महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-16, verse-5

भवन्तावत्र कुरुतां बुद्धिं नैःश्रेयसीं पराम् ।
मन्दरोद्धरणे यत्नः क्रियतां च हिताय नः ॥५॥

5. bhavantāvatra kurutāṁ buddhiṁ naiḥśreyasīṁ parām ,
mandaroddharaṇe yatnaḥ kriyatāṁ ca hitāya naḥ.

5. bhavantau atra kurutām buddhim naiḥśreyasīm parām
mandaroddharaṇe yatnaḥ kriyatām ca hitāya naḥ

5. May you two (Vishnu and Brahma) here apply your supreme and most beneficial intellect (to this matter). And let an effort be made for our welfare in lifting Mount Mandara.

Words meanings summery:

• भवन्तौ (bhavantau) - you two (Vishnu and Brahma) (you two (honorific))

• अत्र (atra) - in this matter (here, in this matter)

• कुरुताम् (kurutām) - may you two make/apply (let them two do/make)

• बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - intellect, plan (intellect, decision, plan)

• नैःश्रेयसीम् (naiḥśreyasīm) - most beneficial (most beneficial, leading to supreme good)

• पराम् (parām) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent)

• मन्दरोद्धरणे (mandaroddharaṇe) - in the lifting of Mount Mandara (in the lifting of Mandara)

• यत्नः (yatnaḥ) - effort (effort, exertion)

• क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be made (let it be done/made)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• हिताय (hitāya) - for the welfare (for the welfare, for the benefit)

• नः (naḥ) - for us (of us, for us)

Words meanings and morphology

भवन्तौ (bhavantau) - you two (Vishnu and Brahma) (you two (honorific))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (honorific)

present participle

Present active participle of bhū-

Root: bhū (class 1)

अत्र (atra) - in this matter (here, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

कुरुताम् (kurutām) - may you two make/apply (let them two do/make)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used here as a respectful command to the two deities

बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - intellect, plan (intellect, decision, plan)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, discernment, decision

Root: budh (class 1)

नैःश्रेयसीम् (naiḥśreyasīm) - most beneficial (most beneficial, leading to supreme good)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of naiḥśreyasī

naiḥśreyasī - leading to supreme good, most excellent, most beneficial

Derived from niḥśreyasa (supreme bliss)

Note: Agrees with buddhim

पराम् (parām) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, other

Note: Agrees with buddhim

मन्दरोद्धरणे (mandaroddharaṇe) - in the lifting of Mount Mandara (in the lifting of Mandara)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mandaroddharaṇa

mandaroddharaṇa - lifting of Mandara

action noun

Compound of Mandara and uddharaṇa (lifting)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mandara+uddharaṇa)

• mandara – Mandara (name of a mythical mountain)
  noun (masculine)
• uddharaṇa – lifting, raising, extraction
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  From ud-hṛ + ana
  Prefix: ud
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

यत्नः (yatnaḥ) - effort (effort, exertion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavor

क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be made (let it be done/made)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with yatnaḥ

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

हिताय (hitāya) - for the welfare (for the welfare, for the benefit)

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of hita

hita - beneficial, good, welfare, well-being

past participle

Past participle of dhā- (to place), meaning 'placed, done, good'

Root: dhā (class 3)

नः (naḥ) - for us (of us, for us)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form for genitive or dative plural