महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-30, verse-13

परमं सौम्य इत्युक्तस्ताभ्यां राजा शशास ताम् ।
कन्ये विप्रावुपचर देववत्पितृवच्च ह ॥१३॥

13. paramaṁ saumya ityuktastābhyāṁ rājā śaśāsa tām ,
kanye viprāvupacara devavatpitṛvacca ha.

13. paramam saumya iti uktaḥ tābhyām rājā śaśāsa
tām kanye viprau upacara devavat pitṛvat ca ha

13. tābhyām paramam saumya iti uktaḥ rājā tām śaśāsa
kanye viprau devavat pitṛvat ca upacara ha

13. The king, having been addressed by those two (sages) as 'supremely gentle,' instructed her: 'O daughter, serve these two sages as you would gods and fathers, indeed!'

Words meanings summery:

• परमम् (paramam) - extremely, in the highest degree (extremely, supremely, utterly)

• सौम्य (saumya) - gentle, amiable (gentle, mild, benevolent, moon-like)

• इति (iti) - indicating the preceding as quoted speech or reference (thus, in this way)

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (as 'supremely gentle') (spoken, said, addressed)

• ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - by those two (sages/guests) (by those two)

• राजा (rājā) - king

• शशास (śaśāsa) - he instructed, he commanded, he ruled

• ताम् (tām) - her (referring to the king's daughter) (her, that (feminine))

• कन्ये (kanye) - O daughter, O maiden

• विप्रौ (viprau) - these two sages/guests (two Brahmins, two sages)

• उपचर (upacara) - serve, attend upon, worship (imperative)

• देववत् (devavat) - like gods, as gods

• पितृवत् (pitṛvat) - like fathers, as fathers

• च (ca) - and

• ह (ha) - indeed, truly, (an emphatic or historical particle)

Words meanings and morphology

परमम् (paramam) - extremely, in the highest degree (extremely, supremely, utterly)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, utmost, excellent

Note: Used adverbially here, modifying 'saumya'.

सौम्य (saumya) - gentle, amiable (gentle, mild, benevolent, moon-like)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saumya

saumya - relating to Soma or the moon; gentle, mild, amiable, benevolent

इति (iti) - indicating the preceding as quoted speech or reference (thus, in this way)

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (as 'supremely gentle') (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root vac (to speak), with irregular formation (vac becomes uc).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Refers to the king, who was thus addressed.

ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - by those two (sages/guests) (by those two)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

शशास (śaśāsa) - he instructed, he commanded, he ruled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of śās

Root: śās (class 2)

ताम् (tām) - her (referring to the king's daughter) (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कन्ये (kanye) - O daughter, O maiden

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - daughter, young girl, maiden

विप्रौ (viprau) - these two sages/guests (two Brahmins, two sages)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, sage, inspired one

उपचर (upacara) - serve, attend upon, worship (imperative)

(verb)

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

Prefix: upa

Root: car (class 1)

देववत् (devavat) - like gods, as gods

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat indicating 'like' or 'as'.

पितृवत् (pitṛvat) - like fathers, as fathers

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat indicating 'like' or 'as'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ह (ha) - indeed, truly, (an emphatic or historical particle)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used as a historical particle to indicate past events, not always translated directly.