महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-97, verse-13

असंशयं परो धर्मस्त्वया मातरुदाहृतः ।
त्वमपत्यं प्रति च मे प्रतिज्ञां वेत्थ वै पराम् ॥१३॥

13. asaṁśayaṁ paro dharmastvayā mātarudāhṛtaḥ ,
tvamapatyaṁ prati ca me pratijñāṁ vettha vai parām.

13. asaṃśayam paraḥ dharmaḥ tvayā mātaḥ udāhṛtaḥ tvam
apatyam prati ca me pratijñām vettha vai parām

13. Certainly, O Mother, you have declared the supreme dharma. And you surely know my highest vow concerning offspring.

13. אמי, אין ספק שדברת על היושר העליון. וגם את מכירה היטב את נדרי הנעלה בעניין צאצאים.

Words meanings summery:

• असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - certainly (without doubt, certainly, surely)

• परः (paraḥ) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent, subsequent, other)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma (dharma, righteousness, duty, law)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• मातः (mātaḥ) - O Mother

• उदाहृतः (udāhṛtaḥ) - declared, spoken (declared, spoken, uttered, cited)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अपत्यम् (apatyam) - offspring (offspring, child, progeny)

• प्रति (prati) - concerning, regarding (concerning, regarding, towards)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

• प्रतिज्ञाम् (pratijñām) - promise, vow (promise, vow, assertion, undertaking)

• वेत्थ (vettha) - you know (you know, you understand)

• वै (vai) - surely (indeed, certainly, surely (emphatic particle))

• पराम् (parām) - highest, supreme (supreme, highest, greatest)

Words meanings and morphology

असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - certainly (without doubt, certainly, surely)

(indeclinable)

Compound of 'a' (not) and 'saṃśaya' (doubt). Used adverbially.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃśaya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty, suspicion
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-√śī 'to hesitate'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Adverbial usage of neuter accusative singular.

परः (paraḥ) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent, subsequent, other)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, excellent, other, ultimate

Note: Qualifies dharmaḥ.

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma (dharma, righteousness, duty, law)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, law, virtue, custom, religion

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

मातः (mātaḥ) - O Mother

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

उदाहृतः (udāhṛtaḥ) - declared, spoken (declared, spoken, uttered, cited)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udāhṛta

udāhṛta - declared, spoken, uttered, cited, mentioned

Past Passive Participle

From root √hṛ (to carry) with upasargas ud and ā

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Refers to dharmaḥ.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अपत्यम् (apatyam) - offspring (offspring, child, progeny)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apatya

apatya - offspring, child, progeny

Note: Object of prati.

प्रति (prati) - concerning, regarding (concerning, regarding, towards)

(indeclinable)

Preposition/Postposition governing the accusative case.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Enclitic form, can also be dative.

प्रतिज्ञाम् (pratijñām) - promise, vow (promise, vow, assertion, undertaking)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pratijñā

pratijñā - promise, vow, assertion, undertaking, agreement

From root √jñā (to know) with upasarga prati.

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Object of vettha.

वेत्थ (vettha) - you know (you know, you understand)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

वै (vai) - surely (indeed, certainly, surely (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

पराम् (parām) - highest, supreme (supreme, highest, greatest)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, excellent, other, ultimate

Note: Qualifies pratijñām.

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