महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-253, verse-42

अथान्तरिक्षे वागासीत्तां स शुश्राव जाजलिः ।
धर्मेण न समस्त्वं वै तुलाधारस्य जाजले ॥४२॥

42. athāntarikṣe vāgāsīttāṁ sa śuśrāva jājaliḥ ,
dharmeṇa na samastvaṁ vai tulādhārasya jājale.

42. atha antarikṣe vāk āsīt tām saḥ śuśrāva jājaliḥ
dharmeṇa na samaḥ tvam vai tulādhārasya jājale

42. atha antarikṣe vāk āsīt.
jājaliḥ saḥ tām śuśrāva: "he jājale,
tvam dharmeṇa tulādhārasya samaḥ na vai"

42. Then a voice was in the sky. Jājali heard that (voice): 'O Jājali, you are certainly not equal to Tulādhāra in terms of natural law (dharma)!'

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, thereafter, now

• अन्तरिक्षे (antarikṣe) - in the sky, in the intermediate space

• वाक् (vāk) - voice, speech

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine, referring to voice)

• सः (saḥ) - he

• शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard

• जाजलिः (jājaliḥ) - Jājali (a sage's name)

• धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by natural law (dharma), in terms of righteousness

• न (na) - not, no

• समः (samaḥ) - equal, similar

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• तुलाधारस्य (tulādhārasya) - of Tulādhāra (name of a merchant)

• जाजले (jājale) - O Jājali

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, thereafter, now

(indeclinable)

अन्तरिक्षे (antarikṣe) - in the sky, in the intermediate space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antarikṣa

antarikṣa - sky, atmosphere, intermediate space

वाक् (vāk) - voice, speech

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - voice, speech, word, language

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect 3rd singular active

Root: as (class 2)

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine, referring to voice)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of śru

Perfect 3rd singular active

Root: śru (class 5)

जाजलिः (jājaliḥ) - Jājali (a sage's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jājali

jājali - Jājali (proper name of a sage)

धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by natural law (dharma), in terms of righteousness

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution, intrinsic nature

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

समः (samaḥ) - equal, similar

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sama

sama - equal, same, similar, even, impartial

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

तुलाधारस्य (tulādhārasya) - of Tulādhāra (name of a merchant)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tulādhāra

tulādhāra - Tulādhāra (proper name of a balance-holder/merchant)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tulā+dhāra)

• tulā – balance, scale, weight
  noun (feminine)
• dhāra – holding, bearing, supporter, possessor
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'dhṛ' (to hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

जाजले (jājale) - O Jājali

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of jājali

jājali - Jājali (proper name of a sage)