यः स सुयोधनः ।
श्व इदानीं प्रदृश्येथाः पुरुषो भव दुर्मते ॥७॥

7. madvacaścāpi bhūyaste vaktavyaḥ sa suyodhanaḥ ,
śva idānīṁ pradṛśyethāḥ puruṣo bhava durmate.

7. mat-vacaḥ ca api bhūyaḥ te vaktavyaḥ saḥ suyodhanaḥ
śvaḥ idānīm pradṛśyethāḥ puruṣaḥ bhava durmate

7. ca api bhūyaḥ te mat-vacaḥ saḥ suyodhanaḥ vaktavyaḥ
durmate śvaḥ idānīm pradṛśyethāḥ puruṣaḥ bhava

7. And further, that Suyodhana (Duryodhana) should be told my words by you. Now, tomorrow, you should appear. Be a man (puruṣa), O evil-minded one!

Words meanings summery:

• मत्-वचः (mat-vacaḥ) - my word, my speech, my command

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• ते (te) - by you, your

• वक्तव्यः (vaktavyaḥ) - should be told, fit to be spoken

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• सुयोधनः (suyodhanaḥ) - Suyodhana (Duryodhana)

• श्वः (śvaḥ) - tomorrow

• इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at this time, immediately

• प्रदृश्येथाः (pradṛśyethāḥ) - you should appear, you should be seen

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man, person, male (puruṣa)

• भव (bhava) - be, become

• दुर्मते (durmate) - O evil-minded one, O foolish one

Words meanings and morphology

मत्-वचः (mat-vacaḥ) - my word, my speech, my command

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mat-vacas

vacas - speech, word, utterance

derived from vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Compound of 'my' and 'word'.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

comparative degree of bahu (much, many)

ते (te) - by you, your

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Functions as instrumental agent 'by you' for 'vaktavyaḥ'.

वक्तव्यः (vaktavyaḥ) - should be told, fit to be spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaktavya

vaktavya - to be spoken, to be told, fit to be spoken

Gerundive (N.V.P.)

derived from root vac (to speak) + -tavya suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'suyodhanaḥ'.

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Suyodhana.

सुयोधनः (suyodhanaḥ) - Suyodhana (Duryodhana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suyodhana

suyodhana - one who fights well (an epithet of Duryodhana)

Note: Subject of the passive construction with 'vaktavyaḥ'.

श्वः (śvaḥ) - tomorrow

(indeclinable)

इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at this time, immediately

(indeclinable)

प्रदृश्येथाः (pradṛśyethāḥ) - you should appear, you should be seen

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of pra-dṛś

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man, person, male (puruṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, human being, person (puruṣa)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'bhava'.

भव (bhava) - be, become

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

दुर्मते (durmate) - O evil-minded one, O foolish one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of durmati

durmati - evil-minded, foolish, ill-disposed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dus+mati)

• dus – bad, evil, difficult
  indeclinable
• mati – mind, thought, intelligence, intention
  noun (feminine)
  derived from root man (to think)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Addressing the messenger with contempt.

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