महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-35, verse-28

पन्थानं वः प्रवक्ष्यामि शिवं क्षेमकरं द्विजाः ।
नियतं ब्रह्मभावाय यातं पूर्वं मनीषिभिः ॥२८॥

28. panthānaṁ vaḥ pravakṣyāmi śivaṁ kṣemakaraṁ dvijāḥ ,
niyataṁ brahmabhāvāya yātaṁ pūrvaṁ manīṣibhiḥ.

28. panthānam vaḥ pravakṣyāmi śivam kṣemakaram dvijāḥ
niyatam brahma-bhāvāya yātam pūrvam manīṣibhiḥ

28. dvijāḥ aham vaḥ śivam kṣemakaram niyatam brahmabhāvāya
pūrvam manīṣibhiḥ yātam panthānam pravakṣyāmi

28. O twice-born ones (dvija)! I will declare to you the auspicious and welfare-bestowing path which leads unerringly to the state of (brahman), and which was traversed previously by the wise (manīṣin).

Words meanings summery:

• पन्थानम् (panthānam) - the path (path, road, way)

• वः (vaḥ) - to you (to you, your (plural))

• प्रवक्ष्यामि (pravakṣyāmi) - I will declare (I will declare, I will explain)

• शिवम् (śivam) - auspicious (auspicious, benevolent, prosperous)

• क्षेमकरम् (kṣemakaram) - welfare-bestowing (bringing welfare, causing prosperity)

• द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - O twice-born ones (dvija) (O twice-born ones, O brahmins)

• नियतम् (niyatam) - unerringly, certainly (certainly, constantly, necessarily)

• ब्रह्म-भावाय (brahma-bhāvāya) - to the state of (brahman) (for the state/existence of brahman, for becoming brahman)

• यातम् (yātam) - traversed (gone, traversed)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously (before, formerly, previously)

• मनीषिभिः (manīṣibhiḥ) - by the wise (manīṣin) (by the wise ones, by the sages)

Words meanings and morphology

पन्थानम् (panthānam) - the path (path, road, way)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, road, way, course

Note: Object of 'pravakṣyāmi'.

वः (vaḥ) - to you (to you, your (plural))

(pronoun)

plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Indirect object of 'pravakṣyāmi'.

प्रवक्ष्यामि (pravakṣyāmi) - I will declare (I will declare, I will explain)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Future Tense

Root √vac (to speak) with prefix pra-, first person singular, active voice, future tense.

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

शिवम् (śivam) - auspicious (auspicious, benevolent, prosperous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śiva

śiva - auspicious, benevolent, propitious

Note: Qualifies 'panthānam'.

क्षेमकरम् (kṣemakaram) - welfare-bestowing (bringing welfare, causing prosperity)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣemakara

kṣemakara - causing prosperity, bringing welfare, salutary

From kṣema (welfare) + √kṛ (to do, make) with -a suffix

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣema+kara)

• kṣema – welfare, security, prosperity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• kara – making, doing, causing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From √kṛ (to do, make) with -a suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'panthānam'.

द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - O twice-born ones (dvija) (O twice-born ones, O brahmins)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a brahmin, kṣatriya, or vaiśya), bird, tooth

From dvi (two) + √jan (to be born)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root
  Suffix -a from √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Addressed audience.

नियतम् (niyatam) - unerringly, certainly (certainly, constantly, necessarily)

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

From √yam (to restrain) with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially to emphasize 'brahmabhāvāya'.

ब्रह्म-भावाय (brahma-bhāvāya) - to the state of (brahman) (for the state/existence of brahman, for becoming brahman)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of brahmabhāva

brahmabhāva - the state or condition of brahman, becoming brahman

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+bhāva)

• brahman – the Absolute, the Supreme Reality, prayer
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• bhāva – state, condition, existence, nature, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  From √bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Indicates purpose/direction.

यातम् (yātam) - traversed (gone, traversed)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, proceeded, traversed

Past Passive Participle

From √yā (to go)

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'panthānam', implies 'which was traversed'.

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously (before, formerly, previously)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

मनीषिभिः (manīṣibhiḥ) - by the wise (manīṣin) (by the wise ones, by the sages)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of manīṣin

manīṣin - wise, intelligent, sagacious, a sage

From manīṣā (wisdom)

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'yātam'.