महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-122, verse-19

अभिवादयामहे ब्रह्मन्नैतदन्येषु विद्यते ।
कोऽसि कं त्वाभिजानीमो वयं किं करवामहे ॥१९॥

19. abhivādayāmahe brahmannaitadanyeṣu vidyate ,
ko'si kaṁ tvābhijānīmo vayaṁ kiṁ karavāmahe.

19. abhivādayāmahe brahman na etat anyeṣu vidyate
kaḥ asi kam tvā abhijānīmaḥ vayam kim karavāmahe

19. O Brahmin, we greet you. Such [excellence] is not found in others. Who are you? How shall we recognize you? What can we do for you?

Words meanings summery:

• अभिवादयामहे (abhivādayāmahe) - We salute you (the Brahmin) (we salute, we greet, we bow down)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressing the unidentified learned person (Droṇa) (O Brahmin, O learned one)

• न (na) - not, no

• एतत् (etat) - Such [excellence/knowledge] (this, such)

• अन्येषु (anyeṣu) - in others, among others

• विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists, is present

• कः (kaḥ) - who? what?

• असि (asi) - you are

• कम् (kam) - whom?

• त्वा (tvā) - you (acc.)

• अभिजानीमः (abhijānīmaḥ) - we know, we recognize

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• करवामहे (karavāmahe) - What can we do for you? (we shall do, let us do)

Words meanings and morphology

अभिवादयामहे (abhivādayāmahe) - We salute you (the Brahmin) (we salute, we greet, we bow down)

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of abhivād

Present Middle First Person Plural

From root `vad` (to speak) with `abhi` prefix. Causative stem with middle voice.

Prefix: abhi

Root: vad (class 1)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressing the unidentified learned person (Droṇa) (O Brahmin, O learned one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, learned person, ultimate reality (brahman), prayer

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - Such [excellence/knowledge] (this, such)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

अन्येषु (anyeṣu) - in others, among others

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists, is present

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Present Middle Third Person Singular

From root `vid` (to be, exist), 4th class.

Root: vid (class 4)

कः (kaḥ) - who? what?

(interrogative pronoun)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active Second Person Singular

From root `as` (to be), 2nd class.

Root: as (class 2)

कम् (kam) - whom?

(interrogative pronoun)

त्वा (tvā) - you (acc.)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अभिजानीमः (abhijānīmaḥ) - we know, we recognize

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of abhijñā

Present Active First Person Plural

From root `jñā` (to know) with `abhi` prefix, 9th class.

Prefix: abhi

Root: jñā (class 9)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(indeclinable)

करवामहे (karavāmahe) - What can we do for you? (we shall do, let us do)

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, subjunctive (loṭ) of kṛ

Subjunctive (Loṭ) Middle First Person Plural

From root `kṛ` (to do), 8th class, subjunctive mood.

Root: kṛ (class 8)