महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-124, verse-68

एतद्विदित्वा तत्त्वेन शीलवान्भव पुत्रक ।
यदीच्छसि श्रियं तात सुविशिष्टां युधिष्ठिरात् ॥६८॥

68. etadviditvā tattvena śīlavānbhava putraka ,
yadīcchasi śriyaṁ tāta suviśiṣṭāṁ yudhiṣṭhirāt.

68. etat viditvā tattvena śīlavān bhava putraka yadi
icchasi śriyam tāta suviśiṣṭām yudhiṣṭhirāt

68. putraka tāta etat tattvena viditvā śīlavān bhava
yadi yudhiṣṭhirāt suviśiṣṭām śriyam icchasi

68. Therefore, knowing this truth, become a person of good character, O son! If you desire, O dear one, prosperity (śrī) even greater than Yudhishthira's.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this (truth) (this)

• विदित्वा (viditvā) - knowing (having known, knowing, having understood)

• तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - in truth (in truth, in reality, essentially)

• शीलवान् (śīlavān) - a person of good character (virtuous, endowed with good conduct)

• भव (bhava) - become (become, be, exist)

• पुत्रक (putraka) - O son (O son, O dear boy)

• यदि (yadi) - If

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire (you desire, you wish, you seek)

• श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity (śrī) (prosperity, fortune, beauty)

• तात (tāta) - O dear one (O dear one, my son, father)

• सुविशिष्टाम् (suviśiṣṭām) - even greater (very special, highly distinguished, excellent, superior)

• युधिष्ठिरात् (yudhiṣṭhirāt) - than Yudhishthira's (prosperity) (from Yudhishthira)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (truth) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

विदित्वा (viditvā) - knowing (having known, knowing, having understood)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

formed from root vid 'to know' with suffix -tvā

Root: vid (class 2)

तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - in truth (in truth, in reality, essentially)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, essence, principle, true nature

Note: Often used adverbially.

शीलवान् (śīlavān) - a person of good character (virtuous, endowed with good conduct)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śīlavat

śīlavat - virtuous, moral, of good character, disciplined

possessive suffix -vat from śīla

Note: Nominative singular masculine form.

भव (bhava) - become (become, be, exist)

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Second person singular imperative active of root bhū.

पुत्रक (putraka) - O son (O son, O dear boy)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putraka

putraka - son, little son, dear boy

diminutive of putra

यदि (yadi) - If

(indeclinable)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire (you desire, you wish, you seek)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Second person singular present active of root iṣ.

श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity (śrī) (prosperity, fortune, beauty)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, fortune, wealth, beauty, glory, goddess Lakṣmī

तात (tāta) - O dear one (O dear one, my son, father)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, son, dear, darling (vocative)

Note: Term of endearment, often used by an elder addressing a younger person.

सुविशिष्टाम् (suviśiṣṭām) - even greater (very special, highly distinguished, excellent, superior)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of suviśiṣṭa

suviśiṣṭa - very distinguished, excellent, superior, specific, preeminent

prefix 'su' (very/good) + 'viśiṣṭa' (distinguished)

Compound type : pravādi-tatpuruṣa (su+viśiṣṭa)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
  intensifying prefix
• viśiṣṭa – distinguished, excellent, superior, peculiar, specific
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root viśiṣ 'to distinguish'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'śriyam'.

युधिष्ठिरात् (yudhiṣṭhirāt) - than Yudhishthira's (prosperity) (from Yudhishthira)

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (proper name, 'steady in battle')

Compound type : aluk-ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle, in war
  noun (feminine)
  locative singular of yudh (battle)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable, unmoving
  adjective (masculine)
  from root sthā 'to stand'
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Ablative case indicating comparison: 'greater *than* Yudhishthira'.