महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-54, verse-5

विव्यासैकं चतुर्धा यो वेदं वेदविदां वरः ।
परावरज्ञो ब्रह्मर्षिः कविः सत्यव्रतः शुचिः ॥५॥

5. vivyāsaikaṁ caturdhā yo vedaṁ vedavidāṁ varaḥ ,
parāvarajño brahmarṣiḥ kaviḥ satyavrataḥ śuciḥ.

5. vivyāsa ekam caturdhā yaḥ vedam vedavidām varaḥ
parāvarajñaḥ brahmarṣiḥ kaviḥ satyavrataḥ śuciḥ

5. He, the foremost among the knowers of the Vedas, who divided the single Veda into four, was a Brahmin sage, omniscient (knower of higher and lower truths), a seer, devoted to truth, and pure.

Words meanings summery:

• विव्यास (vivyāsa) - arranged or divided (the Veda) (divided, separated, arranged)

• एकम् (ekam) - the single (Veda) (one, single, unique)

• चतुर्धा (caturdhā) - into four parts, fourfold

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• वेदम् (vedam) - Veda (sacred knowledge)

• वेदविदाम् (vedavidām) - of the knowers of the Vedas

• वरः (varaḥ) - the foremost (best, excellent, superior)

• परावरज्ञः (parāvarajñaḥ) - omniscient (knower of higher and lower truths, knower of past and future)

• ब्रह्मर्षिः (brahmarṣiḥ) - a brahmin sage

• कविः (kaviḥ) - poet, seer, wise man

• सत्यव्रतः (satyavrataḥ) - one whose vows are truth, devoted to truth

• शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure, clean, holy

Words meanings and morphology

विव्यास (vivyāsa) - arranged or divided (the Veda) (divided, separated, arranged)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vivyās

Prefix: vi

Root: vyas (class 4)

एकम् (ekam) - the single (Veda) (one, single, unique)

(numeral)

चतुर्धा (caturdhā) - into four parts, fourfold

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

वेदम् (vedam) - Veda (sacred knowledge)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of veda

veda - knowledge, sacred knowledge, Veda

Root: vid (class 2)

वेदविदाम् (vedavidām) - of the knowers of the Vedas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vedavid

vedavid - knower of the Vedas

agent noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (veda+vid)

• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vid – knowing, knower
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  derived from root 'vid' (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

वरः (varaḥ) - the foremost (best, excellent, superior)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, superior, a boon, a choice

Root: vṛ (class 9)

परावरज्ञः (parāvarajñaḥ) - omniscient (knower of higher and lower truths, knower of past and future)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parāvarajña

parāvarajña - knower of high and low, knower of past and future, omniscient

agent noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+avara+jñā)

• para – other, higher, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
• avara – lower, inferior, posterior
  adjective (masculine)
• jñā – to know, to understand
  verb_base (masculine)
  agent noun
  derived from root 'jñā' (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

ब्रह्मर्षिः (brahmarṣiḥ) - a brahmin sage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahmarṣi

brahmarṣi - a Brahmin sage (one who is both a Brahmana and a Ṛṣi)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (brahman+ṛṣi)

• brahman – Brahma (the creator god), sacred word, ultimate reality, a Brahmin
  noun (neuter)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

कविः (kaviḥ) - poet, seer, wise man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kavi

kavi - poet, seer, wise man, intelligent

सत्यव्रतः (satyavrataḥ) - one whose vows are truth, devoted to truth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satyavrata

satyavrata - one whose vows are truth, devoted to truth, true to one's word

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (satya+vrata)

• satya – truth, true, real
  noun (neuter)
• vrata – vow, sacred observance, religious practice
  noun (neuter)

शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure, clean, holy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuci

śuci - pure, clean, holy, radiant, bright