महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-279, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
अतः परं महाबाहो यच्छ्रेयस्तद्वदस्व मे ।
न तृप्याम्यमृतस्येव वचसस्ते पितामह ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
ataḥ paraṁ mahābāho yacchreyastadvadasva me ,
na tṛpyāmyamṛtasyeva vacasaste pitāmaha.

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca ataḥ param mahābāho yat śreyaḥ tat
vadasva me na tṛpyāmi amṛtasya iva vacasaḥ te pitāmaha

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca mahābāho pitāmaha ataḥ param yat
śreyaḥ tat me vadasva te amṛtasya iva vacasaḥ na tṛpyāmi

1. Yudhishthira said: O mighty-armed one (mahābāho), O grandfather (pitāmaha), please tell me what is beneficial next. I am not satiated by your words, which are like nectar.

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - The eldest Pandava brother, Yudhishthira (Yudhishthira)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अतः (ataḥ) - hence, from this, therefore

• परम् (param) - after, further, next

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - An epithet for Bhishma, indicating his strength (O mighty-armed one)

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - good, beneficial, supreme good

• तत् (tat) - that

• वदस्व (vadasva) - Please tell me (tell, speak)

• मे (me) - to me, my

• न (na) - not, no

• तृप्यामि (tṛpyāmi) - I am satisfied, I am satiated

• अमृतस्य (amṛtasya) - of nectar, of immortality

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• वचसः (vacasaḥ) - of your words (of speech, of words)

• ते (te) - your, to you

• पितामह (pitāmaha) - Addressed to Bhishma as Yudhishthira's grandfather (O grandfather)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - The eldest Pandava brother, Yudhishthira (Yudhishthira)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (name of the eldest Pandava brother, lit. 'firm in battle')

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense form

Root: vac (class 2)

अतः (ataḥ) - hence, from this, therefore

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - after, further, next

(indeclinable)

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - An epithet for Bhishma, indicating his strength (O mighty-armed one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, strong-armed (from mahā 'great' + bāhu 'arm')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - good, beneficial, supreme good

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - better, best, good, beneficial, welfare, supreme good

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

वदस्व (vadasva) - Please tell me (tell, speak)

(verb)

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

Imperative mood, ātmanepada form

Root: vad (class 1)

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तृप्यामि (tṛpyāmi) - I am satisfied, I am satiated

(verb)

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

Present tense form

Root: tṛp (class 4)

अमृतस्य (amṛtasya) - of nectar, of immortality

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - nectar, ambrosia, immortality, immortal

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

वचसः (vacasaḥ) - of your words (of speech, of words)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - speech, word, voice, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पितामह (pitāmaha) - Addressed to Bhishma as Yudhishthira's grandfather (O grandfather)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather, creator (lit. great father)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pitṛ+mahā)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• mahā – great
  adjective (masculine)