महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-34, verse-1

भीष्म उवाच ।
ब्राह्मणानेव सततं भृशं संप्रतिपूजयेत् ।
एते हि सोमराजान ईश्वराः सुखदुःखयोः ॥१॥

1. bhīṣma uvāca ,
brāhmaṇāneva satataṁ bhṛśaṁ saṁpratipūjayet ,
ete hi somarājāna īśvarāḥ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ.

1. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca brāhmaṇān eva satatam bhṛśam
saṃpratipūjayet ete hi somarājānaḥ īśvarāḥ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ

1. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca satatam bhṛśam brāhmaṇān eva
saṃpratipūjayet hi ete somarājānaḥ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ īśvarāḥ

1. Bhishma said: One should always and greatly honor Brahmins. Indeed, they are kings among those who partake of Soma, and are masters over happiness and sorrow.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (Bhishma (name of a character in the Mahabharata))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke, stated)

• ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• सततम् (satatam) - always (constantly, always, perpetually)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly (greatly, very much, exceedingly, intensely)

• संप्रतिपूजयेत् (saṁpratipūjayet) - one should honor (one should honor, one should worship, one should revere thoroughly)

• एते (ete) - these (Brahmins) (these, they)

• हि (hi) - indeed (for, indeed, because, certainly)

• सोमराजानः (somarājānaḥ) - kings among those who partake of Soma (implying divine connection and authority) (kings of Soma; those whose king is Soma; moon-like (referring to Brahmins))

• ईश्वराः (īśvarāḥ) - masters, possessing control (lords, masters, controllers, powerful ones)

• सुखदुःखयोः (sukhaduḥkhayoḥ) - over happiness and sorrow (of happiness and sorrow, in happiness and sorrow)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (Bhishma (name of a character in the Mahabharata))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a proper noun), terrible, formidable

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke, stated)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, relating to Brahma, sacred

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

सततम् (satatam) - always (constantly, always, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use.

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly (greatly, very much, exceedingly, intensely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use.

संप्रतिपूजयेत् (saṁpratipūjayet) - one should honor (one should honor, one should worship, one should revere thoroughly)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of pūj

Root '√pūj' (to honor) with prefixes 'sam-' and 'prati-'

Prefixes: sam+prati

Root: pūj (class 10)

एते (ete) - these (Brahmins) (these, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

हि (hi) - indeed (for, indeed, because, certainly)

(indeclinable)

सोमराजानः (somarājānaḥ) - kings among those who partake of Soma (implying divine connection and authority) (kings of Soma; those whose king is Soma; moon-like (referring to Brahmins))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of somarājan

somarājan - king of Soma, one whose king is Soma, Soma's lord

Compound: 'soma' (Soma, moon) + 'rājan' (king)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (soma+rājan)

• soma – Soma (a divine drink, a deity), moon, plant
  noun (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler, sovereign
  noun (masculine)

ईश्वराः (īśvarāḥ) - masters, possessing control (lords, masters, controllers, powerful ones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, ruler, god, capable, powerful

From root '√īś' (to rule, be master of) with suffix '-vara'

Root: īś (class 2)

सुखदुःखयोः (sukhaduḥkhayoḥ) - over happiness and sorrow (of happiness and sorrow, in happiness and sorrow)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of sukhaduḥkha

sukhaduḥkha - happiness and sorrow, pleasure and pain

Compound: 'sukha' (happiness) + 'duḥkha' (sorrow)

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha)

• sukha – happiness, joy, comfort, pleasure
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, suffering, misery
  noun (neuter)