महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-47, verse-46

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
उक्तं ते विधिवद्राजन्ब्राह्मणस्वे पितामह ।
इतरेषां तु वर्णानां कथं विनियमो भवेत् ॥४६॥

46. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
uktaṁ te vidhivadrājanbrāhmaṇasve pitāmaha ,
itareṣāṁ tu varṇānāṁ kathaṁ viniyamo bhavet.

46. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca uktaṃ te vidhivāt rājan brāhmaṇasve
pitāmaha itareṣāṃ tu varṇānāṃ kathaṃ viniyamaḥ bhavet

46. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca rājan pitāmaha,
brāhmaṇasve te uktaṃ vidhivāt tu itareṣāṃ varṇānāṃ viniyamaḥ kathaṃ bhavet?

46. Yudhiṣṭhira said: "O King, O Grandfather, you have spoken rightly regarding the property of Brahmins. But how should the regulation be for the other social classes?"

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• उक्तं (uktaṁ) - spoken, said, declared

• ते (te) - by you (referring to Bhīṣma) (by you, to you)

• विधिवात् (vidhivāt) - according to rule, properly, rightly

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• ब्राह्मणस्वे (brāhmaṇasve) - in/regarding the property of a Brahmin

• पितामह (pitāmaha) - O Grandfather (referring to Bhīṣma) (O grandfather)

• इतरेषां (itareṣāṁ) - of the others

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

• वर्णानां (varṇānāṁ) - of the social classes, of the varṇas

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

• विनियमः (viniyamaḥ) - regulation, rule, discipline

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava brother)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

उक्तं (uktaṁ) - spoken, said, declared

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

From root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

ते (te) - by you (referring to Bhīṣma) (by you, to you)

(pronoun)

singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Used here in an instrumental sense, 'by you', with the passive participle uktaṃ.

विधिवात् (vidhivāt) - according to rule, properly, rightly

(indeclinable)

From vidhi (rule) + -vat (like, according to)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

ब्राह्मणस्वे (brāhmaṇasve) - in/regarding the property of a Brahmin

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of brāhmaṇasva

brāhmaṇasva - property of a Brahmin, Brahmin's wealth

Compound of brāhmaṇa (Brahmin) and sva (own property)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brāhmaṇa+sva)

• brāhmaṇa – Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class
  noun (masculine)
• sva – one's own property, wealth, possession
  noun (neuter)

पितामह (pitāmaha) - O Grandfather (referring to Bhīṣma) (O grandfather)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather (father's father), a great father, progenitor

इतरेषां (itareṣāṁ) - of the others

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, plural of itara

itara - other, another, different

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

(indeclinable)

वर्णानां (varṇānāṁ) - of the social classes, of the varṇas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of varṇa

varṇa - color, tint, social class, caste, letter, sound

कथं (kathaṁ) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

विनियमः (viniyamaḥ) - regulation, rule, discipline

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viniyama

viniyama - regulation, restriction, rule, restraint

From vi-ni-yam (to restrain, regulate)

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: yam (class 1)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)