महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-279, verse-4

किं श्रेयः सर्वभूतानामस्मिँल्लोके परत्र च ।
यद्भवेत्प्रतिपत्तव्यं तद्भवान्प्रब्रवीतु मे ॥४॥

4. kiṁ śreyaḥ sarvabhūtānāmasmiँlloke paratra ca ,
yadbhavetpratipattavyaṁ tadbhavānprabravītu me.

4. kim śreyaḥ sarvabhūtānām asmin loke paratra ca
yat bhavet pratipattavyam tat bhavān prabravītu me

4. sarvabhūtānām asmin loke ca paratra ca kim śreyaḥ
bhavet yat pratipattavyam tat bhavān me prabravītu

4. What is the supreme good (śreyas) for all beings, both in this world and the next? Please, your honor, declare to me that which should be understood and attained.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what? (what?, which?, how?)

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - the supreme good (good, welfare, prosperity, supreme good)

• सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - for all beings (of all beings, for all creatures)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (in this, on this)

• लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, on the earth, in the realm)

• परत्र (paratra) - in the next world (in the other world, in the next world)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• यत् (yat) - which (which, that (relative pronoun))

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be (may be, should be, would be)

• प्रतिपत्तव्यम् (pratipattavyam) - should be understood and attained (to be attained, to be known, to be understood, to be recognized)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the supreme good) (that)

• भवान् (bhavān) - your honor (your honor, you (polite address))

• प्रब्रवीतु (prabravītu) - please declare (please tell, let him tell, declare)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what? (what?, which?, how?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, which?, how?

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - the supreme good (good, welfare, prosperity, supreme good)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - good, welfare, prosperity, supreme good, better

Comparative/superlative form derived from śrī/praśasya

सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - for all beings (of all beings, for all creatures)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun/adjective (neuter)
• bhūta – being, creature, element, past
  noun (or PPP) (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū (1st class)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Genitive plural, expressing 'for' or 'of'.

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (in this, on this)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this (pronoun)

Note: Locative singular, masculine, agreeing with 'loke'.

लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, on the earth, in the realm)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, visible universe

परत्र (paratra) - in the next world (in the other world, in the next world)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'para' with locative suffix -tra.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which (which, that (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Relative pronoun, agreeing with 'śreyaḥ'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be (may be, should be, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

optative active, 3rd person singular

Root bhū (1st class), optative mood.

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्रतिपत्तव्यम् (pratipattavyam) - should be understood and attained (to be attained, to be known, to be understood, to be recognized)

(gerundive)

Note: Agreement with 'yat śreyaḥ'.

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the supreme good) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers back to 'kiṃ śreyaḥ'.

भवान् (bhavān) - your honor (your honor, you (polite address))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful address), your honor, being

Note: Respectful form of address, often takes 3rd person verb forms.

प्रब्रवीतु (prabravītu) - please declare (please tell, let him tell, declare)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

imperative active, 3rd person singular

Root brū (2nd class) with prefix pra, imperative mood. The respectful 'bhavān' takes a 3rd person verb.

Prefix: pra

Root: brū (class 2)

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Note: Dative singular, meaning 'to me'.