महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-23, verse-16

प्रचचार पुनर्व्यानः समानः पुनरब्रवीत् ।
श्रेष्ठोऽहमस्मि सर्वेषां श्रूयतां येन हेतुना ॥१६॥

16. pracacāra punarvyānaḥ samānaḥ punarabravīt ,
śreṣṭho'hamasmi sarveṣāṁ śrūyatāṁ yena hetunā.

16. pracacāra punar vyānaḥ samānaḥ punar abravīt
śreṣṭhaḥ aham asmi sarveṣām śrūyatām yena hetunā

16. vyānaḥ punar pracacāra samānaḥ punar abravīt
aham sarveṣām śreṣṭhaḥ asmi yena hetunā śrūyatām

16. Vyāna circulated again, and Samāna spoke again: 'I am the most superior among all; let the reason for this be heard.'

Words meanings summery:

• प्रचचार (pracacāra) - circulated (referring to the vital force vyāna) (circulated, moved, functioned)

• पुनर् (punar) - again (again, anew, back)

• व्यानः (vyānaḥ) - Vyāna (the vital air responsible for circulation) (Vyāna (one of the five vital airs))

• समानः (samānaḥ) - Samāna (the vital air) (Samāna (one of the five vital airs), equal, same)

• पुनर् (punar) - again (again, anew, back)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (spoke, said)

• श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - most superior (best, most excellent, supreme, foremost)

• अहम् (aham) - I (I, myself)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am (I am, I exist)

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - among all (referring to the prāṇas) (of all, among all)

• श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let it be heard (let it be heard, may it be listened to)

• येन (yena) - by which (by which, on account of which)

• हेतुना (hetunā) - by reason (by reason, by cause, on account of)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रचचार (pracacāra) - circulated (referring to the vital force vyāna) (circulated, moved, functioned)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of pracar

Perfect Tense

From pra- (prefix) + car (root), Perfect Tense, 3rd Person Singular, Active Voice. Reduplication.

Prefix: pra

Root: car (class 1)

पुनर् (punar) - again (again, anew, back)

(indeclinable)

व्यानः (vyānaḥ) - Vyāna (the vital air responsible for circulation) (Vyāna (one of the five vital airs))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāna

vyāna - Vyāna (one of the five vital airs, distributed throughout the body), pervading air

From vi-an (to breathe out, to live apart) or vi-yam (to spread).

Root: an (class 2)

समानः (samānaḥ) - Samāna (the vital air) (Samāna (one of the five vital airs), equal, same)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāna

samāna - Samāna (one of the five vital airs, situated in the navel), equal, similar, common

From sam-an (to breathe together) or sam-mā (to be similar).

Root: an (class 2)

पुनर् (punar) - again (again, anew, back)

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (spoke, said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect Tense

From root brū (or vac), Imperfect Tense, 3rd Person Singular, Active Voice. Augment a-.

Root: brū (class 2)

श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - most superior (best, most excellent, supreme, foremost)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, supreme, foremost, principal

Superlative of praśasya (praiseworthy).

Root: praśas

अहम् (aham) - I (I, myself)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am (I am, I exist)

(verb)

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

Present Tense

Present Tense, 1st Person Singular, Active Voice.

Root: as (class 2)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - among all (referring to the prāṇas) (of all, among all)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let it be heard (let it be heard, may it be listened to)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative Mood, Passive Voice

Imperative, 3rd Person Singular, Passive Voice.

Root: śru (class 5)

येन (yena) - by which (by which, on account of which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

हेतुना (hetunā) - by reason (by reason, by cause, on account of)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive

Root: hi (class 5)