महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-34, verse-61

कारणं ब्रूहि नः सर्वं येनेदं ते महद्भयम् ।
श्रुत्वा तु वचनं त्वत्तो विधास्यामस्ततो वयम् ॥६१॥

61. kāraṇaṁ brūhi naḥ sarvaṁ yenedaṁ te mahadbhayam ,
śrutvā tu vacanaṁ tvatto vidhāsyāmastato vayam.

61. kāraṇam brūhi naḥ sarvam yena idam te mahat bhayam
śrutvā tu vacanam tvattaḥ vidhāsyāmaḥ tataḥ vayam

61. naḥ te mahat bhayam yena idam sarvam kāraṇam brūhi
tvattaḥ vacanam śrutvā tu tataḥ vayam vidhāsyāmaḥ

61. Tell us the complete reason for this great fear you are experiencing. After hearing your words, we will then determine what to do.

Words meanings summery:

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, origin

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, say

• नः (naḥ) - to us, our

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, entire, complete

• येन (yena) - by which, on account of which

• इदम् (idam) - this

• ते (te) - your, to you

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, vast

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, terror, dread

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

• त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you

• विधास्यामः (vidhāsyāmaḥ) - we shall do, we shall arrange, we shall act

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• वयम् (vayam) - we

Words meanings and morphology

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, origin

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √brū

imperative 2nd person singular

Root: √brū (class 2)

नः (naḥ) - to us, our

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Can also be genitive or accusative, but 'to us' fits the context best.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, entire, complete

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with 'kāraṇam'.

येन (yena) - by which, on account of which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what, who

Note: Refers to 'kāraṇam'.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to 'bhayam'.

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yushmad

yushmad - you

Note: Can also be dative or locative, but 'your' fits the context best.

महत् (mahat) - great, large, vast

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, big, mighty, noble

Note: Agrees with 'bhayam'.

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, terror, dread

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, fright, terror, danger

Root: √bhī (class 3)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive form of √śru

Root: √śru (class 5)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, saying, word, speech

Root: √vac (class 2)

त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of yushmad

yushmad - you

विधास्यामः (vidhāsyāmaḥ) - we shall do, we shall arrange, we shall act

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of vi-√dhā

future 1st person plural

Prefix: vi

Root: √dhā (class 3)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we