महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-80, verse-45

इत्युक्तः स महातेजाः शुकः पित्रा महात्मना ।
पूजयामास गा नित्यं तस्मात्त्वमपि पूजय ॥४५॥

45. ityuktaḥ sa mahātejāḥ śukaḥ pitrā mahātmanā ,
pūjayāmāsa gā nityaṁ tasmāttvamapi pūjaya.

45. iti uktaḥ saḥ mahātejāḥ śukaḥ pitrā mahātmanā
pūjayāmāsa gāḥ nityam tasmāt tvam api pūjaya

45. iti mahātmanā pitrā uktaḥ saḥ mahātejāḥ śukaḥ
gāḥ nityam pūjayāmāsa tasmāt tvam api pūjaya

45. Thus addressed by his great-souled (mahātmanā) father, the highly radiant Śuka always worshipped the cows (gāḥ). Therefore, you too should worship them.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so saying

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

• सः (saḥ) - Refers to Śuka. (he, that)

• महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - highly radiant, of great splendor, very energetic

• शुकः (śukaḥ) - Sage Śuka, son of Vyāsa. (Śuka (name of a sage))

• पित्रा (pitrā) - By his (Śuka's) father, Vyāsa. (by the father)

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - By his father, who is great-souled (mahātmanā). (by the great-souled one, by the noble one)

• पूजयामास (pūjayāmāsa) - he worshipped, he honored

• गाः (gāḥ) - The Gomatī/Rohiṇīs, referring to the divine cows or sacred knowledge. (cows)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• पूजय (pūjaya) - worship! honor!

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so saying

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vac' (to speak), which takes 'uc' in PPP formation.

Root: vac (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - Refers to Śuka. (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - highly radiant, of great splendor, very energetic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātejas

mahātejas - of great splendor or glory, highly radiant, very energetic

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+tejas)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
  Represents 'mahat' in compounds.
• tejas – splendor, radiance, energy, vigor
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tij (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'śukaḥ'.

शुकः (śukaḥ) - Sage Śuka, son of Vyāsa. (Śuka (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuka

śuka - a parrot; name of a sage (son of Vyāsa)

पित्रा (pitrā) - By his (Śuka's) father, Vyāsa. (by the father)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Root: pā (class 2)

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - By his father, who is great-souled (mahātmanā). (by the great-souled one, by the noble one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, eminent, high-minded

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, noble
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'pitrā'.

पूजयामास (pūjayāmāsa) - he worshipped, he honored

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

Periphrastic perfect, 3rd singular active, formed with causative stem 'pūjaya' and auxiliary 'ās' (perfect of 'as').

Root: pūj (class 10)

गाः (gāḥ) - The Gomatī/Rohiṇīs, referring to the divine cows or sacred knowledge. (cows)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, bull, earth, ray of light, speech, heaven

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular form of the demonstrative pronoun 'tad'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

2nd person pronoun, nominative singular.

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

पूजय (pūjaya) - worship! honor!

(verb)

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

imperative

2nd singular active imperative, from root 'pūj' (class 10 or with 'aya' suffix).

Root: pūj (class 10)