महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-22, verse-15

न श्रोत्रं बुध्यते शब्दं मया हीनं कथंचन ।
प्रवरं सर्वभूतानामहमस्मि सनातनम् ॥१५॥

15. na śrotraṁ budhyate śabdaṁ mayā hīnaṁ kathaṁcana ,
pravaraṁ sarvabhūtānāmahamasmi sanātanam.

15. na śrotram budhyate śabdam mayā hīnam katham
cana pravaram sarvabhūtānām aham asmi sanātanam

15. mayā hīnam śrotram śabdam katham cana na budhyate
aham sarvabhūtānām pravaram sanātanam asmi

15. The ear (śrotra) does not perceive sound in any way without me. I am the foremost and eternal among all beings (sarvabhūta).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• श्रोत्रम् (śrotram) - the ear (as an organ) (ear, sense of hearing)

• बुध्यते (budhyate) - perceives, understands

• शब्दम् (śabdam) - sound (as an object of sense) (sound, word, voice)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• हीनम् (hīnam) - deprived, devoid of, lacking

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• चन (cana) - (in combination with katham) in any way (even, also (used with interrogatives to form indefinites))

• प्रवरम् (pravaram) - the foremost (chief, excellent, best)

• सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings, of all creatures

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal, ancient, everlasting

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

श्रोत्रम् (śrotram) - the ear (as an organ) (ear, sense of hearing)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śrotra

śrotra - ear, sense of hearing

from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru

बुध्यते (budhyate) - perceives, understands

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of budh

passive or middle voice, root class 4

Root: budh (class 4)

शब्दम् (śabdam) - sound (as an object of sense) (sound, word, voice)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, word, voice, noise

Root: śabd

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

हीनम् (hīnam) - deprived, devoid of, lacking

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hīna

hīna - deficient, lacking, deprived of, inferior

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root hā (to abandon, to give up)

Root: hā (class 3)

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

चन (cana) - (in combination with katham) in any way (even, also (used with interrogatives to form indefinites))

(indeclinable)

प्रवरम् (pravaram) - the foremost (chief, excellent, best)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pravara

pravara - chief, excellent, best, pre-eminent

from pra-vṛ (to choose, to select)

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛ

Note: Modifies 'aham'.

सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings, of all creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures

compound of sarva (all) and bhūta (being)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every
  adjective (masculine)
• bhūta – being, creature, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root bhū (to be, to exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal, ancient, everlasting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, perpetual, ancient

from sanā (always) + tana (suffix)

Note: Modifies 'aham'.