महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-36, verse-10

एतत्पृथिव्याममृतमेतच्चक्षुरनुत्तमम् ।
यद्ब्राह्मणमुखाच्छास्त्रमिह श्रुत्वा प्रवर्तते ॥१०॥

10. etatpṛthivyāmamṛtametaccakṣuranuttamam ,
yadbrāhmaṇamukhācchāstramiha śrutvā pravartate.

10. etat pṛthivyām amṛtam etat cakṣuḥ anuttamam yat
brāhmaṇamukhāt śāstram iha śrutvā pravartate

10. iha pṛthivyām etat amṛtam etat anuttamam cakṣuḥ
yat brāhmaṇamukhāt śāstram śrutvā pravartate

10. This is the immortal essence on earth, and this is the supreme insight: that teaching which, having been heard here from the mouth of a brahmin (brāhmaṇa), becomes effective.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this

• पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth, in the world

• अमृतम् (amṛtam) - nectar, immortality, immortal essence

• एतत् (etat) - this

• चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye, sight, insight

• अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed, supreme, excellent

• यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

• ब्राह्मणमुखात् (brāhmaṇamukhāt) - from the mouth of a brahmin

• शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - teaching, scripture, treatise

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, becomes active, manifests, is put into practice

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth, in the world

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, the world, ground

अमृतम् (amṛtam) - nectar, immortality, immortal essence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - immortal, nectar, immortality, deathless

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mṛta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• mṛta – dead, deceased
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye, sight, insight

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, sight, vision, insight

अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed, supreme, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anuttama

anuttama - unexcelled, unsurpassed, supreme, best

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+uttama)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• uttama – highest, best, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative of ud (up)
  Prefix: ud

Note: Adjective modifying 'amṛtam' and 'cakṣuḥ'.

यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, what

ब्राह्मणमुखात् (brāhmaṇamukhāt) - from the mouth of a brahmin

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of brāhmaṇamukha

brāhmaṇamukha - mouth of a brahmin (brāhmaṇa)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brāhmaṇa+mukha)

• brāhmaṇa – brahmin, priestly class
  noun (masculine)
• mukha – mouth, face, principal part
  noun (neuter)

शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - teaching, scripture, treatise

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śāstra

śāstra - teaching, scripture, sacred text, rule, science

Root: śās (class 2)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive

gerund from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, becomes active, manifests, is put into practice

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vṛt

present indicative

root vṛt with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)