महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-220, verse-2

त्वं हि नः परमो वक्ता लोकेऽस्मिन्भरतर्षभ ।
एतद्भवन्तं पृच्छामि तन्मे वक्तुमिहार्हसि ॥२॥

2. tvaṁ hi naḥ paramo vaktā loke'sminbharatarṣabha ,
etadbhavantaṁ pṛcchāmi tanme vaktumihārhasi.

2. tvam hi naḥ paramaḥ vaktā loke asmin bharatarṣabha
etat bhavantaṃ pṛcchāmi tat me vaktum iha arhasi

2. bharatarṣabha tvam hi asmin loke naḥ paramaḥ vaktā
etat bhavantaṃ pṛcchāmi tat me iha vaktum arhasi

2. O best of the Bharatas, you are indeed the foremost authority for us in this world. I ask you this very question, and you ought to explain it to me now.

Words meanings summery:

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• नः (naḥ) - for us, our, to us

• परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, best, foremost

• वक्ता (vaktā) - speaker, expounder

• लोके (loke) - in the world

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - Address to Bhishma (O best of Bharatas)

• एतत् (etat) - this (question) (this (neuter))

• भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - you (polite form)

• पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask

• तत् (tat) - that (neuter)

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to tell

• इह (iha) - here, now, in this matter

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able

Words meanings and morphology

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

नः (naḥ) - for us, our, to us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form. Here genitive 'our'.

परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme, highest, best, foremost

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, best

Note: Qualifies vaktā.

वक्ता (vaktā) - speaker, expounder

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaktṛ

vaktṛ - speaker, narrator, expounder

Agent Noun

From root vac (to speak) + tṛ suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

लोके (loke) - in the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Qualifies loke.

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - Address to Bhishma (O best of Bharatas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull/best among Bharatas

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – a descendant of Bharata, a member of the Bharata clan
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

एतत् (etat) - this (question) (this (neuter))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Refers to the question asked.

भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - you (polite form)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (polite), your honor

Present Active Participle

From root bhū (to be) + śatṛ suffix. Used as a polite pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used as a polite second person pronoun.

पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi) - I ask

(verb)

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

Root: prach (class 6)

तत् (tat) - that (neuter)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to the answer to the question.

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form. Here 'to me'.

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to tell

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root vac (to speak) + tumun suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Infinitive of purpose.

इह (iha) - here, now, in this matter

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able

(verb)

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

Root: arh (class 1)