महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-24, verse-130

श्रुत्वा चैतद्वचश्चित्रं हेतुकार्यार्थसंहितम् ।
कुरु शल्य विनिश्चित्य मा भूदत्र विचारणा ॥१३०॥

130. śrutvā caitadvacaścitraṁ hetukāryārthasaṁhitam ,
kuru śalya viniścitya mā bhūdatra vicāraṇā.

130. śrutvā ca etat vacaḥ citram hetukāryārthasaṃhitam
kuru śalya viniścitya mā bhūt atra vicāraṇā

130. śalya hetukāryārthasaṃhitam citram etat vacaḥ
śrutvā ca viniścitya kuru atra vicāraṇā mā bhūt

130. O Śalya, having heard this remarkable statement, which clearly explains cause and effect, decide firmly and act immediately; let there be no further deliberation on this matter.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

• च (ca) - and, also

• एतत् (etat) - this, that

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, statement

• चित्रम् (citram) - wonderful, remarkable, strange, various

• हेतुकार्यार्थसंहितम् (hetukāryārthasaṁhitam) - endowed with meaning related to cause and effect

• कुरु (kuru) - do, act, make

• शल्य (śalya) - O Śalya

• विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having ascertained, having determined, having decided

• मा (mā) - do not, lest

• भूत् (bhūt) - let it be, may it happen

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - deliberation, consideration, doubt

Words meanings and morphology

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable participle formed with suffix -tvā.

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: An absolutive indicating a prior action.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Agrees with 'vacaḥ' which is neuter here.

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, statement

Derived from root √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śrutvā'.

चित्रम् (citram) - wonderful, remarkable, strange, various

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citra

citra - bright, clear, wonderful, remarkable, various, variegated

Note: Qualifies 'vacaḥ'.

हेतुकार्यार्थसंहितम् (hetukāryārthasaṁhitam) - endowed with meaning related to cause and effect

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hetukāryārthasaṃhita

hetukāryārthasaṁhita - connected with (explaining) the meaning of cause and effect

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hetu+kārya+artha+saṃhita)

• hetu – cause, reason, motive
  noun (masculine)
• kārya – effect, action, work, that which is to be done
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From √kṛ (to do), meaning 'to be done' or 'effect'.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)
• saṃhita – joined, connected, composed, endowed with
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From verb root √dhā with prefix sam-, meaning 'put together, connected'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'vacaḥ'.

कुरु (kuru) - do, act, make

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

शल्य (śalya) - O Śalya

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śalya

śalya - Śalya (name of a king, brother of Madri)

Note: Direct address.

विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having ascertained, having determined, having decided

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable participle formed with suffix -tya after prefixes vi- and ni-.

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: An absolutive indicating a prior action.

मा (mā) - do not, lest

(indeclinable)

भूत् (bhūt) - let it be, may it happen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist form.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used with 'mā' to form a negative imperative (prohibition).

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

Locative case of 'idam' in adverbial sense.

विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - deliberation, consideration, doubt

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vicāraṇā

vicāraṇā - deliberation, consideration, investigation, doubt

Derived from √car with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'mā bhūt'.