महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-42, verse-9

कारणं ब्रूहि कल्याणि किमर्थं ते ह्रदो ह्ययम् ।
एवमाकुलतां यातः श्रुत्वा पास्यामहे वयम् ॥९॥

9. kāraṇaṁ brūhi kalyāṇi kimarthaṁ te hrado hyayam ,
evamākulatāṁ yātaḥ śrutvā pāsyāmahe vayam.

9. kāraṇam brūhi kalyāṇi kimartham te hradaḥ hi
ayam evam ākulatām yātaḥ śrutvā pāsyāmahe vayam

9. kalyāṇi kāraṇam brūhi te ayam hradaḥ kimartham
evam ākulatām yātaḥ hi śrutvā vayam pāsyāmahe

9. O auspicious one, tell us the reason: why has this lake of yours become so agitated? Having heard [your explanation], we shall drink.

Words meanings summery:

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - reason, cause

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, say

• कल्याणि (kalyāṇi) - O auspicious one, O blessed one

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose, why

• ते (te) - your (singular)

• ह्रदः (hradaḥ) - lake, pond

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• आकुलताम् (ākulatām) - agitation, disturbance, distress

• यातः (yātaḥ) - having gone, having attained, become

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

• पास्यामहे (pāsyāmahe) - we shall drink

• वयम् (vayam) - we

Words meanings and morphology

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - reason, cause

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, Imperative (Loṭ) of bru

Root bru (also vac), Imperative (Loṭ) active voice

Root: bru (class 2)

कल्याणि (kalyāṇi) - O auspicious one, O blessed one

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of kalyāṇī

kalyāṇī - auspicious, beautiful, blessed, noble

Note: Used as a vocative address to Sarasvati.

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose, why

(indeclinable)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which, why
  pronoun
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

ते (te) - your (singular)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

ह्रदः (hradaḥ) - lake, pond

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hrada

hrada - deep pool, lake, pond, expanse of water

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

आकुलताम् (ākulatām) - agitation, disturbance, distress

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ākulatā

ākulatā - agitation, distress, confusion, perturbation

यातः (yātaḥ) - having gone, having attained, become

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, arrived, passed, become

Past Passive Participle

From root yā (to go)

Root: yā (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root śru (to hear) with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

पास्यामहे (pāsyāmahe) - we shall drink

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, Future (Lṛṭ) of pā

Root pā (class 1), Future (Lṛṭ) middle voice

Root: pā (class 1)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we