महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-86, verse-10

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स यद्ब्रूयान्महाबाहुस्तत्कार्यमविशङ्कया ।
वासुदेवेन तीर्थेन क्षिप्रं संशाम्य पाण्डवैः ॥१०॥

10. sa yadbrūyānmahābāhustatkāryamaviśaṅkayā ,
vāsudevena tīrthena kṣipraṁ saṁśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ.

10. sa yat brūyāt mahābāhuḥ tat kāryam aviśaṅkayā
vāsudevena tīrthena kṣipram saṃśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ

10. Whatever that mighty-armed (Kṛṣṇa) says, that task should be done without doubt. Quickly reconcile with the Pāṇḍavas, taking Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) as the sacred guide (tīrtha).

Words meanings summery:

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स (sa) - he (Kṛṣṇa, implied from previous verses) (he, that)

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, whatever)

ब्रूयात् (brūyāt) - says (optative implying a strong recommendation) (should say, might say)

महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - the mighty-armed one (Kṛṣṇa) (mighty-armed)

तत् (tat) - that (referring to what Kṛṣṇa says) (that)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - task (should be done) (to be done, proper to be done, a duty, a task)

अविशङ्कया (aviśaṅkayā) - without doubt (without doubt, without hesitation, confidently)

वासुदेवेन (vāsudevena) - with Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) (by Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa))

तीर्थेन (tīrthena) - as a sacred guide/authority (tīrtha) (by a ford, by a sacred place, by a guide, by a worthy person)

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, immediately)

संशाम्य (saṁśāmya) - having reconciled/settled (having pacified, having reconciled, having settled)

पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - with the Pāṇḍavas

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he (Kṛṣṇa, implied from previous verses) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of `brūyāt`

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, whatever)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

Note: Object of `brūyāt`

ब्रूयात् (brūyāt) - says (optative implying a strong recommendation) (should say, might say)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of brū

Optative active, 3rd person singular, root class 2

Root: brū (class 2)

महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - the mighty-armed one (Kṛṣṇa) (mighty-armed)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, strong-armed; a warrior (epithet of Kṛṣṇa)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

mahā – great, mighty, large
adjective
bāhu – arm
noun (masculine)

Note: Appositive to `sa` (he)

तत् (tat) - that (referring to what Kṛṣṇa says) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to `yat brūyāt`

कार्यम् (kāryam) - task (should be done) (to be done, proper to be done, a duty, a task)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, practicable, proper, a task, duty

gerundive/future passive participle

From root kṛ with suffix -ya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate for `tat`

अविशङ्कया (aviśaṅkayā) - without doubt (without doubt, without hesitation, confidently)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of aviśaṅkā

aviśaṅkā - absence of doubt, fearlessness, confidence

Compound formed with negating prefix `a-` and noun `viśaṅkā`

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+viśaṅkā)

a – not, non-
indeclinable
viśaṅkā – doubt, fear, apprehension
noun (feminine)
Noun derived from root śaṅk with prefix vi-
Prefix: vi
Root: śaṅk (class 1)

Note: Denotes manner

वासुदेवेन (vāsudevena) - with Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) (by Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa))

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - Vāsudeva (a patronymic of Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva)

Note: Functions as the agent or concomitant factor with `tīrthena`

तीर्थेन (tīrthena) - as a sacred guide/authority (tīrtha) (by a ford, by a sacred place, by a guide, by a worthy person)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tīrtha

tīrtha - ford, bathing-place, sacred place, holy man, guru, proper way/means

Root: tṝ (class 1)

Note: In apposition to `vāsudevena`, indicating Kṛṣṇa's role