महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-41, verse-68

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
हन्त पृच्छामि ते तस्मादाचार्य शृणु मे वचः ॥६८॥

68. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
hanta pṛcchāmi te tasmādācārya śṛṇu me vacaḥ.

68. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca hanta pṛcchāmi
te tasmāt ācārya śṛṇu me vacaḥ

68. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca hanta ācārya
tasmāt te pṛcchāmi me vacaḥ śṛṇu

68. Yudhishthira said: 'Well then, O preceptor (ācārya), therefore I ask you, please listen to my words.'

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• हन्त (hanta) - Well then (indicating a preface to an important question) (an exclamation of sorrow, joy, encouragement, or urgency: alas, ah, well, now then)

• पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask, I inquire

• ते (te) - to you (dative) (to you, your, of you)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• आचार्य (ācārya) - Referring to Dronacharya (O teacher, O preceptor, O master)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• मे (me) - my, of me

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, saying

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - steadfast in battle (name of the eldest Pandava)

Compound: yudhi (in battle) + sthira (firm)

Compound type : aluk tatpuruṣa (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  indeclinable
  Locative of yudh
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – firm, steady
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

हन्त (hanta) - Well then (indicating a preface to an important question) (an exclamation of sorrow, joy, encouragement, or urgency: alas, ah, well, now then)

(indeclinable)

पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask, I inquire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prach

Root: prach (class 6)

ते (te) - to you (dative) (to you, your, of you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Ablative of tad used adverbially

आचार्य (ācārya) - Referring to Dronacharya (O teacher, O preceptor, O master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ācārya

ācārya - teacher, preceptor, master

Derived from ā-car (to practice, to teach)

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Enclitic form

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, saying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

Root: vac (class 2)