महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-124, verse-51

को भवानिति पृष्टश्च तमाह स महाद्युतिः ।
सत्यमस्म्यसुरेन्द्राग्र्य यास्येऽहं धर्ममन्विह ॥५१॥

51. ko bhavāniti pṛṣṭaśca tamāha sa mahādyutiḥ ,
satyamasmyasurendrāgrya yāsye'haṁ dharmamanviha.

51. kaḥ bhavān iti pṛṣṭaḥ ca tam āha saḥ mahādyutiḥ
satyam asmi asurendrāgrya yāsye aham dharmam anu iha

51. ca kaḥ bhavān iti pṛṣṭaḥ saḥ mahādyutiḥ tam āha
asurendrāgrya aham satyam asmi iha dharmam anu yāsye

51. And when asked, 'Who are you, sir?', that greatly radiant one replied to him: 'O foremost among the lords of asuras, I am Truth. I shall follow natural law (dharma) here.'

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful)

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned

• च (ca) - and

• तम् (tam) - to Prahlāda (to him)

• आह (āha) - he said

• सः (saḥ) - that greatly radiant one (he)

• महाद्युतिः (mahādyutiḥ) - referring to the newly emerged being (greatly radiant, very brilliant)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - The being identifies itself as Truth (truth, reality)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• असुरेन्द्राग्र्य (asurendrāgrya) - vocative address to Prahlāda (O foremost among the lords of asuras)

• यास्ये (yāsye) - I shall go/follow

• अहम् (aham) - I

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma), righteousness, duty

• अनु (anu) - after, along, according to

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful), being, existing

Present Active Participle (from bhū)

Root: bhū (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned, interrogated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root pracch (to ask)

Root: prach (class 6)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - to Prahlāda (to him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आह (āha) - he said

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Irregular perfect form

Root: ah (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - that greatly radiant one (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महाद्युतिः (mahādyutiḥ) - referring to the newly emerged being (greatly radiant, very brilliant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahādyuti

mahādyuti - greatly radiant, very brilliant, a great light

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+dyuti)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• dyuti – light, splendor, radiance
  noun (feminine)

सत्यम् (satyam) - The being identifies itself as Truth (truth, reality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true, real

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Indicative

Root: as (class 2)

असुरेन्द्राग्र्य (asurendrāgrya) - vocative address to Prahlāda (O foremost among the lords of asuras)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of asurendrāgrya

asurendrāgrya - foremost among the lords of asuras, chief of demons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asura-indra+āgrya)

• asura-indra – lord of asuras, chief of demons
  noun (masculine)
• āgrya – foremost, chief, best
  adjective (masculine)

यास्ये (yāsye) - I shall go/follow

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of yā

Future Indicative

Root: yā (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma), righteousness, duty

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, virtue, religion

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अनु (anu) - after, along, according to

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)