महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-82, verse-5

गावस्तेजः परं प्रोक्तमिह लोके परत्र च ।
न गोभ्यः परमं किंचित्पवित्रं पुरुषर्षभ ॥५॥

5. gāvastejaḥ paraṁ proktamiha loke paratra ca ,
na gobhyaḥ paramaṁ kiṁcitpavitraṁ puruṣarṣabha.

5. gāvaḥ tejaḥ param proktam iha loke paratra ca |
na gobhyaḥ paramam kiñcit pavitram puruṣarṣabha

5. puruṣarṣabha,
gāvaḥ iha loke paratra ca param tejaḥ proktam gobhyaḥ paramam pavitram kiñcit na

5. Cows are said to embody supreme radiance (tejas) in this world and the next. O best among men, there is nothing more pure (pavitra) than cows.

Words meanings summery:

• गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows

• तेजः (tejaḥ) - splendor, radiance, energy, vigor

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - declared, said, stated

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• लोके (loke) - in the world

• परत्र (paratra) - in the other world, in the next life

• च (ca) - and

• न (na) - not

• गोभ्यः (gobhyaḥ) - than cows, from cows

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, most excellent, superior

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything (anything, something)

• पवित्रम् (pavitram) - pure, sacred, a purifier

• पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (implied) (O best among men)

Words meanings and morphology

गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, bull, ox, earth, ray of light

तेजः (tejaḥ) - splendor, radiance, energy, vigor

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - splendor, radiance, sharp edge, energy, fire

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, supreme, highest, ultimate

Note: Agrees with tejaḥ.

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - declared, said, stated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pravac

vac - to speak, to say

Past Passive Participle

from root vac with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Used as a predicate adjective 'is declared'.

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

लोके (loke) - in the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

Root: lok (class 10)

परत्र (paratra) - in the other world, in the next life

(indeclinable)

from para (other) with suffix -tra (locative sense)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

गोभ्यः (gobhyaḥ) - than cows, from cows

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, bull, ox, earth, ray of light

Note: Used with paramam to indicate comparison ('than cows').

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, most excellent, superior

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, most excellent

Note: Agrees with kiñcit and pavitram.

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything (anything, something)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - something, anything, whatsoever

indeclinable pronoun form of kim-cid

Note: Used here as 'anything'.

पवित्रम् (pavitram) - pure, sacred, a purifier

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pavitra

pavitra - pure, sacred, holy, clean, purifier

Note: Agrees with kiñcit.

पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (implied) (O best among men)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣarṣabha

puruṣarṣabha - best among men, eminent man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, person, male, cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief
  noun (masculine)

Note: An epithet for a king or noble person, here addressing Yudhiṣṭhira.