महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-192, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
कालमृत्युयमानां च ब्राह्मणस्य च सत्तम ।
विवादो व्याहृतः पूर्वं तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
kālamṛtyuyamānāṁ ca brāhmaṇasya ca sattama ,
vivādo vyāhṛtaḥ pūrvaṁ tadbhavānvaktumarhati.

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca kālamṛtyuyamānām ca brāhmaṇasya ca
sattama vivādaḥ vyāhṛtaḥ pūrvam tat bhavān vaktum arhati

1. sattama yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca kālamṛtyuyamānām ca brāhmaṇasya
ca vivādaḥ pūrvam vyāhṛtaḥ tat bhavān vaktum arhati

1. Yudhiṣṭhira said: "O Best of Men, a dispute (vivāda) among Time (kāla), Death (mṛtyu), Yama, and a Brahmin (brāhmaṇa) was previously narrated. You ought to speak about that."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कालमृत्युयमानाम् (kālamṛtyuyamānām) - of Time, Death, and Yama

• च (ca) - and

• ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a Brahmin

• च (ca) - and

• सत्तम (sattama) - O best one, O excellent one

• विवादः (vivādaḥ) - dispute, controversy

• व्याहृतः (vyāhṛtaḥ) - spoken, narrated

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, formerly

• तत् (tat) - that dispute mentioned (that)

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say

• अर्हति (arhati) - deserves, ought, is able

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (eldest Pāṇḍava prince)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense

third person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

कालमृत्युयमानाम् (kālamṛtyuyamānām) - of Time, Death, and Yama

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kālamṛtyuyama

kālamṛtyuyama - Time, Death, Yama (as a group)

Compound type : dvandva (kāla+mṛtyu+yama)

• kāla – time, destiny, god of death
  noun (masculine)
• mṛtyu – death, god of death
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• yama – Yama (god of death), restraint
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: yam (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a Brahmin

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सत्तम (sattama) - O best one, O excellent one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sattama

sattama - best, most excellent

superlative of 'sat' (good, virtuous)

विवादः (vivādaḥ) - dispute, controversy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vivāda

vivāda - dispute, controversy, quarrel

Prefix: vi

Root: vad (class 1)

व्याहृतः (vyāhṛtaḥ) - spoken, narrated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāhṛta

vyāhṛta - spoken, uttered, narrated

past passive participle

from root 'hṛ' with prefixes 'vi' and 'ā'

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, formerly

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that dispute mentioned (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (polite form), sir, lord

present active participle of 'bhū'

often used as an honorific pronoun

Root: bhū (class 1)

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Root: vac (class 2)

अर्हति (arhati) - deserves, ought, is able

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of arh

present tense

third person singular, active voice

Root: arh (class 1)