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

सोम उवाच ।
ब्राह्मणास्तपसा सर्वे सिध्यन्ते वाग्बलाः सदा ।
भुजवीर्या हि राजानो वागस्त्राश्च द्विजातयः ॥१३॥

13. soma uvāca ,
brāhmaṇāstapasā sarve sidhyante vāgbalāḥ sadā ,
bhujavīryā hi rājāno vāgastrāśca dvijātayaḥ.

13. soma uvāca brāhmaṇāḥ tapasā sarve sidhyante vāgbalāḥ
sadā bhujavīryāḥ hi rājānaḥ vāgastrāḥ ca dvijātayaḥ

13. somaḥ uvāca sarve brāhmaṇāḥ tapasā sidhyante (te) sadā
vāgbalāḥ hi rājānaḥ bhujavīryāḥ ca dvijātayaḥ vāgastrāḥ

13. Soma said: "All brahmins (brāhmaṇa) achieve perfection through austerity (tapas); they are always powerful through their speech. For kings indeed possess strength of arms, and the twice-born (dvijāti) have speech as their weapon."

Words meanings summery:

• सोम (soma) - The moon god. (Soma (the moon god), elixir)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - brahmins

• तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity, by penance

• सर्वे (sarve) - all brahmins (all, everyone)

• सिध्यन्ते (sidhyante) - they are perfected, they achieve success

• वाग्बलाः (vāgbalāḥ) - whose strength is speech, powerful in speech

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• भुजवीर्याः (bhujavīryāḥ) - whose strength is arms, powerful in arms

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings

• वागस्त्राः (vāgastrāḥ) - whose weapon is speech, having speech as their weapon

• च (ca) - and, also

• द्विजातयः (dvijātayaḥ) - brahmins (twice-born (brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas))

Words meanings and morphology

सोम (soma) - The moon god. (Soma (the moon god), elixir)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of soma

soma - Soma (divine drink, moon god), moon, elixir

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect indicative

perfect tense of vac (class 2P)

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - brahmins

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - brahmin, priestly class

तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity, by penance

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat, spiritual fervor

Root: tap (class 1)

सर्वे (sarve) - all brahmins (all, everyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Adjective for 'brāhmaṇāḥ'.

सिध्यन्ते (sidhyante) - they are perfected, they achieve success

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of sidh

present indicative

root sidh (class 4A), middle voice

Root: sidh (class 4)

वाग्बलाः (vāgbalāḥ) - whose strength is speech, powerful in speech

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāgbala

vāgbala - strength of speech, powerful by speech

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāc+bala)

• vāc – speech, voice, word
  noun (feminine)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to 'brāhmaṇāḥ'.

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

भुजवीर्याः (bhujavīryāḥ) - whose strength is arms, powerful in arms

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhujavīrya

bhujavīrya - strength of arm, powerful by arms

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhuja+vīrya)

• bhuja – arm, hand, curve
  noun (masculine)
• vīrya – heroism, valor, strength, power
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to 'rājānaḥ'.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

वागस्त्राः (vāgastrāḥ) - whose weapon is speech, having speech as their weapon

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāgastra

vāgastra - whose weapon is speech

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāc+astra)

• vāc – speech, voice, word
  noun (feminine)
• astra – weapon, missile
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root as (to throw)
  Root: as (class 4)

Note: Refers to 'dvijātayaḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

द्विजातयः (dvijātayaḥ) - brahmins (twice-born (brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvijāti

dvijāti - twice-born (a member of the first three varṇas, especially a brahmin)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+jāti)

• dvi – two, twice
  indeclinable
• jāti – birth, origin, class
  noun (feminine)
  derived from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)