महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-85, verse-11

न शुश्रूषसि यद्वाक्यं मर्त्यः पथ्यमिवौषधम् ।
तदेव त्वामनुप्राप्तं वचनं साधु भाषितम् ॥११॥

11. na śuśrūṣasi yadvākyaṁ martyaḥ pathyamivauṣadham ,
tadeva tvāmanuprāptaṁ vacanaṁ sādhu bhāṣitam.

11. na śuśrūṣasi yat vākyam martyaḥ pathyam iva auṣadham
tat eva tvām anuprāptam vacanam sādhu bhāṣitam

11. martyaḥ yat vākyam pathyam auṣadham iva na śuśrūṣasi,
tat eva sādhu bhāṣitam vacanam tvām anuprāptam

11. That wise counsel, which you, a mortal, did not heed (just as one might disregard beneficial medicine), has now indeed come upon you.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• शुश्रूषसि (śuśrūṣasi) - you heed (you listen, you obey, you serve)

• यत् (yat) - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - counsel, advice (word, speech, saying, advice)

• मर्त्यः (martyaḥ) - mortal, human being

• पथ्यम् (pathyam) - beneficial, salutary (beneficial, wholesome, suitable, diet)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• औषधम् (auṣadham) - medicine, herb, drug

• तत् (tat) - that very (counsel) (that, it (demonstrative pronoun))

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

• अनुप्राप्तम् (anuprāptam) - has come upon (you), has befallen (you) (reached, attained, fallen to one's lot, obtained)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - counsel (word, speech, saying, advice)

• साधु (sādhu) - wise, proper (good, virtuous, proper, wise, well)

• भाषितम् (bhāṣitam) - well-spoken (spoken, said, told)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शुश्रूषसि (śuśrūṣasi) - you heed (you listen, you obey, you serve)

(verb)

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

Desiderative present

Derived from root śru (to hear) with desiderative suffix -sa, then conjugated in present tense

Root: śru (class 5)

यत् (yat) - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Acts as an adjective for 'vākyam'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - counsel, advice (word, speech, saying, advice)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, saying, advice

Derived from vāc (speech) + ya (suffix)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śuśrūṣasi'.

मर्त्यः (martyaḥ) - mortal, human being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of martya

martya - mortal, human being, man

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Root mṛ (to die) + ya (suffix)

Root: mṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the clause.

पथ्यम् (pathyam) - beneficial, salutary (beneficial, wholesome, suitable, diet)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pathya

pathya - suitable, proper, wholesome, beneficial, diet (m., n.)

Derived from path (path/way)

Note: Modifies 'auṣadham'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile.

औषधम् (auṣadham) - medicine, herb, drug

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of auṣadha

auṣadha - medicine, herb, drug

Derived from oṣadhi (herb) + aṇ (suffix)

Note: The object of comparison.

तत् (tat) - that very (counsel) (that, it (demonstrative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers back to 'vākyam'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Object of 'anuprāptam'.

अनुप्राप्तम् (anuprāptam) - has come upon (you), has befallen (you) (reached, attained, fallen to one's lot, obtained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anuprāpta

anuprāpta - reached, attained, obtained, fallen to one's lot

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root āp (to obtain) with prefixes anu-pra

Prefixes: anu+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

वचनम् (vacanam) - counsel (word, speech, saying, advice)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, saying, word, speech, counsel

Root vac (to speak) + ana (suffix)

Root: vac (class 2)

साधु (sādhu) - wise, proper (good, virtuous, proper, wise, well)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, excellent, virtuous, proper, wise

Root sādh (to accomplish)

Root: sādh

भाषितम् (bhāṣitam) - well-spoken (spoken, said, told)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhāṣita

bhāṣita - spoken, said, declared

Past Passive Participle

Root bhāṣ (to speak) + kta (pp. suffix)

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)