महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-23, verse-19

समानः प्रचचाराथ उदानस्तमुवाच ह ।
श्रेष्ठोऽहमस्मि सर्वेषां श्रूयतां येन हेतुना ॥१९॥

19. samānaḥ pracacārātha udānastamuvāca ha ,
śreṣṭho'hamasmi sarveṣāṁ śrūyatāṁ yena hetunā.

19. samānaḥ pracacāra atha udānaḥ tam uvāca ha
śreṣṭhaḥ aham asmi sarveṣām śrūyatām yena hetunā

19. samānaḥ atha pracacāra udānaḥ ha tam uvāca aham
sarveṣām śreṣṭhaḥ asmi yena hetunā śrūyatām

19. Samāna then circulated. Thereupon, udāna (prāṇa) said to him: 'I am the most superior among all; let the reason for this be heard.'

Words meanings summery:

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

• प्रचचार (pracacāra) - circulated (referring to Samāna) (circulated, moved, functioned)

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

• उदानः (udānaḥ) - Udāna (the vital air) (Udāna (one of the five vital airs))

• तम् (tam) - him (Samāna) (him, that)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• ह (ha) - indeed (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

• 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

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)

प्रचचार (pracacāra) - circulated (referring to Samāna) (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)

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

(indeclinable)

उदानः (udānaḥ) - Udāna (the vital air) (Udāna (one of the five vital airs))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udāna

udāna - Udāna (one of the five vital airs, rising upwards)

From ud-an (to breathe up).

Prefix: ud

Root: an (class 2)

तम् (tam) - him (Samāna) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

From root vac, Perfect Tense, 3rd Person Singular, Active Voice. Irregular formation.

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

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)