महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-17, verse-14

तमब्रवीत्पिता नास्ति त्वदन्यः पुरुषोऽग्रजः ।
स्थाणुरेष जले मग्नो विस्रब्धः कुरु वै कृतिम् ॥१४॥

14. tamabravītpitā nāsti tvadanyaḥ puruṣo'grajaḥ ,
sthāṇureṣa jale magno visrabdhaḥ kuru vai kṛtim.

14. tam abravīt pitā na asti tvat anyaḥ puruṣaḥ agrajaḥ
sthāṇuḥ eṣaḥ jale magnaḥ visrabdhaḥ kuru vai kṛtim

14. pitā tam abravīt tvat anyaḥ agrajaḥ puruṣaḥ na asti
eṣaḥ sthāṇuḥ jale magnaḥ visrabdhaḥ vai kṛtim kuru

14. His father said to him: "There is no elder person (puruṣa) other than you. This one is like a pillar, submerged in water; therefore, confidently perform your task."

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• पिता (pitā) - father

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• त्वत् (tvat) - from you, than you

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, another

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, man, male, spirit, supreme cosmic person

• अग्रजः (agrajaḥ) - elder, born first, elder brother

• स्थाणुः (sthāṇuḥ) - pillar, post, immovable object, fixed, Śiva

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

• जले (jale) - in water

• मग्नः (magnaḥ) - immersed, submerged, drowned

• विस्रब्धः (visrabdhaḥ) - trusting, confident, fearless

• कुरु (kuru) - do, make, perform

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily, certainly

• कृतिम् (kṛtim) - action, work, deed, creation, task

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

त्वत् (tvat) - from you, than you

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, another

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, man, male, spirit, supreme cosmic person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, spirit, the supreme cosmic person

अग्रजः (agrajaḥ) - elder, born first, elder brother

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agraja

agraja - elder, first-born, elder brother

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agra+ja)

• agra – front, tip, foremost, first
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  kṛt affix 'ḍa'
  derived from jan- 'to be born'
  Root: jan (class 4)

स्थाणुः (sthāṇuḥ) - pillar, post, immovable object, fixed, Śiva

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthāṇu

sthāṇu - pillar, post, stem, immovable, fixed, a name of Śiva

Root: sthā (class 1)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

जले (jale) - in water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

मग्नः (magnaḥ) - immersed, submerged, drowned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of magna

magna - immersed, submerged, sunk, drowned

Past Passive Participle

derived from majj- 'to sink' with suffix -ta

Root: majj (class 6)

विस्रब्धः (visrabdhaḥ) - trusting, confident, fearless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśrabdha

viśrabdha - trusted, confided in, confident, fearless, assured

Past Passive Participle

derived from śrambh- 'to trust' with upasarga vi- and suffix -ta

Prefix: vi

Root: śrambh (class 1)

कुरु (kuru) - do, make, perform

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वै (vai) - indeed, verily, certainly

(indeclinable)

कृतिम् (kṛtim) - action, work, deed, creation, task

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛti

kṛti - action, work, deed, creation, task, composition

derived from kṛ- 'to do' with suffix -ti

Root: kṛ (class 8)