महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-24, verse-6

विनतोवाच ।
यस्ते कण्ठमनुप्राप्तो निगीर्णं बडिशं यथा ।
दहेदङ्गारवत्पुत्र तं विद्याद्ब्राह्मणर्षभम् ॥६॥

6. vinatovāca ,
yaste kaṇṭhamanuprāpto nigīrṇaṁ baḍiśaṁ yathā ,
dahedaṅgāravatputra taṁ vidyādbrāhmaṇarṣabham.

6. vinatā uvāca yaḥ te kaṇṭham anuprāptaḥ nigīrṇam baḍiśam
yathā dahet aṅgāravat putra tam vidyāt brāhmaṇa-ṛṣabham

6. Vinatā said: "My son, whoever reaches your throat, swallowed like a fishhook, and would burn like a live coal – know him to be the best of Brāhmaṇas."

Words meanings summery:

• विनता (vinatā) - Vinatā (a female mythological figure, mother of Garuḍa) (Vinatā)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, whoever)

• ते (te) - your (to you, your (genitive/dative singular))

• कण्ठम् (kaṇṭham) - throat (throat, neck)

• अनुप्राप्तः (anuprāptaḥ) - reached (your throat) (attained, reached, arrived)

• निगीर्णम् (nigīrṇam) - swallowed

• बडिशम् (baḍiśam) - fishhook

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

• दहेत् (dahet) - would burn (should burn, would burn)

• अङ्गारवत् (aṅgāravat) - like a live coal (like charcoal, like a live coal)

• पुत्र (putra) - O son

• तम् (tam) - him (him, that (masculine))

• विद्यात् (vidyāt) - know him (imperative/optative) (should know, may know, one should know)

• ब्राह्मण-ऋषभम् (brāhmaṇa-ṛṣabham) - the best of Brāhmaṇas (best of Brāhmaṇas, foremost Brāhmaṇa)

Words meanings and morphology

विनता (vinatā) - Vinatā (a female mythological figure, mother of Garuḍa) (Vinatā)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vinatā

vinatā - Vinatā (name of a mythological figure)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect 3rd singular of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, whoever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

ते (te) - your (to you, your (genitive/dative singular))

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

कण्ठम् (kaṇṭham) - throat (throat, neck)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kaṇṭha

kaṇṭha - throat, neck

अनुप्राप्तः (anuprāptaḥ) - reached (your throat) (attained, reached, arrived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anuprāpta

anuprāpta - attained, reached, obtained, arrived at

past participle

Past passive participle of prāp with anu

Prefixes: anu+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

निगीर्णम् (nigīrṇam) - swallowed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nigīrṇa

nigīrṇa - swallowed, consumed

past participle

Past passive participle of gṛ with ni

Prefix: ni

Root: gṛ (class 6)

Note: Agrees with baḍiśam.

बडिशम् (baḍiśam) - fishhook

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of baḍiśa

baḍiśa - fishhook

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

दहेत् (dahet) - would burn (should burn, would burn)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of dah

Optative 3rd singular of dah

Root: dah (class 1)

अङ्गारवत् (aṅgāravat) - like a live coal (like charcoal, like a live coal)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat (like)

पुत्र (putra) - O son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

तम् (tam) - him (him, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विद्यात् (vidyāt) - know him (imperative/optative) (should know, may know, one should know)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of vid

Optative 3rd singular of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Often used in the sense of a prescriptive statement 'one should know' or an imperative 'know!'

ब्राह्मण-ऋषभम् (brāhmaṇa-ṛṣabham) - the best of Brāhmaṇas (best of Brāhmaṇas, foremost Brāhmaṇa)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa-ṛṣabha

brāhmaṇa-ṛṣabha - chief of Brāhmaṇas, an excellent Brāhmaṇa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brāhmaṇa+ṛṣabha)

• brāhmaṇa – a Brahmin, a member of the priestly caste
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – a bull; best, excellent, chief
  noun (masculine)