महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-67, verse-14

ब्राह्मण उवाच ।
यत्तत्र कृत्वा सुमहत्पुण्यं स्यात्तद्ब्रवीहि मे ।
सर्वस्य हि प्रमाणं त्वं त्रैलोक्यस्यापि सत्तम ॥१४॥

14. brāhmaṇa uvāca ,
yattatra kṛtvā sumahatpuṇyaṁ syāttadbravīhi me ,
sarvasya hi pramāṇaṁ tvaṁ trailokyasyāpi sattama.

14. brāhmaṇaḥ uvāca yat tatra kṛtvā sumahat puṇyam syāt tat
brūhi me sarvasya hi pramāṇam tvam trailokyasya api sattama

14. brāhmaṇaḥ uvāca.
sattama,
yat sumahat puṇyam kṛtvā tatra syāt,
tat me brūhi.
hi tvam sarvasya trailokyasya api pramāṇam.

14. The brahmin said: 'Tell me, what great merit (puṇya) would be attained by doing that there. For you are indeed the authority on all things, even for the three worlds, O best among the virtuous!'

Words meanings summery:

• ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - The brahmin (referring to the speaker) (A brahmin, a priest, a knower of Brahman)

• उवाच (uvāca) - He said, spoke

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

• तत्र (tatra) - There, in that place

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - Having done, having made, by doing

• सुमहत् (sumahat) - Very great, enormous, highly significant

• पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit (puṇya) (Merit, virtue, auspicious deed)

• स्यात् (syāt) - Would be, should be, might be

• तत् (tat) - That, it

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - Speak, say, tell

• मे (me) - To me, for me

• सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - Of all, of everything

• हि (hi) - Indeed, for, because

• प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - ultimate authority (Authority, standard, evidence, measure)

• त्वम् (tvam) - You

• त्रैलोक्यस्य (trailokyasya) - Of the three worlds

• अपि (api) - Also, even, too

• सत्तम (sattama) - O best of good men, O most virtuous one

Words meanings and morphology

ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - The brahmin (referring to the speaker) (A brahmin, a priest, a knower of Brahman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, belonging to Brahmā, sacred

Derived from brahman (neuter) meaning sacred word/knowledge, or Brahmā (masculine) the creator god.

Note: Subject of 'said'.

उवाच (uvāca) - He said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

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

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Refers to puṇyam.

तत्र (tatra) - There, in that place

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the context of the previous verse (going to one's abode).

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - Having done, having made, by doing

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Denotes completion of action before the main verb.

सुमहत् (sumahat) - Very great, enormous, highly significant

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, very much, excellent

Compound type : tatpurusha (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with puṇyam.

पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit (puṇya) (Merit, virtue, auspicious deed)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - merit, virtue, good deed, auspicious

Note: Subject of syāt.

स्यात् (syāt) - Would be, should be, might be

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Expresses possibility or desire.

तत् (tat) - That, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Object of brūhi, refers back to 'yat sumahat puṇyam'.

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - Speak, say, tell

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

मे (me) - To me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of mad

asmad - I, me

Note: Enclitic form; here dative.

सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - Of all, of everything

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Refers to 'everything'.

हि (hi) - Indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - ultimate authority (Authority, standard, evidence, measure)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - authority, measure, standard, evidence

From pra- + mā (to measure)

Prefix: pra

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Predicate nominative for tvam.

त्वम् (tvam) - You

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

yuṣmad - you

त्रैलोक्यस्य (trailokyasya) - Of the three worlds

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of trailokya

trailokya - the three worlds (heaven, earth, netherworld)

Derived from tri + loka, often formed with the suffix -ya to denote collection/state.

Compound type : dvigu (tri+loka)

• tri – three
  numeral (neuter)
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 10)

Note: Agrees with sarvasya.

अपि (api) - Also, even, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

सत्तम (sattama) - O best of good men, O most virtuous one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sattama

sattama - best of good men, most virtuous

Superlative of sat (good, existent)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sat+tama)

• sat – existent, good, virtuous, real
  adjective (masculine)
  present active participle
  Present active participle of as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• tama – most, best (superlative suffix)
  suffix (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama

Note: Refers to Yama.