महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-111, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
यद्वरं सर्वतीर्थानां तद्ब्रवीहि पितामह ।
यत्र वै परमं शौचं तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
yadvaraṁ sarvatīrthānāṁ tadbravīhi pitāmaha ,
yatra vai paramaṁ śaucaṁ tanme vyākhyātumarhasi.

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca yat varam sarvatīrthānām tat bravīhi
pitāmaha yatra vai paramam śaucam tat me vyākhyātum arhasi

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca pitāmaha sarvatīrthānām yat varam tat
bravīhi yatra vai paramam śaucam tat me vyākhyātum arhasi

1. Yudhiṣṭhira said: "O Grandsire, please tell me which among all holy places (tīrtha) is the best. You should explain to me where supreme purity is truly found."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• वरम् (varam) - best, excellent, boon

• सर्वतीर्थानाम् (sarvatīrthānām) - of all holy places (tīrtha)

• तत् (tat) - that

• ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell, speak

• पितामह (pitāmaha) - O Bhīṣma (O grandsire)

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely (particle)

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, utmost

• शौचम् (śaucam) - purity, cleanliness, holiness

• तत् (tat) - that

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• व्याख्यातुम् (vyākhyātum) - to explain, to describe

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

वरम् (varam) - best, excellent, boon

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, choice, boon

Root: vṛ (class 1)

सर्वतीर्थानाम् (sarvatīrthānām) - of all holy places (tīrtha)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarvatīrtha

sarvatīrtha - all holy places

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sarva+tīrtha)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun (masculine)
• tīrtha – holy place, sacred bathing place, ford
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tṛ (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell, speak

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

पितामह (pitāmaha) - O Bhīṣma (O grandsire)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather, Brahma (as the great father)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely (particle)

(indeclinable)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, utmost

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, most excellent

शौचम् (śaucam) - purity, cleanliness, holiness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śauca

śauca - purity, cleanliness, ritual purity, holiness

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

व्याख्यातुम् (vyākhyātum) - to explain, to describe

(verbal derivative)

Note: infinitive

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)