महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-97, verse-12

तथोच्यमानो मात्रा च सुहृद्भिश्च परंतपः ।
प्रत्युवाच स धर्मात्मा धर्म्यमेवोत्तरं वचः ॥१२॥

12. tathocyamāno mātrā ca suhṛdbhiśca paraṁtapaḥ ,
pratyuvāca sa dharmātmā dharmyamevottaraṁ vacaḥ.

12. tathā ucyamānaḥ mātrā ca suhṛdbhiḥ ca paraṃtapaḥ
prati uvāca saḥ dharmātmā dharmyam eva uttaram vacaḥ

12. When thus addressed by his mother and his friends, he, the tormentor of enemies and the righteous one, indeed replied with appropriate words.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - thus (thus, so, in that manner)

• उच्यमानः (ucyamānaḥ) - being addressed, being spoken to (being spoken, being said, being addressed)

• मात्रा (mātrā) - by his mother (by the mother)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सुहृद्भिः (suhṛdbhiḥ) - by friends (by friends, by well-wishers)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• परंतपः (paraṁtapaḥ) - the tormentor of enemies (an epithet) (tormentor of enemies, hero, conqueror)

• प्रति (prati) - in reply (as part of pratyuvāca) (towards, against, in reply to (preverb))

• उवाच (uvāca) - replied (said, spoke, replied)

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - the righteous one (one whose self is dharma, righteous soul, virtuous)

• धर्म्यम् (dharmyam) - appropriate, righteous (righteous, lawful, appropriate, conforming to dharma)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, just, only)

• उत्तरम् (uttaram) - answer, reply (answer, reply, later, superior, northern)

• वचः (vacaḥ) - words, speech (word, speech, saying)

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

उच्यमानः (ucyamānaḥ) - being addressed, being spoken to (being spoken, being said, being addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vac

vac - to speak, to say, to tell

Present Passive Participle

From root √vac (to speak); vac becomes uc in passive forms.

Root: vac (class 2)

मात्रा (mātrā) - by his mother (by the mother)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

सुहृद्भिः (suhṛdbhiḥ) - by friends (by friends, by well-wishers)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of suhṛd

suhṛd - friend, well-wisher, benevolent

Compound of su (good) and hṛd (heart).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+hṛd)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• hṛd – heart, mind, bosom
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

परंतपः (paraṁtapaḥ) - the tormentor of enemies (an epithet) (tormentor of enemies, hero, conqueror)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paraṃtapa

paraṁtapa - tormentor of enemies, scorching enemies, hero, conqueror

Compound formed from para (enemy) and tapa (one who burns/torments).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+tapa)

• para – other, enemy, supreme
  noun
• tapa – one who heats, torments, performs austerities
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root √tap (to heat, torment, perform tapas)
  Root: tap (class 1)

प्रति (prati) - in reply (as part of pratyuvāca) (towards, against, in reply to (preverb))

(indeclinable)

Preverb; also functions as a postposition/preposition.

Note: Part of the compound verb pratyuvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - replied (said, spoke, replied)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Used with prati to form pratyuvāca (replied).

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - the righteous one (one whose self is dharma, righteous soul, virtuous)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmātman

dharmātman - one whose self is dharma, righteous soul, virtuous, pious

Compound of dharma and ātman.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+ātman)

• dharma – righteousness, duty, law, virtue
  noun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

धर्म्यम् (dharmyam) - appropriate, righteous (righteous, lawful, appropriate, conforming to dharma)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dharmya

dharmya - righteous, lawful, appropriate, conforming to dharma, just

Derived from dharma.

Note: Qualifies vacaḥ.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, just, only)

(indeclinable)

उत्तरम् (uttaram) - answer, reply (answer, reply, later, superior, northern)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttara

uttara - answer, reply, later, subsequent, superior, northern

वचः (vacaḥ) - words, speech (word, speech, saying)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying, statement

Note: Nominative/accusative singular of vacas.