महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-122, verse-76

एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं कुशलो ह्यसि भाषितुम् ।
असह्यं तमहं मन्ये तन्ममाचक्ष्व संजय ॥७६॥

76. etadicchāmyahaṁ śrotuṁ kuśalo hyasi bhāṣitum ,
asahyaṁ tamahaṁ manye tanmamācakṣva saṁjaya.

76. etat icchāmi aham śrotum kuśalaḥ hi asi bhāṣitum
asahyam tam aham manye tat mama ācakṣva sañjaya

76. I wish to hear this from you, for you are skilled at speaking. I consider him unbearable, so please tell me all about it, Sañjaya.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• अहम् (aham) - I

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• कुशलः (kuśalaḥ) - skilled, clever, expert

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• असि (asi) - you are

• भाषितुम् (bhāṣitum) - to speak, to say

• असह्यम् (asahyam) - unbearable, intolerable

• तम् (tam) - him (referring to the subject of the previous verse, Sātyaki) (him, that)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

• तत् (tat) - therefore, that (matter) (that, therefore)

• मम (mama) - to me (my, to me, for me)

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, relate, narrate

• सञ्जय (sañjaya) - O Sañjaya

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

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

Root verb, 6th class, Parasmaipada.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form derived from the root 'śru'.

Root: śru (class 5)

कुशलः (kuśalaḥ) - skilled, clever, expert

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuśala

kuśala - skilled, clever, expert, well-being

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

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

Root verb, 2nd class, Parasmaipada.

Root: as (class 2)

भाषितुम् (bhāṣitum) - to speak, to say

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form derived from the root 'bhāṣ'.

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

असह्यम् (asahyam) - unbearable, intolerable

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asahya

asahya - unbearable, intolerable, difficult to overcome

Gerundive/Potential Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'sah' (to endure) with the negative prefix 'a-' and suffix '-ya'.

Root: sah (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'tam' (him).

तम् (tam) - him (referring to the subject of the previous verse, Sātyaki) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root verb, 4th class, Ātmanepada.

Root: man (class 4)

तत् (tat) - therefore, that (matter) (that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used here with an adverbial force, meaning 'therefore' or referring to 'that matter'.

मम (mama) - to me (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Often used in dative sense with verbs of telling.

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, relate, narrate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of ā-cakṣ

Root 'cakṣ' (to see, perceive, tell) with prefix 'ā-'. Usually Ātmanepada for 'to tell'.

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

सञ्जय (sañjaya) - O Sañjaya

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sañjaya

sañjaya - Sañjaya (name of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer and narrator)