महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-163, verse-4

वरः संवरणो राज्ञां त्वमृषीणां वरो मुने ।
तपती योषितां श्रेष्ठा किमन्यत्रापवर्जनात् ॥४॥

4. varaḥ saṁvaraṇo rājñāṁ tvamṛṣīṇāṁ varo mune ,
tapatī yoṣitāṁ śreṣṭhā kimanyatrāpavarjanāt.

4. varaḥ saṃvaraṇaḥ rājñām tvam ṛṣīṇām varaḥ mune
tapatī yoṣitām śreṣṭhā kim anyatra apavarjanāt

4. O sage, you are the foremost among sages, and Saṃvaraṇa is the foremost among kings. Tapatī is the best among women. What further distinctions need to be made?

4. סַמְוַרַנַה הוא המעולה שבמלכים, ואתה הו קדוש המעולה שבחוזים, וטַפַּטִי היא הנעלה בנשים. מה עוד נדרש מלבד למסור אותה?

Words meanings summery:

• वरः (varaḥ) - foremost; excellent (best; excellent; boon; suitor)

• संवरणः (saṁvaraṇaḥ) - Saṃvaraṇa (a king's name)

• राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings; among kings

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of sages; among sages

• वरः (varaḥ) - foremost; excellent (best; excellent; boon; suitor)

• मुने (mune) - O sage

• तपती (tapatī) - Tapatī (name of a sun-daughter)

• योषिताम् (yoṣitām) - of women; among women

• श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - best; most excellent; foremost

• किम् (kim) - what (else) (what?; why?; how?)

• अन्यत्र (anyatra) - elsewhere; in another place; besides

• अपवर्जनात् (apavarjanāt) - by way of making distinctions (or setting apart) (from exclusion; from distinction; by separation)

Words meanings and morphology

वरः (varaḥ) - foremost; excellent (best; excellent; boon; suitor)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - choice; boon; excellent; best; suitor

Root: vṛ (class 5)

संवरणः (saṁvaraṇaḥ) - Saṃvaraṇa (a king's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃvaraṇa

saṁvaraṇa - a particular king (father of Kuru); covering; obstruction

राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings; among kings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king; ruler; sovereign

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of sages; among sages

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage; seer; inspired poet

वरः (varaḥ) - foremost; excellent (best; excellent; boon; suitor)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - choice; boon; excellent; best; suitor

Root: vṛ (class 5)

मुने (mune) - O sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage; ascetic; silent one; inspired holy man

तपती (tapatī) - Tapatī (name of a sun-daughter)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tapatī

tapatī - name of a river; name of a daughter of Sūrya

योषिताम् (yoṣitām) - of women; among women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of yoṣit

yoṣit - woman; female

श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - best; most excellent; foremost

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best; most excellent; principal; chief; finest

superlative of praśasta/praśasya

किम् (kim) - what (else) (what?; why?; how?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what; which; why; how

अन्यत्र (anyatra) - elsewhere; in another place; besides

(indeclinable)

अपवर्जनात् (apavarjanāt) - by way of making distinctions (or setting apart) (from exclusion; from distinction; by separation)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of apavarjana

apavarjana - exclusion; separation; distinction; setting aside

verbal noun

derived from root vṛj with prefix apa

Prefix: apa

Root: vṛj (class 1)

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