महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-176, verse-1

अकृतव्रण उवाच ।
दुःखद्वयमिदं भद्रे कतरस्य चिकीर्षसि ।
प्रतिकर्तव्यमबले तत्त्वं वत्से ब्रवीहि मे ॥१॥

1. akṛtavraṇa uvāca ,
duḥkhadvayamidaṁ bhadre katarasya cikīrṣasi ,
pratikartavyamabale tattvaṁ vatse bravīhi me.

1. akṛtavraṇaḥ uvāca idam duḥkhadvayam bhadre katarasya
cikīrṣasi pratikartavyam abale tattvam vatse bravīhi me

1. akṛtavraṇaḥ uvāca bhadre idam duḥkhadvayam katarasya
cikīrṣasi abale vatse pratikartavyam tattvam me bravīhi

1. Akṛtavraṇa said, "O good lady, this is a two-fold sorrow. Which of the two do you wish to address? O weak one, O dear child, tell me the truth about what needs to be done in response for me."

Words meanings summery:

• अकृतव्रणः (akṛtavraṇaḥ) - Akṛtavraṇa (the speaker of the verse) (Akṛtavraṇa (a proper name, lit. 'one without wounds'))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इदम् (idam) - this

• दुःखद्वयम् (duḥkhadvayam) - a pair of sorrows, two sorrows, two-fold misery

• भद्रे (bhadre) - O good lady, O auspicious one

• कतरस्य (katarasya) - of which (of two)

• चिकीर्षसि (cikīrṣasi) - you wish to do, you desire to act, you wish to undertake

• प्रतिकर्तव्यम् (pratikartavyam) - what should be done in return, to be remedied, to be repaid

• अबले (abale) - O weak one, O powerless one, O helpless one

• तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - truth, reality, essence

• वत्से (vatse) - O dear child, O calf, O daughter

• ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell, speak, say

• मे (me) - to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

अकृतव्रणः (akṛtavraṇaḥ) - Akṛtavraṇa (the speaker of the verse) (Akṛtavraṇa (a proper name, lit. 'one without wounds'))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akṛtavraṇa

akṛtavraṇa - unwounded, not having wounds; a proper name

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+kṛta+vraṇa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  verbal derivative
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• vraṇa – wound, cut, sore
  noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

दुःखद्वयम् (duḥkhadvayam) - a pair of sorrows, two sorrows, two-fold misery

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkhadvaya

duḥkhadvaya - a pair of sorrows, two sorrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duḥkha+dvaya)

• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, suffering
  noun (neuter)
• dvaya – pair, couple, duality, two
  noun (neuter)

भद्रे (bhadre) - O good lady, O auspicious one

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhadrā

bhadrā - good, auspicious, excellent (feminine form)

कतरस्य (katarasya) - of which (of two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of katara

katara - which (of two), who (of two)

चिकीर्षसि (cikīrṣasi) - you wish to do, you desire to act, you wish to undertake

(verb)

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

desiderative stem

Desiderative formation of root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रतिकर्तव्यम् (pratikartavyam) - what should be done in return, to be remedied, to be repaid

(verbal derivative)

अबले (abale) - O weak one, O powerless one, O helpless one

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of abalā

abalā - weak, powerless, helpless (feminine)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+bala)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• bala – strength, power
  noun (neuter)

तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - truth, reality, essence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, essence, principle

वत्से (vatse) - O dear child, O calf, O daughter

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of vatsā

vatsā - female calf, young animal, dear child (feminine)

ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my (first person pronoun)