महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-92, verse-6

तान्सोमः प्रत्युवाचाथ श्रेयश्चेदीप्सितं सुराः ।
स्वयंभूसदनं यात स वः श्रेयो विधास्यति ॥६॥

6. tānsomaḥ pratyuvācātha śreyaścedīpsitaṁ surāḥ ,
svayaṁbhūsadanaṁ yāta sa vaḥ śreyo vidhāsyati.

6. tān somaḥ pratyuvāca atha śreyaḥ cet īpsitam surāḥ
svayambhūsadanam yāta saḥ vaḥ śreyaḥ vidhāsyati

6. atha somaḥ tān pratyuvāca surāḥ cet śreyaḥ īpsitam
svayambhūsadanam yāta saḥ vaḥ śreyaḥ vidhāsyati

6. Then Soma (Soma) replied to them: 'O gods, if welfare is desired, go to the abode of the Self-Existent (Brahmā); he will provide for your welfare.'

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - referring to the ancestors (pitṛs) (them, those)

• सोमः (somaḥ) - the deity Soma (Soma)

• प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - Soma replied (he replied, he answered)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon, now)

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - well-being, benefit (welfare, good, prosperity)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - what is sought or desired (by you) (desired, wished for)

• सुराः (surāḥ) - O gods (referring to the pitṛs as divine beings in a sense, or as allied with gods) (O gods, O deities)

• स्वयम्भूसदनम् (svayambhūsadanam) - the dwelling place of Brahmā (the abode of the Self-Existent)

• यात (yāta) - proceed to the abode (go, proceed)

• सः (saḥ) - he (Svayambhū / Brahmā) (he, that)

• वः (vaḥ) - for your (plural, referring to the pitṛs/suras) (you, to you, for you, your)

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - your well-being (welfare, good, prosperity)

• विधास्यति (vidhāsyati) - he (Brahmā) will ensure your welfare (he will accomplish, he will arrange, he will ordain)

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - referring to the ancestors (pitṛs) (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सोमः (somaḥ) - the deity Soma (Soma)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of soma

soma - the moon, a lunar deity, a sacred intoxicating drink

Root: sū (class 5)

प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - Soma replied (he replied, he answered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (lit) of prativac

From prati + root vac.

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon, now)

(indeclinable)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - well-being, benefit (welfare, good, prosperity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - welfare, good, better, best

Comparative/superlative form of śrī.

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - what is sought or desired (by you) (desired, wished for)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of īpsita

īpsita - desired, wished, sought for

Past Passive Participle

From desiderative stem of root āp (to obtain) īps + suffix -ita.

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Qualifies śreyaḥ.

सुराः (surāḥ) - O gods (referring to the pitṛs as divine beings in a sense, or as allied with gods) (O gods, O deities)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity

Note: Soma addresses the pitṛs as 'suras' (gods).

स्वयम्भूसदनम् (svayambhūsadanam) - the dwelling place of Brahmā (the abode of the Self-Existent)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svayambhūsadana

svayambhūsadana - abode of the self-existent

Compound of svayambhū and sadana.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (svayambhū+sadana)

• svayambhū – self-existent, Brahmā
  proper noun (masculine)
  svayam (self) + bhū (being).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• sadana – abode, dwelling, seat
  noun (neuter)
  From root sad (to sit).
  Root: sad (class 1)

यात (yāta) - proceed to the abode (go, proceed)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he (Svayambhū / Brahmā) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वः (vaḥ) - for your (plural, referring to the pitṛs/suras) (you, to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - your well-being (welfare, good, prosperity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - welfare, good, better, best

Comparative/superlative form of śrī.

विधास्यति (vidhāsyati) - he (Brahmā) will ensure your welfare (he will accomplish, he will arrange, he will ordain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vidhā

From vi + root dhā.

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)