महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-49, verse-57

अर्जुन उवाच ।
यथा ब्रूयान्महाप्राज्ञो यथा ब्रूयान्महामतिः ।
हितं चैव यथास्माकं तथैतद्वचनं तव ॥५७॥

57. arjuna uvāca ,
yathā brūyānmahāprājño yathā brūyānmahāmatiḥ ,
hitaṁ caiva yathāsmākaṁ tathaitadvacanaṁ tava.

57. arjuna uvāca yathā brūyāt mahāprājñaḥ yathā brūyāt
mahāmatiḥ hitam ca eva yathā asmākam tathā etat vacanam tava

57. arjuna uvāca tava etat vacanam yathā mahāprājñaḥ brūyāt
yathā mahāmatiḥ brūyāt ca yathā asmākam hitam eva tathā

57. Arjuna said: Just as a very wise person or a greatly intelligent person would speak, and just as it would be beneficial for us, so is this statement of yours.

Words meanings summery:

• अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• ब्रूयात् (brūyāt) - should speak, may speak

• महाप्राज्ञः (mahāprājñaḥ) - a person of great wisdom (a very wise person, greatly intelligent person)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• ब्रूयात् (brūyāt) - should speak, may speak

• महामतिः (mahāmatiḥ) - a person of profound intellect (one of great intelligence, greatly intelligent person)

• हितम् (hitam) - that which is beneficial (beneficial, good, welfare)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, even

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, for us

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• एतत् (etat) - this

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

• तव (tava) - of you, your

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (name of a Pāṇḍava prince)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of uvāca

Perfect Active

Root 'vac' (to speak), perfect tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

ब्रूयात् (brūyāt) - should speak, may speak

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of brūyāt

Optative Active

Root 'brū' (to speak), optative mood, 3rd person singular.

Root: brū (class 2)

महाप्राज्ञः (mahāprājñaḥ) - a person of great wisdom (a very wise person, greatly intelligent person)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāprājña

mahāprājña - very wise, greatly intelligent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+prājña)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• prājña – wise, intelligent, knowing
  adjective (masculine)
  From pra-jñā (to know well)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

ब्रूयात् (brūyāt) - should speak, may speak

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of brūyāt

Optative Active

Root 'brū' (to speak), optative mood, 3rd person singular.

Root: brū (class 2)

महामतिः (mahāmatiḥ) - a person of profound intellect (one of great intelligence, greatly intelligent person)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāmati

mahāmati - great-minded, of great intelligence

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+mati)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• mati – mind, intelligence, thought, opinion
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'man' (to think)
  Root: man (class 4)

हितम् (hitam) - that which is beneficial (beneficial, good, welfare)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hita

hita - beneficial, good, suitable, placed, deposited

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'dhā' (to place, to put), often used as an adjective or noun meaning 'beneficial' or 'welfare'.

Root: dhā (class 3)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, even

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, for us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, word, speech, statement

Derived from root 'vac' (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

तव (tava) - of you, your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you