महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-234, verse-12

भीष्म उवाच ।
इत्युक्तः प्रत्युवाचेदं गन्धवत्याः सुतः सुतम् ।
ऋषिस्तत्पूजयन्वाक्यं पुत्रस्यामिततेजसः ॥१२॥

12. bhīṣma uvāca ,
ityuktaḥ pratyuvācedaṁ gandhavatyāḥ sutaḥ sutam ,
ṛṣistatpūjayanvākyaṁ putrasyāmitatejasaḥ.

12. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca iti uktaḥ prati-uvāca idam gandhavatyāḥ
sutaḥ sutam ṛṣiḥ tat pūjayan vākyaṃ putrasya amita-tejasaḥ

12. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca iti uktaḥ gandhavatyāḥ sutaḥ ṛṣiḥ amita-tejasaḥ
putrasya tat vākyaṃ pūjayan sutam idam prati-uvāca

12. Bhīṣma said: "When addressed in this manner, the sage, son of Gandhavatī (Satyavatī), revering that statement of his son of immeasurable brilliance, replied to his (own) son."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इति (iti) - thus

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed

• प्रति-उवाच (prati-uvāca) - replied, answered

• इदम् (idam) - this (matter, statement)

• गन्धवत्याः (gandhavatyāḥ) - of Gandhavatī (Satyavatī)

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

• सुतम् (sutam) - to the son

• ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - the sage

• तत् (tat) - that

• पूजयन् (pūjayan) - honoring, worshiping

• वाक्यं (vākyaṁ) - statement, speech

• पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of the son

• अमित-तेजसः (amita-tejasaḥ) - of immeasurable brilliance, of boundless energy

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma, formidable

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vac

vac - to speak, to say

Past Passive Participle

Root: vac (class 2)

प्रति-उवाच (prati-uvāca) - replied, answered

(verb)

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

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - this (matter, statement)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

गन्धवत्याः (gandhavatyāḥ) - of Gandhavatī (Satyavatī)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of gandhavatī

gandhavatī - possessing fragrance, name of Satyavatī (mother of Vyāsa)

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, born

Root: sū (class 4)

सुतम् (sutam) - to the son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, born

Root: sū (class 4)

ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - the sage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

पूजयन् (pūjayan) - honoring, worshiping

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūjayat

pūjayat - honoring, worshiping

Present Active Participle

Derived from root pūj with -śatṛ suffix

Root: pūj (class 10)

वाक्यं (vākyaṁ) - statement, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of the son

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

अमित-तेजसः (amita-tejasaḥ) - of immeasurable brilliance, of boundless energy

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of amita-tejas

amita-tejas - of immeasurable splendor/power

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (amita+tejas)

• amita – unmeasured, boundless
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from 'a' (negation) + root 'mā'
  Prefix: a
  Root: mā (class 3)
• tejas – splendor, energy, spiritual power
  noun (neuter)