महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-41, verse-13

नकुल उवाच ।
एवंगते त्वयि ज्येष्ठे मम भ्रातरि भारत ।
भीर्मे दुनोति हृदयं ब्रूहि गन्ता भवान्क्व नु ॥१३॥

13. nakula uvāca ,
evaṁgate tvayi jyeṣṭhe mama bhrātari bhārata ,
bhīrme dunoti hṛdayaṁ brūhi gantā bhavānkva nu.

13. nakula uvāca evam gate tvayi jyeṣṭhe mama bhrātari
bhārata bhīḥ me dunoti hṛdayam brūhi gantā bhavān kva nu

13. bhārata,
evam jyeṣṭhe mama bhrātari tvayi gate (sati),
bhīḥ me hṛdayam dunoti; bhavān kva nu gantā,
brūhi

13. Nakula said: O Bhārata, with you, my eldest brother, having gone in this manner, fear pains my heart. Tell me, where indeed are you going?

Words meanings summery:

• नकुल (nakula) - Nakula (proper name of a Pandava prince)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - in this manner (thus, in this manner, so)

• गते (gate) - having gone (gone, departed, having gone)

• त्वयि (tvayi) - with you (in you, with you)

• ज्येष्ठे (jyeṣṭhe) - (with) the eldest (brother) (in the eldest, to the eldest, about the eldest)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• भ्रातरि (bhrātari) - (with) the brother (in the brother, to the brother, about the brother)

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (addressing Duryodhana as a descendant of Bharata) (O descendant of Bharata (term for Duryodhana/Yudhishthira))

• भीः (bhīḥ) - fear (fear, terror)

• मे (me) - my (to me, my)

• दुनोति (dunoti) - pains (pains, vexes, torments)

• हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart (heart, mind)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell me (speak, tell, say)

• गन्ता (gantā) - are going (will go) (one who goes, will go)

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful)

• क्व (kva) - where, to what place

• नु (nu) - indeed (indeed, now, then, surely (interrogative or emphatic particle))

Words meanings and morphology

नकुल (nakula) - Nakula (proper name of a Pandava prince)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - mongoose; Nakula

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person singular active, from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - in this manner (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

गते (gate) - having gone (gone, departed, having gone)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached

Past Passive Participle

From root gam 'to go'

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Locative absolute construction, modifying 'tvayi'.

त्वयि (tvayi) - with you (in you, with you)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Locative absolute construction, 'when you have gone'.

ज्येष्ठे (jyeṣṭhe) - (with) the eldest (brother) (in the eldest, to the eldest, about the eldest)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, senior, best

Superlative degree of 'vṛddha' (old)

Note: Modifies 'bhrātari' and agrees with 'tvayi'.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

भ्रातरि (bhrātari) - (with) the brother (in the brother, to the brother, about the brother)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Locative absolute construction, 'when my brother'.

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (addressing Duryodhana as a descendant of Bharata) (O descendant of Bharata (term for Duryodhana/Yudhishthira))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian, a warrior

Patronymic from Bharata

Note: Common address in the Mahabharata.

भीः (bhīḥ) - fear (fear, terror)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhī

bhī - fear, terror, dread

Note: From the root bhī 'to fear'.

मे (me) - my (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Alternate form of 1st person pronoun genitive/dative singular.

दुनोति (dunoti) - pains (pains, vexes, torments)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of du

Present Active

Present 3rd person singular active, from root du

Root: du (class 5)

Note: From root DU, Class 5.

हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart (heart, mind)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, soul, core

Note: Object of 'dunoti'.

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell me (speak, tell, say)

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

Imperative 2nd person singular active, from root brū

Root: brū (class 2)

गन्ता (gantā) - are going (will go) (one who goes, will go)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gantṛ

gantṛ - goer, one who goes, will go

Agent Noun (future sense)

From root gam 'to go' with suffix -tṛ (ṇvultṛc)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective with 'bhavān'.

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful), being, existing

Present Active Participle

From root bhū 'to be'

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: You (honorific).

क्व (kva) - where, to what place

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed (indeed, now, then, surely (interrogative or emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative/emphatic particle.