महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-72, verse-6

कच उवाच ।
पूज्यो मान्यश्च भगवान्यथा तव पिता मम ।
तथा त्वमनवद्याङ्गि पूजनीयतरा मम ॥६॥

6. kaca uvāca ,
pūjyo mānyaśca bhagavānyathā tava pitā mama ,
tathā tvamanavadyāṅgi pūjanīyatarā mama.

6. kacaḥ uvāca pūjyaḥ mānyaḥ ca bhagavān yathā tava
pitā mama tathā tvam anavadyāṅgi pūjanīyatarā mama

6. Kaca said: 'Just as your revered father is worthy of worship and respect to me, so too, O lady of flawless limbs, are you even more venerable to me.'

Words meanings summery:

• कचः (kacaḥ) - Kaca

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पूज्यः (pūjyaḥ) - worshipable, venerable, respectable

• मान्यः (mānyaḥ) - honorable, respectable

• च (ca) - and

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - revered father (revered one, lord, fortunate one)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• पिता (pitā) - Śukra (Devayani's father) (father)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• त्वम् (tvam) - Devayani (you)

• अनवद्याङ्गि (anavadyāṅgi) - O lady of flawless limbs

• पूजनीयतरा (pūjanīyatarā) - more worshipable, more venerable

• मम (mama) - my, of me

Words meanings and morphology

कचः (kacaḥ) - Kaca

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaca

kaca - Kaca (a proper noun, son of Bṛhaspati)

Note: Speaker of the verse.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect, active

root vac (to speak), 3rd person singular, perfect tense

Root: vac (class 2)

पूज्यः (pūjyaḥ) - worshipable, venerable, respectable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūjya

pūjya - worshipable, venerable, worthy of respect

Gerundive (future passive participle)

derived from root pūj (to worship) with suffix -ya

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'pitā'.

मान्यः (mānyaḥ) - honorable, respectable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānya

mānya - honorable, respectable, worthy of esteem

Gerundive (future passive participle)

derived from root man (to think, to respect) with suffix -ya

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'pitā'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - revered father (revered one, lord, fortunate one)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - possessing fortune, glorious, revered, divine

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'pitā'.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

Note: Refers to Devayani.

पिता (pitā) - Śukra (Devayani's father) (father)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Refers to Śukra.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Refers to Kaca.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - Devayani (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

Note: Refers to Devayani.

अनवद्याङ्गि (anavadyāṅgi) - O lady of flawless limbs

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of anavadyāṅgī

anavadyāṅgī - a woman with flawless limbs

feminine form of anavadyāṅga

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (anavadya+aṅga)

• anavadya – blameless, faultless, irreproachable
  adjective (masculine)
  compound of an- (negation) and avadya (blamable)
  Root: vad (class 1)
• aṅga – limb, body part
  noun (neuter)

Note: Addressed to Devayani.

पूजनीयतरा (pūjanīyatarā) - more worshipable, more venerable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pūjanīyatara

pūjanīyatara - more worthy of worship, more venerable

comparative degree of pūjanīya

derived from pūj (to worship) with suffix -anīya (gerundive) + -tara (comparative suffix)

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'tvam' (Devayani).

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Refers to Kaca.