महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-45, verse-6

धर्मात्मा च महात्मा च प्रजापालः पिता तव ।
आसीदिह यथावृत्तः स महात्मा शृणुष्व तत् ॥६॥

6. dharmātmā ca mahātmā ca prajāpālaḥ pitā tava ,
āsīdiha yathāvṛttaḥ sa mahātmā śṛṇuṣva tat.

6. dharmātmā ca mahātmā ca prajāpālaḥ pitā tava
āsīt iha yathāvṛttaḥ saḥ mahātmā śṛṇuṣva tat

6. Your father, who was a righteous and noble soul and a protector of his subjects, lived here. Listen to how that great man conducted himself.

Words meanings summery:

• धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - righteous (righteous-souled, virtuous)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• महात्मा (mahātmā) - noble (great-souled, noble)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• प्रजापालः (prajāpālaḥ) - protector of his subjects (protector of subjects/people)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - lived (was)

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

• यथावृत्तः (yathāvṛttaḥ) - how he conducted himself (as conducted, as behaved)

• सः (saḥ) - that (he, that)

• महात्मा (mahātmā) - great man (great-souled, noble)

• शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen (listen, hear)

• तत् (tat) - that (that, therefore)

Words meanings and morphology

धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - righteous (righteous-souled, virtuous)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmātman

dharmātman - a righteous soul, a virtuous person

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+ātman)

• dharma – duty, righteousness, law, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• ātman – soul, self, essence
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

महात्मा (mahātmā) - noble (great-souled, noble)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - a great soul, a noble person

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – soul, self, essence
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

प्रजापालः (prajāpālaḥ) - protector of his subjects (protector of subjects/people)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajāpāla

prajāpāla - protector of people, ruler

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prajā+pāla)

• prajā – offspring, subjects, people
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• pāla – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root pā (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

आसीत् (āsīt) - lived (was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

यथावृत्तः (yathāvṛttaḥ) - how he conducted himself (as conducted, as behaved)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yathāvṛtta

yathāvṛtta - whose conduct is such, as it happened

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yathā+vṛtta)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• vṛtta – occurred, happened, conducted, behaved
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root vṛt
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - that (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महात्मा (mahātmā) - great man (great-souled, noble)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - a great soul, a noble person

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – soul, self, essence
  noun (masculine)

शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen (listen, hear)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Ātmanepada form

तत् (tat) - that (that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it