महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-288, verse-5

श्रुतोऽसि नः पण्डितो धीरवादी साधुशब्दः पतते ते पतत्रिन् ।
किं मन्यसे श्रेष्ठतमं द्विज त्वं कस्मिन्मनस्ते रमते महात्मन् ॥५॥

5. śruto'si naḥ paṇḍito dhīravādī; sādhuśabdaḥ patate te patatrin ,
kiṁ manyase śreṣṭhatamaṁ dvija tvaṁ; kasminmanaste ramate mahātman.

5. śrutaḥ asi naḥ paṇḍitaḥ dhīravādī
sādhūśabdaḥ patate te patatrin
kim manyase śreṣṭhatamam dvija tvam
kasmin manaḥ te ramate mahātman

5. naḥ śrutaḥ asi paṇḍitaḥ dhīravādī he
patatrin te sādhūśabdaḥ patate he
dvija tvam kim śreṣṭhatamam manyase
he mahātman te manaḥ kasmin ramate

5. "We have heard you are a learned one who speaks gravely, and your good reputation spreads, O bird. What do you, O twice-born (dvija), consider the most excellent? In what does your mind find delight, O great soul (mahātman)?"

Words meanings summery:

• श्रुतः (śrutaḥ) - heard, famous.

• असि (asi) - you are.

• नः (naḥ) - by us, to us.

• पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - learned, scholar.

• धीरवादी (dhīravādī) - one who speaks gravely/firmly.

• साधूशब्दः (sādhūśabdaḥ) - good renown, excellent word.

• पतते (patate) - spreads, falls.

• ते (te) - your.

• पतत्रिन् (patatrin) - O bird (literally, 'one who flies').

• किम् (kim) - what.

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you consider, you think.

• श्रेष्ठतमम् (śreṣṭhatamam) - the most excellent, the best.

• द्विज (dvija) - O twice-born (dvija) (a bird, a brahmin).

• त्वम् (tvam) - you.

• कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in what.

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect.

• ते (te) - your.

• रमते (ramate) - delights, enjoys, sports.

• महात्मन् (mahātman) - O great soul (mahātman).

Words meanings and morphology

श्रुतः (śrutaḥ) - heard, famous.

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, famous, known

Past Passive Participle

formed from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

असि (asi) - you are.

(verb)

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

Active Voice, Present Tense

Root: as (class 2)

नः (naḥ) - by us, to us.

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

पण्डितः (paṇḍitaḥ) - learned, scholar.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paṇḍita

paṇḍita - learned, scholar, wise man

धीरवादी (dhīravādī) - one who speaks gravely/firmly.

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhīravādin

dhīravādin - speaking gravely, firm in speech

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhīra+vādin)

• dhīra – firm, steady, grave, courageous
  adjective (masculine)
• vādin – speaking, speaker, asserting
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun from root vad (to speak)
  Root: vad (class 1)

साधूशब्दः (sādhūśabdaḥ) - good renown, excellent word.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sādhūśabda

sādhūśabda - good word, excellent renown

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sādhu+śabda)

• sādhu – good, virtuous, excellent, proper
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sādh (class 5)
• śabda – sound, word, speech, renown
  noun (masculine)

पतते (patate) - spreads, falls.

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of pat

Middle Voice, Present Tense

Root: pat (class 1)

ते (te) - your.

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पतत्रिन् (patatrin) - O bird (literally, 'one who flies').

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of patatrin

patatrin - bird (one who flies/has wings)

किम् (kim) - what.

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

मन्यसे (manyase) - you consider, you think.

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of man

Middle Voice, Present Tense

Root: man (class 4)

श्रेष्ठतमम् (śreṣṭhatamam) - the most excellent, the best.

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śreṣṭhatama

śreṣṭhatama - most excellent, best (superlative of śreṣṭha)

superlative suffix -tama

द्विज (dvija) - O twice-born (dvija) (a bird, a brahmin).

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a bird, a Brahmin, a tooth)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/suffix
  derived from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

त्वम् (tvam) - you.

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in what.

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect.

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart

ते (te) - your.

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

रमते (ramate) - delights, enjoys, sports.

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of ram

Middle Voice, Present Tense

Root: ram (class 1)

महात्मन् (mahātman) - O great soul (mahātman).

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, noble-minded

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
  feminine stem of mahant
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)