महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-290, verse-80

भीष्म उवाच ।
यथान्यायं त्वया तात प्रश्नः पृष्टः सुसंकटः ।
बुद्धानामपि संमोहः प्रश्नेऽस्मिन्भरतर्षभ ।
अत्रापि तत्त्वं परमं शृणु सम्यङ्मयेरितम् ॥८०॥

80. bhīṣma uvāca ,
yathānyāyaṁ tvayā tāta praśnaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ susaṁkaṭaḥ ,
buddhānāmapi saṁmohaḥ praśne'sminbharatarṣabha ,
atrāpi tattvaṁ paramaṁ śṛṇu samyaṅmayeritam.

80. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca yathā nyāyam tvayā tāta
praśnaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ su saṃkaṭaḥ buddhānām api
saṃmohaḥ praśne asmin bharatarṣabha atra
api tattvam paramam śṛṇu samyak mayā īritam

80. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca: tāta,
tvayā yathā nyāyam su saṃkaṭaḥ praśnaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ.
bharatarṣabha,
asmin praśne buddhānām api saṃmohaḥ (bhavati).
atra api mayā samyak īritam paramam tattvam śṛṇu.

80. Bhishma said: 'O dear one, you have asked a question that is both appropriate and extremely difficult. Even the enlightened experience confusion regarding this matter, O chief among the Bharatas. Now, hear from me the supreme truth concerning this, as it is properly expounded by me.'

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (Bhishma (name of a character))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• यथा (yathā) - as, according to (as, according to, just as)

• न्यायम् (nyāyam) - propriety (propriety, justice, rule, method)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• तात (tāta) - O dear one (O dear one, O son, father)

• प्रश्नः (praśnaḥ) - question (question, inquiry)

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked (asked, questioned)

• सु (su) - extremely (good, well, very)

• संकटः (saṁkaṭaḥ) - difficult (difficult, critical, dangerous, narrow)

• बुद्धानाम् (buddhānām) - of the enlightened ones (of the enlightened ones, of the awakened)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• संमोहः (saṁmohaḥ) - confusion (confusion, bewilderment, delusion)

• प्रश्ने (praśne) - regarding this question (in the question, in the inquiry)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (question) (in this)

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O chief among the Bharatas

• अत्र (atra) - concerning this (here, in this matter)

• अपि (api) - also (even, also, too)

• तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - the supreme truth (truth, reality, essence, principle)

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest, utmost)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear (listen, hear)

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly (properly, correctly, well)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• ईरितम् (īritam) - expounded (spoken, uttered, declared)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (Bhishma (name of a character))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma, formidable, terrible

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active

3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, according to (as, according to, just as)

(indeclinable)

न्यायम् (nyāyam) - propriety (propriety, justice, rule, method)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nyāya

nyāya - propriety, justice, rule, method, logic

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

तात (tāta) - O dear one (O dear one, O son, father)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - dear one, son, father (vocative)

प्रश्नः (praśnaḥ) - question (question, inquiry)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of praśna

praśna - question, inquiry

From pra-prach-

Prefix: pra

Root: prach (class 6)

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked (asked, questioned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned, inquired

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of prach-

Root: prach (class 6)

सु (su) - extremely (good, well, very)

(indeclinable)

संकटः (saṁkaṭaḥ) - difficult (difficult, critical, dangerous, narrow)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkaṭa

saṁkaṭa - difficult, critical, dangerous, narrow

Prefix: sam

Root: kaṭ (class 1)

बुद्धानाम् (buddhānām) - of the enlightened ones (of the enlightened ones, of the awakened)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of buddha

buddha - enlightened, awakened, known, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of budh-

Root: budh (class 1)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

संमोहः (saṁmohaḥ) - confusion (confusion, bewilderment, delusion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃmoha

saṁmoha - confusion, bewilderment, delusion, infatuation

From sam-muh-

Prefix: sam

Root: muh (class 4)

प्रश्ने (praśne) - regarding this question (in the question, in the inquiry)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of praśna

praśna - question, inquiry

Prefix: pra

Root: prach (class 6)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (question) (in this)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O chief among the Bharatas

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - chief of the Bharatas, best of the Bharatas

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – Bharata, a name of an ancient king, a descendant of Bharata
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief, excellent
  noun (masculine)

अत्र (atra) - concerning this (here, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - the supreme truth (truth, reality, essence, principle)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, essence, principle

परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest, utmost)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, utmost, excellent

शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear (listen, hear)

(verb)

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

imperative active

2nd person singular, imperative mood, active voice

Root: śru (class 5)

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly (properly, correctly, well)

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

ईरितम् (īritam) - expounded (spoken, uttered, declared)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of īrita

īrita - spoken, uttered, declared, sent, moved

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of īr-

Root: īr (class 1)