महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-135, verse-9

परमं यो महत्तेजः परमं यो महत्तपः ।
परमं यो महद्ब्रह्म परमं यः परायणम् ॥९॥

9. paramaṁ yo mahattejaḥ paramaṁ yo mahattapaḥ ,
paramaṁ yo mahadbrahma paramaṁ yaḥ parāyaṇam.

9. paramam yaḥ mahat tejaḥ paramam yaḥ mahat tapaḥ
paramam yaḥ mahat brahma paramam yaḥ parāyaṇam

9. yaḥ paramam mahat tejaḥ yaḥ paramam mahat tapaḥ
yaḥ paramam mahat brahma yaḥ paramam parāyaṇam

9. He who is the supreme great splendor, he who is the supreme great spiritual austerity (tapas), he who is the supreme great Absolute (brahman), and he who is the supreme ultimate goal.

Words meanings summery:

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

• यः (yaḥ) - who (relative pronoun)

• महत् (mahat) - great, large

• तेजः (tejaḥ) - splendor, brilliance, energy

• तपः (tapaḥ) - spiritual austerity (tapas) (austerity, heat, spiritual fervor)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the Absolute (brahman) (the Absolute, ultimate reality)

• परायणम् (parāyaṇam) - ultimate refuge, supreme goal, final resort

Words meanings and morphology

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate

यः (yaḥ) - who (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which

महत् (mahat) - great, large

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast

तेजः (tejaḥ) - splendor, brilliance, energy

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - splendor, brilliance, energy, power

Root: tij (class 7)

तपः (tapaḥ) - spiritual austerity (tapas) (austerity, heat, spiritual fervor)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat, spiritual fervor

Root: tap (class 1)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the Absolute (brahman) (the Absolute, ultimate reality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, ultimate reality, sacred word, creator deity

Root: bṛh (class 1)

परायणम् (parāyaṇam) - ultimate refuge, supreme goal, final resort

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parāyaṇa

parāyaṇa - ultimate refuge, supreme goal, final resort

Compound type : tatpurusha (para+ayaṇa)

• para – supreme, ultimate, other
  adjective
• ayaṇa – going, course, path, refuge
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: a
  Root: i (class 2)