महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-136, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
सर्वत्र बुद्धिः कथिता श्रेष्ठा ते भरतर्षभ ।
अनागता तथोत्पन्ना दीर्घसूत्रा विनाशिनी ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
sarvatra buddhiḥ kathitā śreṣṭhā te bharatarṣabha ,
anāgatā tathotpannā dīrghasūtrā vināśinī.

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca sarvatra buddhiḥ kathitā śreṣṭhā te
bharatarṣabha anāgatā tathā utpannā dīrghasūtrā vināśinī

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca he bharatarṣabha te sarvatra buddhiḥ
śreṣṭhā kathitā anāgatā tathā utpannā dīrghasūtrā vināśinī

1. Yudhishthira said: O best among the Bharatas, you have everywhere declared intelligence to be supreme. However, (a type of intelligence that is) focused on the unarrived (future), or on what has already manifested (present), or is characterized by procrastination, proves destructive.

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere, in all places

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intelligence, intellect, understanding

• कथिता (kathitā) - declared, stated, told

• ते (te) - by you

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas

• अनागता (anāgatā) - unarrived, not come, future-related

• तथा (tathā) - and, thus, so

• उत्पन्ना (utpannā) - arisen, produced, manifested

• दीर्घसूत्रा (dīrghasūtrā) - procrastinating, dilatory, slow

• विनाशिनी (vināśinī) - destructive, ruinous, perishable

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle; the eldest of the Pandavas

Compound type : bahuvrihi (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  noun (feminine)
  Locative singular of yudh (battle)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere, in all places

(indeclinable)

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intelligence, intellect, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intelligence, intellect, perception

From root budh (to know, understand)

Root: budh (class 1)

कथिता (kathitā) - declared, stated, told

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathita

kathita - said, told, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kath (to tell, speak) with -ta suffix

Root: kath (class 10)

ते (te) - by you

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Used here in an instrumental sense with the passive construction.

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull among Bharatas, best of Bharatas

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata; a name of Arjuna
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull; chief, excellent, best
  noun (masculine)

अनागता (anāgatā) - unarrived, not come, future-related

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anāgata

anāgata - not come, not arrived, future

Past Passive Participle (negative)

From negative prefix an- and āgata (P.P.P. of ā-gam, to come)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+āgata)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
• āgata – come, arrived
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from ā + gam (to come)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'buddhiḥ' (intelligence).

तथा (tathā) - and, thus, so

(indeclinable)

उत्पन्ना (utpannā) - arisen, produced, manifested

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of utpanna

utpanna - arisen, produced, born, manifested

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pad (to go, fall) with prefix ud- (up)

Prefix: ud

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'buddhiḥ' (intelligence).

दीर्घसूत्रा (dīrghasūtrā) - procrastinating, dilatory, slow

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dīrghasūtra

dīrghasūtra - long-stringed; dilatory, procrastinating

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dīrgha+sūtra)

• dīrgha – long
  adjective (masculine)
• sūtra – thread, string, rule, plan
  noun (neuter)
  Root: siv (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'buddhiḥ' (intelligence).

विनाशिनी (vināśinī) - destructive, ruinous, perishable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vināśin

vināśin - destructive, perishing, causing ruin

Agent noun/adjective

From root naś (to perish, destroy) with prefix vi- and -in suffix

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'buddhiḥ' (intelligence).