महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-47, verse-11

लक्षण्यो गोवृषो यानं यत्प्रधानतमं भवेत् ।
ब्राह्मण्यास्तद्धरेत्पुत्र एकांशं वै पितुर्धनात् ॥११॥

11. lakṣaṇyo govṛṣo yānaṁ yatpradhānatamaṁ bhavet ,
brāhmaṇyāstaddharetputra ekāṁśaṁ vai piturdhanāt.

11. lakṣaṇyaḥ govṛṣaḥ yānam yat pradhānatamam bhavet
brāhmaṇyāḥ tat haret putraḥ ekāṃśam vai pituḥ dhanāt

11. brāhmaṇyāḥ putraḥ lakṣaṇyaḥ govṛṣaḥ yat yānam
pradhānatamam bhavet tat haret vai pituḥ dhanāt ekāṃśam

11. The son of a brahmin woman should inherit the auspicious bull and the vehicle, whichever is most excellent. He should indeed take one share from his father's wealth.

Words meanings summery:

• लक्षण्यः (lakṣaṇyaḥ) - auspicious, having good marks

• गोवृषः (govṛṣaḥ) - a bull (of cattle)

• यानम् (yānam) - vehicle, carriage

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which

• प्रधानतमम् (pradhānatamam) - most excellent, most important, principal

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be

• ब्राह्मण्याः (brāhmaṇyāḥ) - of the brahmin woman

• तत् (tat) - that bull and vehicle (that)

• हरेत् (haret) - should take, should inherit

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• एकांशम् (ekāṁśam) - one share, a single portion

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

• धनात् (dhanāt) - from the wealth, property

Words meanings and morphology

लक्षण्यः (lakṣaṇyaḥ) - auspicious, having good marks

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lakṣaṇya

lakṣaṇya - marked, characteristic, auspicious, having good signs

Derived from 'lakṣaṇa'

गोवृषः (govṛṣaḥ) - a bull (of cattle)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of govṛṣa

govṛṣa - a bull, a chief bull

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (go+vṛṣa)

• go – cow, cattle, earth
  noun (feminine)
• vṛṣa – bull, chief, best
  noun (masculine)

यानम् (yānam) - vehicle, carriage

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yāna

yāna - vehicle, going, journey

From root yā

Root: yā (class 2)

यत् (yat) - whatever, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

प्रधानतमम् (pradhānatamam) - most excellent, most important, principal

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pradhānatama

pradhānatama - most excellent, most important, principal

Superlative form of pradhāna

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

ब्राह्मण्याः (brāhmaṇyāḥ) - of the brahmin woman

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of brāhmaṇī

brāhmaṇī - a brahmin woman

तत् (tat) - that bull and vehicle (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हरेत् (haret) - should take, should inherit

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of hṛ

Root: hṛ (class 1)

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

एकांशम् (ekāṁśam) - one share, a single portion

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ekāṃśa

ekāṁśa - one share, a single portion

Compound type : karmadhāraya (eka+aṃśa)

• eka – one, single, sole
  numeral (masculine)
• aṃśa – share, portion, part
  noun (masculine)

वै (vai) - indeed, verily

(indeclinable)

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

धनात् (dhanāt) - from the wealth, property

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, riches, property, money