महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-31, verse-10

स त्वं कुरु तथा तात स्वमतेन पितामह ।
यथा जीवन्ति ते पौत्राः प्रीतिमन्तः परस्परम् ॥१०॥

10. sa tvaṁ kuru tathā tāta svamatena pitāmaha ,
yathā jīvanti te pautrāḥ prītimantaḥ parasparam.

10. saḥ tvam kuru tathā tāta svamatena pitāmaha
yathā jīvanti te pautrāḥ prītimantaḥ parasparam

10. Therefore, dear grandfather, you should act according to your own judgment in such a way that your grandsons live together in mutual affection.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - therefore (referring to the previously mentioned Bhishma) (he, that)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• कुरु (kuru) - do, make, act

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

• तात (tāta) - dear one (addressing Bhishma) (dear one, father, son (term of endearment))

• स्वमतेन (svamatena) - by one's own opinion, by one's own judgment

• पितामह (pitāmaha) - grandfather

• यथा (yathā) - as, according to, so that

• जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they live, they exist

• ते (te) - your (referring to Bhishma's grandsons) (your, to you (dative/genitive sing.) or they, those (nominative plural))

• पौत्राः (pautrāḥ) - grandsons

• प्रीतिमन्तः (prītimantaḥ) - full of affection, loving, affectionate

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, reciprocally, amongst themselves

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - therefore (referring to the previously mentioned Bhishma) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

कुरु (kuru) - do, make, act

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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

(indeclinable)

तात (tāta) - dear one (addressing Bhishma) (dear one, father, son (term of endearment))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - dear one, father, son

स्वमतेन (svamatena) - by one's own opinion, by one's own judgment

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of svamata

svamata - one's own opinion/view

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+mata)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• mata – opinion, view, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root man 'to think'
  Root: man (class 4)

पितामह (pitāmaha) - grandfather

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather

यथा (yathā) - as, according to, so that

(indeclinable)

जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - they live, they exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

ते (te) - your (referring to Bhishma's grandsons) (your, to you (dative/genitive sing.) or they, those (nominative plural))

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Alternative form for tava (gen. sing.)

पौत्राः (pautrāḥ) - grandsons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pautra

pautra - grandson

प्रीतिमन्तः (prītimantaḥ) - full of affection, loving, affectionate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prītimant

prītimant - full of affection, affectionate

possessive suffix -mat added to prīti (affection)

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, reciprocally, amongst themselves

(indeclinable)