महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-169, verse-4

अमन्यत स धर्मात्मा वसिष्ठं पितरं तदा ।
जन्मप्रभृति तस्मिंश्च पितरीव व्यवर्तत ॥४॥

4. amanyata sa dharmātmā vasiṣṭhaṁ pitaraṁ tadā ,
janmaprabhṛti tasmiṁśca pitarīva vyavartata.

4. amanyata saḥ dharmātmā vasiṣṭham pitaram tadā
janmaprabhṛti tasmin ca pitari iva vyavartata

4. That righteous soul (dharma-ātman) Parāśara then considered Vasiṣṭha his father. And from birth onwards, he behaved towards him just like a father.

Words meanings summery:

• अमन्यत (amanyata) - he thought, he considered, he believed

• सः (saḥ) - that Parāśara (he, that)

• धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - Parāśara, the righteous soul (righteous soul, virtuous person)

• वसिष्ठम् (vasiṣṭham) - Vasiṣṭha

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• जन्मप्रभृति (janmaprabhṛti) - from birth onwards, since birth

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - towards Vasiṣṭha (in him, towards him)

• च (ca) - and, also

• पितरि (pitari) - in the father, towards the father

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• व्यवर्तत (vyavartata) - he behaved, he acted, he conducted himself

Words meanings and morphology

अमन्यत (amanyata) - he thought, he considered, he believed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

सः (saḥ) - that Parāśara (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - Parāśara, the righteous soul (righteous soul, virtuous person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmātman

dharmātman - righteous soul, virtuous character (dharma)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dharma+ātman)

• dharma – natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution
  noun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

वसिष्ठम् (vasiṣṭham) - Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (a proper noun, name of a celebrated Vedic sage)

पितरम् (pitaram) - father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

जन्मप्रभृति (janmaprabhṛti) - from birth onwards, since birth

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (janman+prabhṛti)

• janman – birth, origin, existence
  noun (neuter)
• prabhṛti – beginning, onwards from, since
  indeclinable

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - towards Vasiṣṭha (in him, towards him)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पितरि (pitari) - in the father, towards the father

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

व्यवर्तत (vyavartata) - he behaved, he acted, he conducted himself

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of vṛt

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: vṛt (class 1)