महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-177, verse-5

अम्बोवाच ।
मम दुःखं भगवता व्यपनेयं यतस्ततः ।
तत्तु भीष्मप्रसूतं मे तं जहीश्वर माचिरम् ॥५॥

5. ambovāca ,
mama duḥkhaṁ bhagavatā vyapaneyaṁ yatastataḥ ,
tattu bhīṣmaprasūtaṁ me taṁ jahīśvara māciram.

5. ambā uvāca mama duḥkham bhagavatā vyapaneyam yataḥ tataḥ
tat tu bhīṣma prasūtam me tam jahi īśvara mā aciram

5. ambā uvāca īśvara mama duḥkham bhagavatā yataḥ tataḥ
vyapaneyam tu tat me bhīṣma prasūtam tam mā aciram jahi

5. Amba said: My sorrow must be removed by you, O Lord, in whatever way possible. But that sorrow of mine originates from Bhishma. Therefore, O Lord, kill him without delay.

Words meanings summery:

• अम्बा (ambā) - Amba

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, pain, suffering, misery

• भगवता (bhagavatā) - by your Lordship, by the venerable one, by you

• व्यपनेयम् (vyapaneyam) - to be removed, to be dispelled

• यतः (yataḥ) - from where, whence, because

• ततः (tataḥ) - thence, there, then, therefore

• तत् (tat) - that (sorrow) (that, this)

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma

• प्रसूतम् (prasūtam) - born from, produced by, caused by

• मे (me) - my (sorrow) (my, for me)

• तम् (tam) - him (Bhishma) (him, that)

• जहि (jahi) - kill, strike, destroy

• ईश्वर (īśvara) - O Lord, O master, O ruler

• मा (mā) - not, do not

• अचिरम् (aciram) - quickly, without delay

Words meanings and morphology

अम्बा (ambā) - Amba

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ambā

ambā - Amba (a princess)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, pain, suffering, misery

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, pain, suffering, misery

Note: Functions as the subject of the gerundive 'vyapaneyam'.

भगवता (bhagavatā) - by your Lordship, by the venerable one, by you

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, fortunate, divine, venerable, Lord

Note: Used as a respectful address, here in the instrumental case as the agent.

व्यपनेयम् (vyapaneyam) - to be removed, to be dispelled

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyapaneya

vyapaneya - to be removed, to be dispelled

Gerundive

from root ī (to go) with upasargas vi and apa

Prefixes: vi+apa

Root: ī (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'duḥkham'.

यतः (yataḥ) - from where, whence, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms part of the correlative pair 'yataḥ tataḥ' meaning 'from wherever to there' or 'somehow or other'.

ततः (tataḥ) - thence, there, then, therefore

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms part of the correlative pair 'yataḥ tataḥ' meaning 'from wherever to there' or 'somehow or other'.

तत् (tat) - that (sorrow) (that, this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a Kuru warrior)

Note: First part of the compound 'bhīṣmaprasūtam'.

प्रसूतम् (prasūtam) - born from, produced by, caused by

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prasūta

prasūta - born, produced, caused

Past Passive Participle

from root sū (to produce) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'tat' (referring to 'duḥkham'). The compound 'bhīṣmaprasūtam' means 'caused by Bhishma'.

मे (me) - my (sorrow) (my, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Functions possessively or datively.

तम् (tam) - him (Bhishma) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Direct object of the verb 'jahi'.

जहि (jahi) - kill, strike, destroy

(verb)

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

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Irregular imperative form.

ईश्वर (īśvara) - O Lord, O master, O ruler

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, ruler, god

मा (mā) - not, do not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as a prohibitive particle.

अचिरम् (aciram) - quickly, without delay

(indeclinable)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cira)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• cira – long time, long lasting
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'without delay'.