महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-51, verse-13

अर्हस्त्वं भीष्म मां द्रष्टुं तपसा स्वेन पार्थिव ।
तव ह्युपस्थिता लोका येभ्यो नावर्तते पुनः ॥१३॥

13. arhastvaṁ bhīṣma māṁ draṣṭuṁ tapasā svena pārthiva ,
tava hyupasthitā lokā yebhyo nāvartate punaḥ.

13. arhaḥ tvam bhīṣma mām draṣṭum tapasā svena pārthiva
tava hi upasthitāḥ lokāḥ yebhyaḥ na āvartate punaḥ

13. bhīṣma pārthiva tvam svena tapasā mām draṣṭum arhaḥ
hi tava lokāḥ upasthitāḥ yebhyaḥ punaḥ na āvartate

13. O Bhīṣma, O ruler, you are indeed worthy to see me through your own spiritual discipline (tapas). For you have attained realms from which one does not return again.

Words meanings summery:

• अर्हः (arhaḥ) - worthy, deserving, capable

• त्वम् (tvam) - (O Bhīṣma) (you)

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - O Bhīṣma

• माम् (mām) - Lord Kṛṣṇa (me)

• द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see

• तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity (tapas), through penance

• स्वेन (svena) - (by Bhīṣma's own) (by one's own, through one's own)

• पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O Bhīṣma (O king, O ruler, O earthly lord)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• उपस्थिताः (upasthitāḥ) - attained, reached, approached

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms, regions

• येभ्यः (yebhyaḥ) - (from which worlds) (from which)

• न (na) - not, no

• आवर्तते (āvartate) - returns, revolves

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

Words meanings and morphology

अर्हः (arhaḥ) - worthy, deserving, capable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arha

arha - deserving, worthy, fit, proper

from root arh- 'to deserve'

Root: arh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tvam'.

त्वम् (tvam) - (O Bhīṣma) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - O Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (a proper name, lit. 'terrible')

माम् (mām) - Lord Kṛṣṇa (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see

(indeclinable)

infinitive

infinitive form of root dṛś- 'to see'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Infinitive expressing purpose.

तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity (tapas), through penance

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - heat, asceticism, austerity (tapas), penance

from root tap- 'to heat, to perform austerity'

Root: tap (class 1)

स्वेन (svena) - (by Bhīṣma's own) (by one's own, through one's own)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own

Note: Agrees with 'tapasā'.

पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O Bhīṣma (O king, O ruler, O earthly lord)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - of the earth, earthly, a king, a ruler

from pṛthivī (earth)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Form of 'you' (yuṣmad) in the genitive case.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

उपस्थिताः (upasthitāḥ) - attained, reached, approached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of upasthita

upasthita - standing near, present, approached, attained

Past Passive Participle

from upasarga upa + root sthā- 'to stand'

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'lokāḥ'.

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms, regions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people

Note: Subject of the clause.

येभ्यः (yebhyaḥ) - (from which worlds) (from which)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of yat

yat - which, who, what

Note: Refers to 'lokāḥ'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आवर्तते (āvartate) - returns, revolves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of āvart

from upasarga ā + root vṛt- 'to turn'

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: The subject is implied (one, a person).

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

(indeclinable)