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.

16. הו אדונים, אני יודע שאתם חפצים בטובת כל העולמות, ולכן קבעו מה הוא הטוב ביותר לעולמות ולי.

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)

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