महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-171, verse-16

भवतां च विजानामि सर्वलोकहितेप्सुताम् ।
तस्माद्विदध्वं यच्छ्रेयो लोकानां मम चेश्वराः ॥१६॥

16. bhavatāṁ ca vijānāmi sarvalokahitepsutām ,
tasmādvidadhvaṁ yacchreyo lokānāṁ mama ceśvarāḥ.

16. bhavatām ca vijānāmi sarvalokahitepsutām tasmāt
vidadhvaṃ yat śreyaḥ lokānām mama ca īśvarāḥ

16. O lords, I understand your desire for the welfare of all beings. Therefore, please do what is best for the worlds and for me.

Words meanings summery:

• भवताम् (bhavatām) - of you, your (respectful plural)

• च (ca) - and, also

• विजानामि (vijānāmi) - I know, I understand, I perceive

• सर्वलोकहितेप्सुताम् (sarvalokahitepsutām) - desire for the welfare of all worlds/beings

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• विदध्वं (vidadhvaṁ) - you (pl.) should do, accomplish, ordain

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - good, welfare, prosperity, what is best

• लोकानाम् (lokānām) - of the worlds, of the people, of the beings

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• च (ca) - and, also

• ईश्वराः (īśvarāḥ) - O lords!, O masters!

Words meanings and morphology

भवताम् (bhavatām) - of you, your (respectful plural)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful); being, existing

Present Active Participle

From √bhū (to be, become), used as a respectful pronoun for 'you'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विजानामि (vijānāmi) - I know, I understand, I perceive

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vijñā

From √jñā (to know) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

सर्वलोकहितेप्सुताम् (sarvalokahitepsutām) - desire for the welfare of all worlds/beings

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarvalokahitepsutā

sarvalokahitepsutā - desire for the welfare of all beings/worlds

Compound formed from sarvalokahita + īpsutā.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarvalokahita+īpsutā)

• sarvalokahita – welfare of all beings/worlds
  noun (neuter)
  Compound formed from sarva + loka + hita.
• īpsutā – desire, eagerness, wish
  noun (feminine)
  From īpsu (desiring, wishing, desiderative of √āp) + suffix -tā (feminine noun forming suffix).
  Root: āp (class 5)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular of the pronoun 'tad', used adverbially.

विदध्वं (vidadhvaṁ) - you (pl.) should do, accomplish, ordain

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of vidhā

From √dhā (to place, do) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - good, welfare, prosperity, what is best

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - better, best, welfare, prosperity, good

Comparative/superlative form of 'śrī' or 'praśasta', functioning as a noun.

लोकानाम् (lokānām) - of the worlds, of the people, of the beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, living beings

Root: lok (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ईश्वराः (īśvarāḥ) - O lords!, O masters!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, ruler, controller

From √īś (to rule, control).

Root: īś (class 2)