महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-333, verse-2

ततस्तं वचनं प्राह ज्येष्ठो धर्मात्मजः प्रभुः ।
क इज्यते द्विजश्रेष्ठ दैवे पित्र्ये च कल्पिते ॥२॥

2. tatastaṁ vacanaṁ prāha jyeṣṭho dharmātmajaḥ prabhuḥ ,
ka ijyate dvijaśreṣṭha daive pitrye ca kalpite.

2. tataḥ tam vacanam prāha jyeṣṭhaḥ dharmātmajaḥ prabhuḥ
kaḥ ijyate dvijaśreṣṭha daive pitrye ca kalpite

2. tataḥ jyeṣṭhaḥ dharmātmajaḥ prabhuḥ tam vacanam
prāha dvijaśreṣṭha daive ca pitrye kalpite kaḥ ijyate

2. Then, the eldest, the lord, son of (dharma), spoke these words to him: "O best among twice-born ones (brahmins), who is worshipped in the divine and ancestral rites as prescribed?"

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• तम् (tam) - to Nārada (him)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

• प्राह (prāha) - spoke, said

• ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - eldest, greatest

• धर्मात्मजः (dharmātmajaḥ) - son of (dharma)

• प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - lord, master

• कः (kaḥ) - who

• इज्यते (ijyate) - is worshipped, is offered to

• द्विजश्रेष्ठ (dvijaśreṣṭha) - O best among brahmins (O best among the twice-born)

• दैवे (daive) - in the divine (Vedic ritual) (in the divine, in the divine rite)

• पित्र्ये (pitrye) - in the ancestral, in the ancestral rite

• च (ca) - and

• कल्पिते (kalpite) - prescribed, arranged, prepared

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - to Nārada (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, utterance

प्राह (prāha) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of pra-√ah

Prefix: pra

Root: √ah

ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - eldest, greatest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, chief, principal, best, most excellent

धर्मात्मजः (dharmātmajaḥ) - son of (dharma)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmātmaja

dharmātmaja - son of dharma, righteous son

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+ātmaja)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – born of oneself, son, offspring
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √jan (class 4)

प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - lord, master

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, sovereign, powerful, mighty

कः (kaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

इज्यते (ijyate) - is worshipped, is offered to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of √yaj

Root: √yaj (class 1)

द्विजश्रेष्ठ (dvijaśreṣṭha) - O best among brahmins (O best among the twice-born)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijaśreṣṭha

dvijaśreṣṭha - best of the twice-born (brahmins)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+śreṣṭha)

• dvija – twice-born (a Brahmin, Kshatriya, or Vaishya), bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)

दैवे (daive) - in the divine (Vedic ritual) (in the divine, in the divine rite)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of daiva

daiva - divine, celestial, relating to the gods; destiny, fate; a divine ritual or offering

पित्र्ये (pitrye) - in the ancestral, in the ancestral rite

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of pitrya

pitrya - ancestral, pertaining to fathers/ancestors; ancestral offering/rite

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कल्पिते (kalpite) - prescribed, arranged, prepared

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of kalpita

kalpita - arranged, made, prepared, prescribed, imagined

past passive participle

Derived from the root √kḷp (to be in order, to be made) with the suffix -ita.

Root: √kḷp (class 1)