महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-60, verse-6

भीष्म उवाच ।
नमो धर्माय महते नमः कृष्णाय वेधसे ।
ब्राह्मणेभ्यो नमस्कृत्वा धर्मान्वक्ष्यामि शाश्वतान् ॥६॥

6. bhīṣma uvāca ,
namo dharmāya mahate namaḥ kṛṣṇāya vedhase ,
brāhmaṇebhyo namaskṛtvā dharmānvakṣyāmi śāśvatān.

6. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca | namaḥ dharmāya mahate namaḥ kṛṣṇāya vedhase
| brāhmaṇebhyaḥ namaskṛtvā dharmān vakṣyāmi śāśvatān

6. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca mahate dharmāya namaḥ vedhase kṛṣṇāya
namaḥ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ namaskṛtvā śāśvatān dharmān vakṣyāmi

6. Bhishma said: "Salutations to the great natural law (dharma)! Salutations to Krishna, the ordainer of the universe! Having bowed to the Brahmins, I will declare the eternal principles of righteousness (dharma)."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• नमः (namaḥ) - salutation, homage

• धर्माय (dharmāya) - to natural law (dharma), to righteousness

• महते (mahate) - to the great

• नमः (namaḥ) - salutation, homage

• कृष्णाय (kṛṣṇāya) - to Krishna

• वेधसे (vedhase) - Referring to Krishna as the ordainer of the universe (to the creator, to the ordainer)

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to the Brahmins

• नमस्कृत्वा (namaskṛtvā) - having saluted, having bowed

• धर्मान् (dharmān) - principles of righteousness (dharma)

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall speak, I shall declare

• शाश्वतान् (śāśvatān) - eternal, everlasting

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a character in the Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

नमः (namaḥ) - salutation, homage

(indeclinable)

धर्माय (dharmāya) - to natural law (dharma), to righteousness

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, cosmic order, constitution

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

महते (mahate) - to the great

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, extensive, important

नमः (namaḥ) - salutation, homage

(indeclinable)

कृष्णाय (kṛṣṇāya) - to Krishna

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Krishna (name of a deity); black, dark

वेधसे (vedhase) - Referring to Krishna as the ordainer of the universe (to the creator, to the ordainer)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of vedhas

vedhas - creator, ordainer, wise man, deity

Root: vidh (class 1)

ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to the Brahmins

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class; related to Brahman

नमस्कृत्वा (namaskṛtvā) - having saluted, having bowed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Compound verb formed from 'namas' (obeisance) and root 'kṛ' (to do/make).

Prefix: namas

Root: kṛ (class 8)

धर्मान् (dharmān) - principles of righteousness (dharma)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dharma

dharma - natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, cosmic order, constitution

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall speak, I shall declare

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

शाश्वतान् (śāśvatān) - eternal, everlasting

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, everlasting, constant