महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-67, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
तिलानां कीदृशं दानमथ दीपस्य चैव ह ।
अन्नानां वाससां चैव भूय एव ब्रवीहि मे ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
tilānāṁ kīdṛśaṁ dānamatha dīpasya caiva ha ,
annānāṁ vāsasāṁ caiva bhūya eva bravīhi me.

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca tilānām kīdṛśam dānam atha dīpasya
ca eva ha annānām vāsasām ca eva bhūyaḥ eva bravīhi me

1. Yudhishthira said: "What kind of donation is associated with sesamum seeds and with a lamp? And concerning food and garments, please tell me more about their merits."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तिलानाम् (tilānām) - of sesamum seeds

• कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, what sort of

• दानम् (dānam) - gift, donation, giving

• अथ (atha) - then, and, furthermore

• दीपस्य (dīpasya) - of a lamp

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, also

• ह (ha) - indicates a past event or emphatic statement, often untranslated in modern English (indeed (emphatic particle), as is well known)

• अन्नानाम् (annānām) - of foods, of grains

• वाससाम् (vāsasām) - of garments, of clothes

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, also

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, more

• एव (eva) - indeed, just

• ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell, speak

• मे (me) - to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - steadfast in battle; name of the eldest Pandava brother

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

तिलानाम् (tilānām) - of sesamum seeds

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tila

tila - sesamum, sesamum seed

कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, what sort of

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what appearance, of what sort, what kind of

Note: Agrees with dānam

दानम् (dānam) - gift, donation, giving

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dāna

dāna - giving, donation, gift

Root: dā (class 3)

अथ (atha) - then, and, furthermore

(indeclinable)

दीपस्य (dīpasya) - of a lamp

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dīpa

dīpa - lamp, light

Root: dīp (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, also

(indeclinable)

ह (ha) - indicates a past event or emphatic statement, often untranslated in modern English (indeed (emphatic particle), as is well known)

(indeclinable)

अन्नानाम् (annānām) - of foods, of grains

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of anna

anna - food, grain, cooked rice

Root: ad (class 2)

वाससाम् (vāsasām) - of garments, of clothes

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of vāsas

vāsas - garment, cloth, clothing

Root: vas (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, also

(indeclinable)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, more

(indeclinable)

Comparative adverb from 'bahu'

एव (eva) - indeed, just

(indeclinable)

ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell, speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular

Root: brū (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Can also be genitive, but dative fits the context of 'tell me'.