महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-186, verse-17

वयं तु गुरवस्तुभ्यं ततस्त्वां वारयामहे ।
भीष्मो वसूनामन्यतमो दिष्ट्या जीवसि पुत्रक ॥१७॥

17. vayaṁ tu guravastubhyaṁ tatastvāṁ vārayāmahe ,
bhīṣmo vasūnāmanyatamo diṣṭyā jīvasi putraka.

17. vayam tu guravaḥ tubhyam tataḥ tvām vārayāmahe
bhīṣmaḥ vasūnām anyatamaḥ diṣṭyā jīvasi putraka

17. tu vayam tubhyam guravaḥ tataḥ tvām vārayāmahe
bhīṣmaḥ vasūnām anyatamaḥ putrak diṣṭyā jīvasi

17. But we are your teachers (gurus); therefore, we restrain you. Bhishma is one of the Vasus; fortunately, you are alive, my son!

Words meanings summery:

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• तु (tu) - but, indeed

• गुरवः (guravaḥ) - teachers (gurus)

• तुभ्यम् (tubhyam) - for you (Bhishma) (to you, for you)

• ततः (tataḥ) - therefore, thence

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (Bhishma) (you)

• वारयामहे (vārayāmahe) - we restrain, we forbid

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• वसूनाम् (vasūnām) - of the Vasus

• अन्यतमः (anyatamaḥ) - one of them

• दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, by destiny

• जीवसि (jīvasi) - you live, you are alive

• पुत्रक (putraka) - O dear son (Bhishma) (O son)

Words meanings and morphology

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

तु (tu) - but, indeed

(indeclinable)

गुरवः (guravaḥ) - teachers (gurus)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guru

guru - teacher, preceptor, respected person

Note: Predicate nominative.

तुभ्यम् (tubhyam) - for you (Bhishma) (to you, for you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular and plural)

ततः (tataḥ) - therefore, thence

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of cause/consequence.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (Bhishma) (you)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular and plural)

Note: Object of 'vārayāmahe'.

वारयामहे (vārayāmahe) - we restrain, we forbid

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛ

Causative

Derived from root vṛ with causative suffix -āya

Root: vṛ (class 5)

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a proper name, son of Shantanu); terrible, formidable

वसूनाम् (vasūnām) - of the Vasus

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vasu

vasu - a class of deities (eight Vasus); wealth, excellent

Note: Partitive genitive (one of them).

अन्यतमः (anyatamaḥ) - one of them

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anyatama

anyatama - one of them, one among many, certain one

Derived from anya (other) with superlative suffix -tama

Note: Often used with genitive plural.

दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, by destiny

(indeclinable)

Instrumental of diṣṭi (destiny, fortune) used adverbially

Note: Expresses good fortune.

जीवसि (jīvasi) - you live, you are alive

(verb)

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

Root: jīv (class 1)

पुत्रक (putraka) - O dear son (Bhishma) (O son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putraka

putraka - dear son, little son

Diminutive of putra (son)