महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-41, verse-79

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
मन्त्रयस्व महाराज नित्यं मद्धितमुत्तमम् ।
कामं युध्य परस्यार्थे वरमेतद्वृणोम्यहम् ॥७९॥

79. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
mantrayasva mahārāja nityaṁ maddhitamuttamam ,
kāmaṁ yudhya parasyārthe varametadvṛṇomyaham.

79. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca mantrayasva mahārāja nityaṃ mat-hitam
uttamam kāmaṃ yudhya parasya arthe varam etat vṛṇomi aham

79. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca mahārāja nityaṃ mat-hitam uttamam
mantrayasva aham parasya arthe kāmaṃ yudhya etat varam vṛṇomi

79. Yudhishthira said: "O great king, always advise me regarding my supreme welfare. I desire that you fight for the sake of the enemy; this is the boon I choose."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मन्त्रयस्व (mantrayasva) - advise, counsel

• महाराज (mahārāja) - Referring to Shalya. (O great king)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

• मत्-हितम् (mat-hitam) - my welfare, my benefit

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, supreme, highest

• कामम् (kāmam) - Expresses strong desire or request. (indeed, willingly, as desired)

• युध्य (yudhya) - fight, wage war

• परस्य (parasya) - Of the Kauravas, who are the enemy to the Pandavas. (of another, of the enemy)

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

• वरम् (varam) - boon, blessing, choice

• एतत् (etat) - Refers to the preceding request (that Shalya fight for the enemy). (this)

• वृणोमि (vṛṇomi) - I choose, I ask for

• अहम् (aham) - Yudhishthira. (I)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle; a proper name

Compound type : bahuvrihi (yudhi+sthira)

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

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

मन्त्रयस्व (mantrayasva) - advise, counsel

(verb)

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

Denominative verb from mantra

Root: mantr (class 10)

महाराज (mahārāja) - Referring to Shalya. (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great
  adjective
• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb here.

मत्-हितम् (mat-hitam) - my welfare, my benefit

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mat-hita

mat-hita - my welfare, my benefit

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mad+hita)

• mad – my, of me
  pronoun
  Pronominal stem, 6th case singular
• hita – welfare, benefit, good
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dhā (to place) with preposition hi
  Prefix: hi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Refers to "my welfare" (Yudhishthira's).

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, supreme, highest

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, supreme

Note: Qualifies mat-hitam.

कामम् (kāmam) - Expresses strong desire or request. (indeed, willingly, as desired)

(indeclinable)

Root: kam (class 1)

युध्य (yudhya) - fight, wage war

(verb)

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

Root: yudh (class 4)

परस्य (parasya) - Of the Kauravas, who are the enemy to the Pandavas. (of another, of the enemy)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of para

para - other, another, supreme, enemy

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

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, aim, meaning, wealth, sake

Root: arth (class 10)

Note: Used adverbially with a genitive to mean "for the sake of".

वरम् (varam) - boon, blessing, choice

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vara

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

Root: vṛ (class 9)

एतत् (etat) - Refers to the preceding request (that Shalya fight for the enemy). (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

वृणोमि (vṛṇomi) - I choose, I ask for

(verb)

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

Root: vṛ (class 9)

अहम् (aham) - Yudhishthira. (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me