महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-14, verse-2

भीष्म उवाच ।
सुरासुरगुरो देव विष्णो त्वं वक्तुमर्हसि ।
शिवाय विश्वरूपाय यन्मां पृच्छद्युधिष्ठिरः ॥२॥

2. bhīṣma uvāca ,
surāsuraguro deva viṣṇo tvaṁ vaktumarhasi ,
śivāya viśvarūpāya yanmāṁ pṛcchadyudhiṣṭhiraḥ.

2. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca surāsuraguro deva viṣṇo tvam vaktum
arhasi śivāya viśvarūpāya yat mām pṛcchat yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

2. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca.
surāsuraguro deva viṣṇo,
yat yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śivāya viśvarūpāya mām pṛcchat,
(tat) tvam vaktum arhasi.

2. Bhishma said: "O teacher (guru) of devas and asuras, O divine Viṣṇu, you are indeed qualified to speak about that which Yudhishthira has asked me concerning Śiva, who embodies the universal form."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सुरासुरगुरो (surāsuraguro) - O teacher of devas and asuras

• देव (deva) - O god, O divine one

• विष्णो (viṣṇo) - O Viṣṇu

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you are worthy, you ought

• शिवाय (śivāya) - for Śiva, concerning Śiva

• विश्वरूपाय (viśvarūpāya) - for the universal form, concerning the universal form (Śiva)

• यत् (yat) - that which, what

• माम् (mām) - me

• पृच्छत् (pṛcchat) - asked

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper name)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (proper name, 'the formidable one')

Note: Speaker.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

सुरासुरगुरो (surāsuraguro) - O teacher of devas and asuras

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of surāsura-guru

surāsura-guru - teacher of gods and demons (epithet for Viṣṇu, Brahmā or Śiva)

Compound type : dvandva (sura+asura+guru)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• asura – demon, anti-god
  noun (masculine)
• guru – teacher, spiritual preceptor, heavy, important
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressing Viṣṇu.

देव (deva) - O god, O divine one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine, celestial

Note: Addressing Viṣṇu.

विष्णो (viṣṇo) - O Viṣṇu

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Viṣṇu (a principal deity in Hinduism)

Note: The direct address to Viṣṇu.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Subject of 'arhasi'.

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say

(indeclinable)

infinitive

infinitive form of the root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Purpose clause, dependent on 'arhasi'.

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you are worthy, you ought

(verb)

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

Root: arh (class 1)

शिवाय (śivāya) - for Śiva, concerning Śiva

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of śiva

śiva - Śiva (a principal deity), auspicious, benevolent

Note: Dative of interest, 'concerning Śiva'.

विश्वरूपाय (viśvarūpāya) - for the universal form, concerning the universal form (Śiva)

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of viśvarūpa

viśvarūpa - universal form, omniform, having all forms (epithet of Viṣṇu or Śiva)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viśva+rūpa)

• viśva – all, whole, universal, universe
  adjective (neuter)
• rūpa – form, appearance, image
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies Śivāya, referring to Śiva.

यत् (yat) - that which, what

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Note: Correlates with an implied 'tat' (that) as the object of 'vaktum arhasi'.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Object of 'pṛcchat'.

पृच्छत् (pṛcchat) - asked

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of prach

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Action of Yudhishthira.

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (firm in battle)

Note: Subject of 'pṛcchat'.