महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-24, verse-52

ततः प्रसन्नो भगवान्स्वागतेनाभिनन्द्य तान् ।
प्रोवाच व्येतु वस्त्रासो ब्रूत किं करवाणि वः ॥५२॥

52. tataḥ prasanno bhagavānsvāgatenābhinandya tān ,
provāca vyetu vastrāso brūta kiṁ karavāṇi vaḥ.

52. tataḥ prasannaḥ bhagavān svāgatena abhinandya tān
provāca vyetu vastrāsaḥ brūta kim karavāṇi vaḥ

52. Then, the pleased Lord, after welcoming them, spoke: "Let your fear depart. Tell me, what may I do for you?"

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom

• प्रसन्नः (prasannaḥ) - pleased, tranquil, clear

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord, the venerable one

• स्वागतेन (svāgatena) - by welcome, with a welcome

• अभिनन्द्य (abhinandya) - having welcomed, having greeted

• तान् (tān) - them (masculine plural accusative)

• प्रोवाच (provāca) - he said, he spoke

• व्येतु (vyetu) - let it depart, let it vanish

• वस्त्रासः (vastrāsaḥ) - fear, apprehension. (Note: This word `vastrāsaḥ` literally means 'garments' or 'seat of clothes', but in this context, it is widely interpreted by commentators as a scribal error for `trāsaḥ` or `śrāsaḥ`, meaning 'fear' or 'terror', to fit the sense of 'Let your fear depart.') (garments, coverings (literal); fear (contextual, based on emendation))

• ब्रूत (brūta) - tell, speak (imperative, 2nd plural)

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• करवाणि (karavāṇi) - shall I do, may I do

• वः (vaḥ) - for you, to you, your (dative/genitive/accusative plural)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom

(indeclinable)

प्रसन्नः (prasannaḥ) - pleased, tranquil, clear

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasanna

prasanna - clear, bright, pleased, propitiated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root sad with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: sad

भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord, the venerable one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, divine, the Lord

स्वागतेन (svāgatena) - by welcome, with a welcome

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of svāgata

svāgata - well-come, welcome, hospitable reception

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+āgata)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• āgata – come, arrived
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root gam with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam

अभिनन्द्य (abhinandya) - having welcomed, having greeted

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root nand with prefix abhi-

Prefix: abhi

Root: nand (class 1)

तान् (tān) - them (masculine plural accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रोवाच (provāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense form of √vac with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

व्येतु (vyetu) - let it depart, let it vanish

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vi-i

Imperative form of √i with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: i (class 2)

वस्त्रासः (vastrāsaḥ) - fear, apprehension. (Note: This word `vastrāsaḥ` literally means 'garments' or 'seat of clothes', but in this context, it is widely interpreted by commentators as a scribal error for `trāsaḥ` or `śrāsaḥ`, meaning 'fear' or 'terror', to fit the sense of 'Let your fear depart.') (garments, coverings (literal); fear (contextual, based on emendation))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vastrāsa

vastrāsa - garments (literal, 'cloth-seated'); fear (emended meaning)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vastra+āsa)

• vastra – garment, clothing
  noun (neuter)
• āsa – sitting, seat
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ās

Note: Although the form `vastrāsaḥ` is given in the Devanagari, contextual interpretation in the translation implies an emendation to `trāsaḥ` (fear).

ब्रूत (brūta) - tell, speak (imperative, 2nd plural)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Note: Used here as an interrogative pronoun.

करवाणि (karavāṇi) - shall I do, may I do

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वः (vaḥ) - for you, to you, your (dative/genitive/accusative plural)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yūṣmad

yūṣmad - you (second person plural pronoun)

Note: Here used in the dative sense 'for you'.