महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-29, verse-16

मतङ्ग संप्रधार्यैतद्यदहं त्वामचूचुदम् ।
वृणीष्व काममन्यं त्वं ब्राह्मण्यं हि सुदुर्लभम् ॥१६॥

16. mataṅga saṁpradhāryaitadyadahaṁ tvāmacūcudam ,
vṛṇīṣva kāmamanyaṁ tvaṁ brāhmaṇyaṁ hi sudurlabham.

16. mataṅga saṃpradhārya etat yat aham tvām acūcudam
vṛṇīṣva kāmam anyam tvam brāhmaṇyam hi sudurlabham

16. mataṅga etat yat aham tvām acūcudam saṃpradhārya
tvam anyam kāmam vṛṇīṣva hi brāhmaṇyam sudurlabham

16. O Matanga, consider well this matter for which I have prompted you. Choose some other desire, for the status of a brahmin is indeed very difficult to attain.

Words meanings summery:

• मतङ्ग (mataṅga) - O Matanga

• संप्रधार्य (saṁpradhārya) - having considered, having pondered well

• एतत् (etat) - this matter (referring to the previous discussion/context) (this)

• यत् (yat) - that (introducing a clause) (that, what, because)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• अचूचुदम् (acūcudam) - I urged, I instigated

• वृणीष्व (vṛṇīṣva) - choose, select

• कामम् (kāmam) - another desire, another wish (wish, desire, object of desire)

• अन्यम् (anyam) - another (desire) (another, other)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• ब्राह्मण्यम् (brāhmaṇyam) - the status of a brahmin (the state of being a brahmin, brahminhood)

• हि (hi) - for (introducing a reason) (indeed, surely, for)

• सुदुर्लभम् (sudurlabham) - very difficult to attain (very difficult to obtain, very rare)

Words meanings and morphology

मतङ्ग (mataṅga) - O Matanga

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mataṅga

mataṅga - Name of a sage

संप्रधार्य (saṁpradhārya) - having considered, having pondered well

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

Formed from sam-pra-dhṛ with lyap suffix.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

एतत् (etat) - this matter (referring to the previous discussion/context) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Can also be nominative neuter singular. Here it refers to the object of consideration.

यत् (yat) - that (introducing a clause) (that, what, because)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - that, which, because

Note: Can also be accusative neuter singular. Here it introduces the clause 'I urged you'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अचूचुदम् (acūcudam) - I urged, I instigated

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of cūd

causative imperfect

Imperfect 1st person singular, active voice of the causative root cūd.

Root: cūd (class 10)

वृणीष्व (vṛṇīṣva) - choose, select

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of vṛ

Imperative 2nd person singular, middle voice.

Root: vṛ (class 5)

कामम् (kāmam) - another desire, another wish (wish, desire, object of desire)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, object of desire

Root: kam

अन्यम् (anyam) - another (desire) (another, other)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Agrees with kāmam.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

ब्राह्मण्यम् (brāhmaṇyam) - the status of a brahmin (the state of being a brahmin, brahminhood)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brāhmaṇya

brāhmaṇya - brahminhood, the status of a brahmin, the quality of a brahmin

Derived from brāhmaṇa + -ya suffix.

Note: Subject of sudurlabham (predicate adjective with implied asti).

हि (hi) - for (introducing a reason) (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

सुदुर्लभम् (sudurlabham) - very difficult to attain (very difficult to obtain, very rare)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sudurlabha

sudurlabha - very difficult to obtain, very rare, hard to find

Compound: su (good, very) + durlabha (difficult to obtain).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+durlabha)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• durlabha – difficult to obtain, rare
  adjective (masculine)
  gerundive/future passive participle
  From dur-labh (to obtain with difficulty).
  Prefix: dur
  Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective.