महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-137, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
कां तु ब्राह्मणपूजायां व्युष्टिं दृष्ट्वा जनाधिप ।
कं वा कर्मोदयं मत्वा तानर्चसि महामते ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
kāṁ tu brāhmaṇapūjāyāṁ vyuṣṭiṁ dṛṣṭvā janādhipa ,
kaṁ vā karmodayaṁ matvā tānarcasi mahāmate.

1. Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca kām tu brāhmaṇapūjāyām vyuṣṭim dṛṣṭvā
janādhipa kam vā karmodayam matvā tān arcasi mahāmate

1. Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca.
janādhipa mahāmate,
brāhmaṇapūjāyām kām tu vyuṣṭim dṛṣṭvā,
vā kam karmodayam matvā,
tān arcasi?

1. Yudhiṣṭhira said: O ruler of people (janādhipa), O great-minded one (mahāmate), what benefit do you perceive in the reverence of brahmins, or what rise of (karma) do you consider, that you honor them?

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• काम् (kām) - what (feminine accusative)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, while

• ब्राह्मणपूजायाम् (brāhmaṇapūjāyām) - in the reverence of brahmins (in the worship of brahmins, in honoring brahmins)

• व्युष्टिम् (vyuṣṭim) - benefit (benefit, fruit, result, dawn)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, perceiving

• जनाधिप (janādhipa) - O lord of men, O ruler of people

• कम् (kam) - what (neuter accusative)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• कर्मोदयम् (karmodayam) - rise of (karma) (rise of actions, consequence of actions, fruit of actions)

• मत्वा (matvā) - having thought, considering, believing

• तान् (tān) - them (the brahmins) (them (masculine plural accusative))

• अर्चसि (arcasi) - you honor, you worship

• महामते (mahāmate) - O great-minded one, O highly intelligent one

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Yudhiṣṭhira

Yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper name, 'steady in battle')

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

काम् (kām) - what (feminine accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, while

(indeclinable)

ब्राह्मणपूजायाम् (brāhmaṇapūjāyām) - in the reverence of brahmins (in the worship of brahmins, in honoring brahmins)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of brāhmaṇapūjā

brāhmaṇapūjā - worship of Brahmins, respect for Brahmins

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brāhmaṇa+pūjā)

• brāhmaṇa – a Brahmin, priest
  noun (masculine)
• pūjā – worship, adoration, honor
  noun (feminine)

व्युष्टिम् (vyuṣṭim) - benefit (benefit, fruit, result, dawn)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vyuṣṭi

vyuṣṭi - dawn, manifestation, prosperity, benefit, fruit

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, perceiving

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

जनाधिप (janādhipa) - O lord of men, O ruler of people

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janādhipa

janādhipa - ruler of men, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jana+adhipa)

• jana – person, people, man
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, master
  noun (masculine)

कम् (kam) - what (neuter accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

कर्मोदयम् (karmodayam) - rise of (karma) (rise of actions, consequence of actions, fruit of actions)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of karmodaya

karmodaya - rise of actions, consequence of actions, fruit of actions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karman+udaya)

• karman – action, deed, work, (karma)
  noun (neuter)
• udaya – rise, ascent, prosperity, emergence
  noun (masculine)

मत्वा (matvā) - having thought, considering, believing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Root: man (class 4)

तान् (tān) - them (the brahmins) (them (masculine plural accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, them

अर्चसि (arcasi) - you honor, you worship

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √arc

Root: arc (class 1)

महामते (mahāmate) - O great-minded one, O highly intelligent one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāmat

mahāmat - great-minded, highly intelligent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+mati)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• mati – mind, intelligence, thought
  noun (feminine)