महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-253, verse-47

तुलाधार उवाच ।
आयानेवासि विदितो मम ब्रह्मन्न संशयः ।
ब्रवीमि यत्तु वचनं तच्छृणुष्व द्विजोत्तम ॥४७॥

47. tulādhāra uvāca ,
āyānevāsi vidito mama brahmanna saṁśayaḥ ,
bravīmi yattu vacanaṁ tacchṛṇuṣva dvijottama.

47. tulādhāraḥ uvāca | ayam eva asi viditaḥ mama brahman na
saṃśayaḥ | bravīmi yat tu vacanam tat śṛṇuṣva dvijottama

47. tulādhāraḥ uvāca brahman dvijottama,
tvam mama viditaḥ eva asi,
saṃśayaḥ na tu yat vacanam bravīmi,
tat śṛṇuṣva

47. Tulādhāra said: "O Brahmin, you are indeed known to me; there is no doubt about it. Now, listen to the words that I shall speak, O best among the twice-born."

Words meanings summery:

• तुलाधारः (tulādhāraḥ) - Tulādhāra (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one (masculine)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• असि (asi) - you are

• विदितः (viditaḥ) - known, understood

• मम (mama) - to me, my

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

• न (na) - not, no

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, suspicion

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I say

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• तु (tu) - but, however, yet

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

• तत् (tat) - that

• शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen (imperative)

• द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of the twice-born

Words meanings and morphology

तुलाधारः (tulādhāraḥ) - Tulādhāra (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tulādhāra

tulādhāra - the scale-bearer; proper name of a merchant

Compound type : tatpurusha (tulā+dhāra)

• tulā – scale, balance
  noun (feminine)
• dhāra – holder, bearer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root dhṛ (to hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

विदितः (viditaḥ) - known, understood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidita

vidita - known, understood, perceived

Past Passive Participle

From root vid (to know) + kta suffix

Root: vid (class 2)

मम (mama) - to me, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, holy man, one associated with the sacred

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, suspicion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, suspicion, hesitation

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak, I say

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

तु (tu) - but, however, yet

(indeclinable)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, statement, saying

Root: vac (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen (imperative)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of the twice-born

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijottama

dvijottama - best of the twice-born

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvija+uttama)

• dvija – twice-born (a Brahmin)
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, excellent, highest
  adjective (masculine)