महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-91, verse-22

आख्यास्यामि च ते भूयः श्राद्धेयं विधिमुत्तमम् ।
स्वयंभुविहितं पुत्र तत्कुरुष्व निबोध मे ॥२२॥

22. ākhyāsyāmi ca te bhūyaḥ śrāddheyaṁ vidhimuttamam ,
svayaṁbhuvihitaṁ putra tatkuruṣva nibodha me.

22. ākhyāsyāmi ca te bhūyaḥ śrāddheyam vidhim uttamam
svayambhuvihitam putra tat kuruṣva nibodha me

22. putra,
ca te bhūyaḥ svayambhuvihitam uttamam śrāddheyam vidhim ākhyāsyāmi.
tat kuruṣva,
me nibodha.

22. And, my son, I shall explain to you further that excellent procedure for ancestral offerings (śrāddha), which was ordained by Svayambhū (Brahmā). Perform that, and understand (or listen carefully to) me.

Words meanings summery:

• आख्यास्यामि (ākhyāsyāmi) - I shall explain, I shall tell

• च (ca) - and, also

• ते (te) - to you, for you, of you

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• श्राद्धेयम् (śrāddheyam) - relating to śrāddha, fit for śrāddha

• विधिम् (vidhim) - procedure, rule, ordinance

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, supreme

• स्वयम्भुविहितम् (svayambhuvihitam) - ordained by Svayambhū, prescribed by Brahmā

• पुत्र (putra) - O son

• तत् (tat) - that (procedure) (that)

• कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - do, perform, make

• निबोध (nibodha) - understand, perceive, listen

• मे (me) - from me (implying the source of instruction) (from me, of me)

Words meanings and morphology

आख्यास्यामि (ākhyāsyāmi) - I shall explain, I shall tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of √khyā

Future Tense

From prefix ā- + root khyā (to tell)

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, for you, of you

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

श्राद्धेयम् (śrāddheyam) - relating to śrāddha, fit for śrāddha

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śrāddheya

śrāddheya - relating to śrāddha, fit for śrāddha (ancestral offerings), proper for ancestral rites

Derived from śrāddha + suffix -eya

Note: Modifies 'vidhim'

विधिम् (vidhim) - procedure, rule, ordinance

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vidhi

vidhi - procedure, rule, ordinance, method, precept

From prefix vi- + root dhā (to place, arrange, ordain)

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, supreme

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of uttama

uttama - excellent, best, highest, supreme, principal

Note: Modifies 'vidhim'

स्वयम्भुविहितम् (svayambhuvihitam) - ordained by Svayambhū, prescribed by Brahmā

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svayambhuvihita

svayambhuvihita - ordained by Svayambhū (Brahmā), prescribed by the self-existent one

Past Passive Participle (compound)

Compound of 'Svayambhū' and 'vihita'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svayambhū+vihita)

• svayambhū – self-existent, self-born (epithet of Brahmā)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vihita – ordained, prescribed, arranged, performed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix vi- + root dhā (to place, put, arrange)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Participial adjective modifying 'vidhim'

पुत्र (putra) - O son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

तत् (tat) - that (procedure) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the 'vidhim' (procedure), here used as a neuter pronoun.

कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - do, perform, make

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of √kṛ

Imperative

Root: kṛ (class 8)

निबोध (nibodha) - understand, perceive, listen

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √budh

Imperative

From prefix ni- + root budh (to know, understand)

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

मे (me) - from me (implying the source of instruction) (from me, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Note: Used here with an ablative sense ('from me') with 'nibodha'.