महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-116, verse-46

युद्धं मदन्तमेवास्तु तात संशाम्य पाण्डवैः ।
एतत्ते रोचतां वाक्यं यदुक्तोऽसि मयानघ ।
एतत्क्षेममहं मन्ये तव चैव कुलस्य च ॥४६॥

46. yuddhaṁ madantamevāstu tāta saṁśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ ,
etatte rocatāṁ vākyaṁ yadukto'si mayānagha ,
etatkṣemamahaṁ manye tava caiva kulasya ca.

46. yuddham madantam eva astu tāta saṃśāmya
pāṇḍavaiḥ etat te rocatām vākyam
yat uktaḥ asi mayā anagha etat kṣemam
aham manye tava ca eva kulasya ca

46. tāta yuddham madantam eva astu,
pāṇḍavaiḥ saṃśāmya.
anagha mayā yat te uktaḥ asi etat vākyam rocatām.
aham etat tava caiva kulasya ca kṣemam manye.

46. Dear one, let this war indeed end with me, so make peace with the Pāṇḍavas. O sinless one, let this statement which I have spoken to you be agreeable. I consider this to be for your welfare and for that of your family.

Words meanings summery:

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - The war (war, battle, fight)

• मदन्तम् (madantam) - Ending with me (the speaker, Sañjaya, implies himself to be the last one to die in the war if it continues) (having me as an end, ending with me)

• एव (eva) - Indeed (emphasizes the preceding word) (indeed, only, certainly)

• अस्तु (astu) - Let it be (optative/imperative sense) (let it be, may it be)

• तात (tāta) - Dear one (vocative address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (dear one, father, son)

• संशाम्य (saṁśāmya) - Make peace (used in an imperative sense, implying an action to be taken) (having become pacified, having made peace, after pacifying)

• पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - With the Pāṇḍavas (instrumental plural, associated with saṃśāmya) (with the Pāṇḍavas, by the Pāṇḍavas)

• एतत् (etat) - This (referring to the statement about peace) (this, that)

• ते (te) - To you (dative, referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (to you (dative/genitive singular of 'you'))

• रोचेताम् (rocetām) - Let it be agreeable (let it be pleasing, let it be agreeable)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - Statement (the advice being given) (word, speech, statement)

• यत् (yat) - Which (refers to vākyam) (which, that (relative pronoun))

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - Spoken (spoken, said)

• असि (asi) - You are

• मया (mayā) - By me (agent of the action 'spoken', referring to Sañjaya) (by me)

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one (vocative address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (sinless, faultless, O sinless one)

• एतत् (etat) - This (referring to the advice given) (this, that)

• क्षेमम् (kṣemam) - Welfare (welfare, safety, well-being)

• अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker, Sañjaya) (I)

• मन्ये (manye) - I consider (I think, I consider, I believe)

• तव (tava) - Your (genitive, referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (your)

• च (ca) - And (connects 'tava' and 'kulasya') (and)

• एव (eva) - Indeed (emphasizes) (indeed, only, certainly)

• कुलस्य (kulasya) - Of your family (of the family, of the lineage)

• च (ca) - And (connects 'tava' and 'kulasya', placed after both) (and)

Words meanings and morphology

युद्धम् (yuddham) - The war (war, battle, fight)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - war, battle, fight

past passive participle

Derived from root yudh (to fight)

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Subject of astu.

मदन्तम् (madantam) - Ending with me (the speaker, Sañjaya, implies himself to be the last one to die in the war if it continues) (having me as an end, ending with me)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of madanta

madanta - ending with me, having me as a limit

Compound: mat (I/me) + anta (end)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mad+anta)

• mad – I, me
  pronoun
  ablative of aham (I) or pronominal base for 'my'
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)
  Root: am (class 1)

Note: Agrees with yuddham.

एव (eva) - Indeed (emphasizes the preceding word) (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

अस्तु (astu) - Let it be (optative/imperative sense) (let it be, may it be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

तात (tāta) - Dear one (vocative address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (dear one, father, son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, son, dear one (term of endearment and respect)

संशाम्य (saṁśāmya) - Make peace (used in an imperative sense, implying an action to be taken) (having become pacified, having made peace, after pacifying)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Root śam (to be calm) with prefix sam, and -ya suffix for absolutive

Prefix: sam

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: It's an absolutive (gerund), implying 'having become pacified, then let it be so'. In English, it's often translated as an imperative here, 'make peace'.

पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - With the Pāṇḍavas (instrumental plural, associated with saṃśāmya) (with the Pāṇḍavas, by the Pāṇḍavas)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava

Taddhita derivation from Pāṇḍu + a (descendant)

एतत् (etat) - This (referring to the statement about peace) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with vākyam.

ते (te) - To you (dative, referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (to you (dative/genitive singular of 'you'))

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Dative object of rocatām.

रोचेताम् (rocetām) - Let it be agreeable (let it be pleasing, let it be agreeable)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ruc

Root: ruc (class 1)

Note: Governs dative case (te).

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - Statement (the advice being given) (word, speech, statement)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

Derived from vāc (speech)

Note: Subject of rocatām.

यत् (yat) - Which (refers to vākyam) (which, that (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Relative pronoun.

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - Spoken (spoken, said)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

past passive participle

From root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject of 'asi' (you).

असि (asi) - You are

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Predicate of 'you' (implicit).

मया (mayā) - By me (agent of the action 'spoken', referring to Sañjaya) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Agent in passive construction (uktaḥ asi mayā).

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one (vocative address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (sinless, faultless, O sinless one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure

Compound: a- (negation) + agha (sin)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+agha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• agha – sin, evil, misfortune
  noun (neuter)

एतत् (etat) - This (referring to the advice given) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with kṣemam.

क्षेमम् (kṣemam) - Welfare (welfare, safety, well-being)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣema

kṣema - welfare, safety, prosperity, well-being

From root kṣi (to dwell, to possess)

Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Predicative nominative with manye (I consider this [to be] welfare).

अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker, Sañjaya) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Subject of manye.

मन्ये (manye) - I consider (I think, I consider, I believe)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

तव (tava) - Your (genitive, referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Modifies kulasya.

च (ca) - And (connects 'tava' and 'kulasya') (and)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - Indeed (emphasizes) (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

कुलस्य (kulasya) - Of your family (of the family, of the lineage)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, lineage, race, clan

च (ca) - And (connects 'tava' and 'kulasya', placed after both) (and)

(indeclinable)