महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-261, verse-36

स्यूमरश्मिरुवाच ।
यथा च वेदप्रामाण्यं त्यागश्च सफलो यथा ।
तौ पन्थानावुभौ व्यक्तौ भगवंस्तद्ब्रवीहि मे ॥३६॥

36. syūmaraśmiruvāca ,
yathā ca vedaprāmāṇyaṁ tyāgaśca saphalo yathā ,
tau panthānāvubhau vyaktau bhagavaṁstadbravīhi me.

36. syūmaraśmiḥ uvāca yathā ca vedaprāmāṇyam tyāgaḥ ca saphalaḥ
yathā tau panthānau ubhau vyaktau bhagavan tat bravīhi me

36. syūmaraśmiḥ uvāca bhagavan me tat bravīhi yathā ca vedaprāmāṇyam
yathā ca tyāgaḥ saphalaḥ ubhau tau panthānau vyaktau

36. Syūmaraśmi said: O revered one, please explain to me how the authority of the Vedas is established, and how renunciation (tyāga) becomes fruitful. Please clarify both these paths for me.

Words meanings summery:

• स्यूमरश्मिः (syūmaraśmiḥ) - Syūmaraśmi (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how, in which way

• च (ca) - and, also

• वेदप्रामाण्यम् (vedaprāmāṇyam) - the authority or validity of the Vedas

• त्यागः (tyāgaḥ) - renunciation, abandonment, sacrifice

• च (ca) - and, also

• सफलः (saphalaḥ) - fruitful, successful, effective

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how, in which way

• तौ (tau) - those two

• पन्थानौ (panthānau) - two paths, two ways

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• व्यक्तौ (vyaktau) - clear, manifest, explained

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord, O revered one, O illustrious one

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the explanation) (that, therefore)

• ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell, speak, explain (imperative)

• मे (me) - to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

स्यूमरश्मिः (syūmaraśmiḥ) - Syūmaraśmi (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of syūmaraśmin

syūmaraśmin - Syūmaraśmi (name of a sage)

Compound: syūma (ray, thread) + raśmi (ray, rein)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (syūma+raśmi)

• syūma – thread, string, ray
  noun (masculine)
• raśmi – ray, beam, rein, cord
  noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active

3rd person singular perfect active, from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how, in which way

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वेदप्रामाण्यम् (vedaprāmāṇyam) - the authority or validity of the Vedas

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vedaprāmāṇya

vedaprāmāṇya - the authority or validity of the Vedas

tatpuruṣa compound: Veda + prāmāṇya

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (veda+prāmāṇya)

• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  from root vid 'to know'
  Root: vid (class 2)
• prāmāṇya – authority, validity, trustworthiness
  noun (neuter)
  from pramāṇa 'authority' + ya suffix

Note: Can also be accusative singular.

त्यागः (tyāgaḥ) - renunciation, abandonment, sacrifice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyāga

tyāga - renunciation, abandonment, giving up, sacrifice

from root tyaj 'to abandon'

Root: tyaj (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सफलः (saphalaḥ) - fruitful, successful, effective

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saphala

saphala - fruitful, successful, effective, yielding results

Compound: sa- (with) + phala (fruit)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (sa+phala)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  prefix
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to tyāgaḥ.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how, in which way

(indeclinable)

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to 'paths'.

पन्थानौ (panthānau) - two paths, two ways

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of pathin

pathin - path, road, way

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

Note: Refers to 'paths'.

व्यक्तौ (vyaktau) - clear, manifest, explained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vyakta

vyakta - manifest, clear, evident, expressed

Past Passive Participle

from vi-√añj 'to manifest'

Compound type : pradi-samāsa (vi+akta)

• vi – apart, asunder, away
  indeclinable
  prefix
• akta – anointed, smear, manifest
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root añj 'to anoint, to manifest'
  Root: añj (class 7)

Note: Refers to 'paths'.

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord, O revered one, O illustrious one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - illustrious, divine, blessed, Lord

from bhaga + matup suffix

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the explanation) (that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell, speak, explain (imperative)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Imperative active

2nd person singular imperative active, from root brū (class 2, irregular)

Root: brū (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Enclitic form for dative or genitive.