महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-3, verse-9

कर्णोऽहमस्मि भद्रं ते अद्य मा वद भारत ।
पुण्यया क्षेमया वाचा चक्षुषा चावलोकय ॥९॥

9. karṇo'hamasmi bhadraṁ te adya mā vada bhārata ,
puṇyayā kṣemayā vācā cakṣuṣā cāvalokaya.

9. karṇaḥ aham asmi bhadram te adya mā vada bhārata
puṇyayā kṣemayā vācā cakṣuṣā ca avalokaya

9. aham karṇaḥ asmi te bhadram adya bhārata puṇyayā
kṣemayā vācā ca cakṣuṣā mā vada avalokaya ca

9. I am Karṇa. May all be well with you. O Bhārata, speak to me today with your sacred and auspicious words, and look upon me with your eyes.

Words meanings summery:

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• भद्रम् (bhadram) - well-being (well-being, good, auspicious)

• ते (te) - to you (to you, your)

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• मा (mā) - me

• वद (vada) - speak! tell!

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (addressing Bhishma) (O Bharata!)

• पुण्यया (puṇyayā) - with sacred (with sacred, with holy, with virtuous)

• क्षेमया (kṣemayā) - with auspicious (with auspicious, with safe, with prosperous)

• वाचा (vācā) - with words (with speech, with words)

• च (ca) - and

• चक्षुषा (cakṣuṣā) - with your eyes (with eye)

• अवलोकय (avalokaya) - look upon! behold!

Words meanings and morphology

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karna (proper name), ear

Note: Subject of the sentence 'aham asmi'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: First person singular pronoun.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Present (laṭ), 1st person singular, parasmaipada

Conjugation of root 'as'.

Root: as (class 2)

भद्रम् (bhadram) - well-being (well-being, good, auspicious)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhadra

bhadra - well-being, good, auspicious

Note: Predicate nominative, with implied verb 'astu' (may it be).

ते (te) - to you (to you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: In 'bhadram te', it functions as dative, meaning 'to you'.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

From 'a-' (this) + 'dyā' (day).

Note: Adverb of time.

मा (mā) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Accusative singular form, alternative to 'mām'.

Note: Object of 'vada' (speak).

वद (vada) - speak! tell!

(verb)

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

Imperative (loṭ), 2nd person singular, parasmaipada

From root 'vad'.

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Addressed to Bhishma.

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (addressing Bhishma) (O Bharata!)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, a Bharata

पुण्यया (puṇyayā) - with sacred (with sacred, with holy, with virtuous)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of puṇya

puṇya - sacred, holy, virtuous, meritorious

Note: Agrees with 'vācā'.

क्षेमया (kṣemayā) - with auspicious (with auspicious, with safe, with prosperous)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kṣema

kṣema - auspicious, safe, prosperous, welfare

Note: Agrees with 'vācā'.

वाचा (vācā) - with words (with speech, with words)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Instrumental of 'vāc'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects 'vācā' and 'cakṣuṣā'.

चक्षुषा (cakṣuṣā) - with your eyes (with eye)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, sight

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Instrumental of 'cakṣus'.

अवलोकय (avalokaya) - look upon! behold!

(verb)

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

Imperative (loṭ), 2nd person singular, parasmaipada

Derived from prefix ava + root lok (to see). 'lok' is a 10th class root.

Prefix: ava

Root: lok (class 10)

Note: Addressed to Bhishma.