महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-41, verse-38

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
मन्त्रयस्व महाप्राज्ञ हितैषी मम नित्यशः ।
युध्यस्व कौरवस्यार्थे ममैष सततं वरः ॥३८॥

38. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
mantrayasva mahāprājña hitaiṣī mama nityaśaḥ ,
yudhyasva kauravasyārthe mamaiṣa satataṁ varaḥ.

38. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca | mantrayasva mahāprājña hitaiṣī mama
nityaśaḥ | yudhyasva kauravasya arthe mama eṣa satatam varaḥ

38. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca: mahāprājña,
mama nityaśaḥ hitaiṣī mantrayasva.
kauravasya arthe yudhyasva.
eṣa mama satatam varaḥ.

38. Yudhishthira said: "O greatly wise one, counsel me, you who are always my well-wisher. Fight for the sake of the Kauravas; this is my constant boon."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• मन्त्रयस्व (mantrayasva) - advise me, give me counsel (counsel, advise (yourself); deliberate)

• महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one (addressing Bhishma) (greatly wise, very discerning)

• हितैषी (hitaiṣī) - well-wisher, benevolent

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - always, constantly, perpetually

• युध्यस्व (yudhyasva) - fight, wage war

• कौरवस्य (kauravasya) - of the Kaurava, belonging to the Kaurava

• अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake of, for the purpose of, in the matter of

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• एष (eṣa) - this, he, it

• सततम् (satatam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• वरः (varaḥ) - boon, choice, wish, blessing

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (steadfast in battle, eldest Pandava brother)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense, Active Voice

Root vac (2nd class), Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, Active voice.

Root: vac (class 2)

मन्त्रयस्व (mantrayasva) - advise me, give me counsel (counsel, advise (yourself); deliberate)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of mantr

Imperative Mood, Middle Voice (Ātmanepada)

Root mantr (10th class, denominative from mantra), Imperative, 2nd person singular, Middle voice.

Root: mantr (class 10)

महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one (addressing Bhishma) (greatly wise, very discerning)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāprājña

mahāprājña - greatly wise, very discerning, highly intelligent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+prājña)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• prājña – wise, discerning, intelligent
  adjective (masculine)

हितैषी (hitaiṣī) - well-wisher, benevolent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hitaiṣin

hitaiṣin - well-wisher, benevolent, desirous of good

Derived from hita (good) and root iṣ (to desire).

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Genitive singular of the first person pronoun.

नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Derived from nitya (constant) with suffix -śaḥ (adverbial).

युध्यस्व (yudhyasva) - fight, wage war

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of yudh

Imperative Mood, Middle Voice (Ātmanepada)

Root yudh (4th class), Imperative, 2nd person singular, Middle voice.

Root: yudh (class 4)

कौरवस्य (kauravasya) - of the Kaurava, belonging to the Kaurava

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kaurava

kaurava - descendant of Kuru, belonging to the Kaurava lineage

Patronymic derived from Kuru.

अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake of, for the purpose of, in the matter of

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, object, wealth, material prosperity

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Genitive singular of the first person pronoun.

एष (eṣa) - this, he, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eṣa

eṣa - this (masculine), he, it

Nominative singular masculine of the demonstrative pronoun 'eṣa'.

सततम् (satatam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of satata (constant).

वरः (varaḥ) - boon, choice, wish, blessing

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, choice, wish, blessing, best, excellent