महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-35, verse-18

तं प्रणम्य महात्मानं सुखासीनं महर्षयः ।
पप्रच्छुर्विनयोपेता निःश्रेयसमिदं परम् ॥१८॥

18. taṁ praṇamya mahātmānaṁ sukhāsīnaṁ maharṣayaḥ ,
papracchurvinayopetā niḥśreyasamidaṁ param.

18. tam praṇamya mahātmānam sukhāsīnam maharṣayaḥ
papracchuḥ vinayopetāḥ niḥśreyasam idam param

18. vinayopetāḥ maharṣayaḥ tam sukhāsīnam mahātmānam
praṇamya idam param niḥśreyasam papracchuḥ

18. The great sages, humbly approaching, bowed to that comfortably seated, great-souled one and questioned him regarding this supreme good (niḥśreyasa).

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (referring to Brahmā) (him, that)

• प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - having bowed down, having saluted

• महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - great-souled, noble, a great person

• सुखासीनम् (sukhāsīnam) - comfortably seated

• महर्षयः (maharṣayaḥ) - great sages

• पप्रच्छुः (papracchuḥ) - they asked

• विनयोपेताः (vinayopetāḥ) - endowed with humility, humble

• निःश्रेयसम् (niḥśreyasam) - supreme good (niḥśreyasa) (supreme good, ultimate happiness, liberation)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (referring to Brahmā) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - having bowed down, having saluted

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of nam with pra

Prefix: pra

Root: nam (class 1)

महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - great-souled, noble, a great person

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, high-minded, noble, a great person, the great (ātman)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

सुखासीनम् (sukhāsīnam) - comfortably seated

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sukhāsīna

sukhāsīna - comfortably seated

Past Passive Participle (derived form)

Compound of sukha (comfort) and āsīna (seated)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sukha+āsīna)

• sukha – happiness, comfort, ease
  noun (neuter)
• āsīna – seated, sitting
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root ās (to sit)
  Root: ās (class 2)

महर्षयः (maharṣayaḥ) - great sages

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ṛṣi)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

पप्रच्छुः (papracchuḥ) - they asked

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of prach

Root: prach (class 6)

विनयोपेताः (vinayopetāḥ) - endowed with humility, humble

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vinayopeta

vinayopeta - endowed with humility, humble, polite

Past Passive Participle (derived form)

Compound of vinaya (humility) and upeta (endowed with)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vinaya+upeta)

• vinaya – humility, modesty, good conduct, discipline
  noun (masculine)
• upeta – endowed with, possessed of, approached
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root i (to go) with upa
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

निःश्रेयसम् (niḥśreyasam) - supreme good (niḥśreyasa) (supreme good, ultimate happiness, liberation)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of niḥśreyasa

niḥśreyasa - supreme good, final emancipation, ultimate happiness, salvation, liberation (mokṣa)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, these

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, distant, supreme, ultimate, highest