महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-140, verse-34

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
अस्ति स्विद्दस्युमर्यादा यामन्यो नातिलङ्घयेत् ।
पृच्छामि त्वां सतां श्रेष्ठ तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥३४॥

34. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
asti sviddasyumaryādā yāmanyo nātilaṅghayet ,
pṛcchāmi tvāṁ satāṁ śreṣṭha tanme brūhi pitāmaha.

34. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca asti svit dasyumaryādā yām anyaḥ na
atilaṅghayet pṛcchāmi tvām satām śreṣṭha tat me brūhi pitāmaha

34. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca pitāmaha satām śreṣṭha tvām pṛcchāmi yām
anyaḥ na atilaṅghayet dasyumaryādā asti svit tat me brūhi

34. Yudhiṣṭhira said, 'Is there, indeed, a boundary for robbers (dasyu) which no other (person) would transgress? I ask you, O best among the virtuous, tell me that, O grandfather.'

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava brother)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• स्वित् (svit) - indeed, perhaps (interrogative particle)

• दस्युमर्यादा (dasyumaryādā) - a boundary/rule for robbers (dasyu)

• याम् (yām) - which (feminine accusative singular)

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, any other (person)

• न (na) - not, no

• अतिलङ्घयेत् (atilaṅghayet) - would/should transgress, overcome

• पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

• सताम् (satām) - among the virtuous, of the good

• श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha) - O best, O most excellent one

• तत् (tat) - that (neuter accusative singular)

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell! speak! (imperative)

• पितामह (pitāmaha) - O grandfather

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava brother)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - steady in battle, firm in war (an epithet)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active 3rd person singular of the root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present active 3rd person singular of the root as.

Root: as (class 2)

स्वित् (svit) - indeed, perhaps (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

दस्युमर्यादा (dasyumaryādā) - a boundary/rule for robbers (dasyu)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dasyumaryādā

dasyumaryādā - a boundary or limit for robbers/enemies

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dasyu+maryādā)

• dasyu – robber, bandit, enemy
  noun (masculine)
• maryādā – boundary, limit, rule, restriction
  noun (feminine)

याम् (yām) - which (feminine accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, any other (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अतिलङ्घयेत् (atilaṅghayet) - would/should transgress, overcome

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of atilaṅgh

Optative active 3rd person singular of the root laṅgh (to jump over) with prefix ati- (beyond).

Prefix: ati

Root: laṅgh (class 1)

पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask

(verb)

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

Present active 1st person singular of the root prach.

Root: prach (class 6)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

सताम् (satām) - among the virtuous, of the good

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous, wise

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root as (to be). Used as a noun here.

Root: as (class 2)

श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha) - O best, O most excellent one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, chief

Superlative of praśasya (excellent).

तत् (tat) - that (neuter accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell! speak! (imperative)

(verb)

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

Imperative active 2nd person singular of the root brū.

Root: brū (class 2)

पितामह (pitāmaha) - O grandfather

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather (father's father)