महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-78, verse-21

पूज्यासि मम मान्या च ज्येष्ठा श्रेष्ठा च ब्राह्मणी ।
त्वत्तोऽपि मे पूज्यतमो राजर्षिः किं न वेत्थ तत् ॥२१॥

21. pūjyāsi mama mānyā ca jyeṣṭhā śreṣṭhā ca brāhmaṇī ,
tvatto'pi me pūjyatamo rājarṣiḥ kiṁ na vettha tat.

21. pūjyā asi mama mānyā ca jyeṣṭhā śreṣṭhā ca brāhmaṇī
tvattaḥ api me pūjyatamaḥ rājarṣiḥ kim na vettha tat

21. O Brāhmaṇī, you are venerable, respectable, senior, and preeminent to me. But the royal sage is even more venerable to me than you. Do you not know that?

Words meanings summery:

• पूज्या (pūjyā) - venerable, worshipable, respectable

• असि (asi) - you are

• मम (mama) - my, to me

• मान्या (mānyā) - respectable, honorable, worthy of esteem

• च (ca) - and

• ज्येष्ठा (jyeṣṭhā) - eldest, senior, most esteemed

• श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - best, most excellent, preeminent

• च (ca) - and

• ब्राह्मणी (brāhmaṇī) - a Brāhmaṇī (female Brahmin)

• त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you, than you

• अपि (api) - even, also

• मे (me) - my, to me

• पूज्यतमः (pūjyatamaḥ) - most venerable, most worshipable

• राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - royal sage, king-sage

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• न (na) - not, no

• वेत्थ (vettha) - you know

• तत् (tat) - that

Words meanings and morphology

पूज्या (pūjyā) - venerable, worshipable, respectable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pūjya

pūjya - venerable, worshipable, respectable, adorable

Gerundive

Derived from the root pūj (to worship) with suffix -ya

Root: pūj (class 10)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मम (mama) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

मान्या (mānyā) - respectable, honorable, worthy of esteem

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mānya

mānya - respectable, honorable, to be honored

Gerundive

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

Root: man (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ज्येष्ठा (jyeṣṭhā) - eldest, senior, most esteemed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, senior, chief, best, most excellent

Superlative degree of vṛddha (old)

श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - best, most excellent, preeminent

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, superior, chief

Superlative degree of praśasya (praiseworthy)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ब्राह्मणी (brāhmaṇī) - a Brāhmaṇī (female Brahmin)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of brāhmaṇī

brāhmaṇī - a female Brahmin, the wife of a Brahmin

Note: Used here as a vocative, addressing the Brāhmaṇī.

त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you, than you

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tvad

yuṣmad - you

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

पूज्यतमः (pūjyatamaḥ) - most venerable, most worshipable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūjyatama

pūjyatama - most venerable, most worshipable, most respectable

Superlative degree of pūjya

राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - royal sage, king-sage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājarṣi

rājarṣi - a royal sage, a king who is also a sage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+ṛṣi)

• rājan – king, ruler, sovereign
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वेत्थ (vettha) - you know

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Historically a perfect form used with present meaning for the root vid.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it