महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-95, verse-27

वसिष्ठ उवाच ।
वसिष्ठोऽस्मि वरिष्ठोऽस्मि वसे वासं गृहेष्वपि ।
वरिष्ठत्वाच्च वासाच्च वसिष्ठ इति विद्धि माम् ॥२७॥

27. vasiṣṭha uvāca ,
vasiṣṭho'smi variṣṭho'smi vase vāsaṁ gṛheṣvapi ,
variṣṭhatvācca vāsācca vasiṣṭha iti viddhi mām.

27. vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca | vasiṣṭhaḥ asmi
variṣṭhaḥ asmi vase vāsam
gṛheṣu api | variṣṭhatvāt ca
vāsāt ca vasiṣṭhaḥ iti viddhi mām

27. Vasiṣṭha said: "I am Vasiṣṭha, I am the most excellent (variṣṭha). I reside, making my dwelling even in homes. Therefore, know me as Vasiṣṭha because of my preeminence and my pervasive dwelling."

Words meanings summery:

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasistha, the speaker in this context (Vasistha (name of a Vedic sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - I am Vasistha, stating his identity (Vasistha (name of a Vedic sage))

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• वरिष्ठः (variṣṭhaḥ) - Vasistha stating his superior quality (most excellent, preeminent, best)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• वसे (vase) - I dwell, I reside

• वासम् (vāsam) - as a cognate accusative with 'vase', meaning 'I make my dwelling' (dwelling, residence, an act of dwelling)

• गृहेषु (gṛheṣu) - in all types of homes, indicating pervasiveness (in houses, in homes)

• अपि (api) - emphasizing that he dwells 'even' in homes (even, also, too)

• वरिष्ठत्वात् (variṣṭhatvāt) - because of being most excellent, from preeminence

• च (ca) - and

• वासात् (vāsāt) - because of his pervasive dwelling (because of dwelling, from dwelling)

• च (ca) - and

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - The name by which he is to be known (Vasistha (name of a Vedic sage))

• इति (iti) - marks the preceding word as a name/identity (thus, so, (marks explanation))

• विद्धि (viddhi) - commanding the listener to understand his identity (know!)

• माम् (mām) - Vasistha referring to himself (me)

Words meanings and morphology

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasistha, the speaker in this context (Vasistha (name of a Vedic sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasistha (name of a celebrated Vedic sage, one of the Saptarishis); most excellent, wealthiest

Superlative of 'vasu' (good, wealthy) or 'uru' (large, wide).

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root 'vac' (2nd class) forms its perfect active 3rd singular as 'uvāca'.

Root: vac (class 2)

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - I am Vasistha, stating his identity (Vasistha (name of a Vedic sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasistha (name of a celebrated Vedic sage, one of the Saptarishis); most excellent, wealthiest

Superlative of 'vasu' (good, wealthy) or 'uru' (large, wide).

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present Active

Root 'as' (2nd class) forms its present active 1st singular as 'asmi'.

Root: as (class 2)

वरिष्ठः (variṣṭhaḥ) - Vasistha stating his superior quality (most excellent, preeminent, best)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of variṣṭha

variṣṭha - most excellent, best, chief, principal

Superlative adjective

Superlative of 'uru' (great) or 'vṛddha' (old, grown).

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present Active

Root 'as' (2nd class) forms its present active 1st singular as 'asmi'.

Root: as (class 2)

वसे (vase) - I dwell, I reside

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vas

Present Middle

Root 'vas' (1st class) forms its present middle 1st singular as 'vase'.

Root: vas (class 1)

वासम् (vāsam) - as a cognate accusative with 'vase', meaning 'I make my dwelling' (dwelling, residence, an act of dwelling)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāsa

vāsa - dwelling, residence, abode; an act of dwelling

Derived from root 'vas' (to dwell) with suffix '-a'.

Root: vas (class 1)

गृहेषु (gṛheṣu) - in all types of homes, indicating pervasiveness (in houses, in homes)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling, habitation

अपि (api) - emphasizing that he dwells 'even' in homes (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

वरिष्ठत्वात् (variṣṭhatvāt) - because of being most excellent, from preeminence

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of variṣṭhatva

variṣṭhatva - the state or quality of being most excellent, preeminence

Compound formed from 'variṣṭha' (most excellent) + suffix '-tva' (abstract noun suffix).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (variṣṭha+tva)

• variṣṭha – most excellent, best, chief, principal
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative adjective
  Superlative of 'uru' (great) or 'vṛddha' (old, grown).
• tva – the state or quality of being; -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)
  Abstract noun suffix.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वासात् (vāsāt) - because of his pervasive dwelling (because of dwelling, from dwelling)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vāsa

vāsa - dwelling, residence, abode

Derived from root 'vas' (to dwell) with suffix '-a'.

Root: vas (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - The name by which he is to be known (Vasistha (name of a Vedic sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasistha (name of a celebrated Vedic sage, one of the Saptarishis); most excellent, wealthiest

Superlative of 'vasu' (good, wealthy) or 'uru' (large, wide).

इति (iti) - marks the preceding word as a name/identity (thus, so, (marks explanation))

(indeclinable)

विद्धि (viddhi) - commanding the listener to understand his identity (know!)

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

Root 'vid' (2nd class) forms its imperative active 2nd singular as 'viddhi'.

Root: vid (class 2)

माम् (mām) - Vasistha referring to himself (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (1st person pronoun)