महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-48, verse-26

तद्वत्से ब्रूहि वत्सं स्वं कुमारं वृद्धसंमतम् ।
ममाद्य त्वं सभृत्यस्य मोक्षार्थं वेदवित्तमम् ॥२६॥

26. tadvatse brūhi vatsaṁ svaṁ kumāraṁ vṛddhasaṁmatam ,
mamādya tvaṁ sabhṛtyasya mokṣārthaṁ vedavittamam.

26. tat vatse brūhi vatsam svam kumāram vṛddhasaṃmatam
mama adya tvam sabhṛtyasya mokṣa artham vedavittamam

26. Therefore, O dear child, tell your own son, the prince, who is respected by elders and most learned in the Vedas, to secure the liberation of me and my servants today.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - therefore (that, therefore, so)

• वत्से (vatse) - O dear child! (O child!, O dear one!)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell (tell, speak, say)

• वत्सम् (vatsam) - son (son, child, calf)

• स्वम् (svam) - your own (own, one's own)

• कुमारम् (kumāram) - prince (boy, young man, prince)

• वृद्धसंमतम् (vṛddhasaṁmatam) - respected by elders (approved by elders, respected by elders)

• मम (mama) - for my (my, for me)

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• सभृत्यस्य (sabhṛtyasya) - and my servants' (with servants, having a retinue)

• मोक्ष (mokṣa) - liberation (liberation, release)

• अर्थम् (artham) - for the sake of (for the sake of, purpose)

• वेदवित्तमम् (vedavittamam) - most learned in the Vedas

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - therefore (that, therefore, so)

(indeclinable)

वत्से (vatse) - O dear child! (O child!, O dear one!)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of vatsā

vatsā - female calf, dear girl, child

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell (tell, speak, say)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

वत्सम् (vatsam) - son (son, child, calf)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vatsa

vatsa - calf, child, son, young one

स्वम् (svam) - your own (own, one's own)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self, relative, wealth

कुमारम् (kumāram) - prince (boy, young man, prince)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kumāra

kumāra - boy, youth, prince, unmarried, son

वृद्धसंमतम् (vṛddhasaṁmatam) - respected by elders (approved by elders, respected by elders)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛddhasaṃmata

vṛddhasaṁmata - approved by the old, respected by elders

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛddha+saṃmata)

• vṛddha – old, aged, grown, wise, elder
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root vṛdh
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)
• saṃmata – approved, esteemed, honored, agreed upon
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from sam-man
  Prefix: sam
  Root: man (class 4)

मम (mama) - for my (my, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

सभृत्यस्य (sabhṛtyasya) - and my servants' (with servants, having a retinue)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sabhṛtya

sabhṛtya - with servants, attended by a retinue

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+bhṛtya)

• sa – with, together
  indeclinable
• bhṛtya – servant, dependent, employee
  noun (masculine)
  gerundive
  from root bhṛ
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

मोक्ष (mokṣa) - liberation (liberation, release)

(noun)

masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, release, emancipation, salvation

action noun

from root muc

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Used here in compound 'mokṣa-artham'

अर्थम् (artham) - for the sake of (for the sake of, purpose)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for the sake of', often in compound with a noun (e.g., mokṣārtham)

वेदवित्तमम् (vedavittamam) - most learned in the Vedas

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vedavittama

vedavittama - most knowledgeable in the Vedas, best knower of sacred texts

superlative adjective

superlative of vedavit

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vedavit+tama)

• vedavit – knower of the Vedas, learned in sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  from veda + vit (root vid)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• tama – most, best (superlative suffix)
  suffix