महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-48, verse-13

गुरुरुवाच ।
इत्युक्तवन्तं ते विप्रास्तदा लोकपितामहम् ।
पुनः संशयमापन्नाः पप्रच्छुर्द्विजसत्तमाः ॥१३॥

13. gururuvāca ,
ityuktavantaṁ te viprāstadā lokapitāmaham ,
punaḥ saṁśayamāpannāḥ papracchurdvijasattamāḥ.

13. guruḥ uvāca iti uktavantam te viprāḥ tadā lokapitāmaham
punaḥ saṃśayam āpannāḥ papracchuḥ dvijasattamāḥ

13. guruḥ uvāca te dvijasattamāḥ viprāḥ punaḥ saṃśayam
āpannāḥ tadā iti uktavantam lokapitāmaham papracchuḥ

13. The Guru said: "Those eminent Brahmins, having again become assailed by doubt (saṃśaya), then asked the grandfather of the world (lokapitāmaha), who had just spoken thus."

Words meanings summery:

• गुरुः (guruḥ) - teacher, spiritual preceptor

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought)

• उक्तवन्तम् (uktavantam) - him who had spoken, to the one who had spoken

• ते (te) - those

• विप्राः (viprāḥ) - Brahmins, learned ones

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• लोकपितामहम् (lokapitāmaham) - to Lord Brahmā, the creator god (to the grandfather of the world (Brahma))

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

• संशयम् (saṁśayam) - doubt

• आपन्नाः (āpannāḥ) - afflicted by doubt (having attained, having fallen into, afflicted by)

• पप्रच्छुः (papracchuḥ) - they asked

• द्विजसत्तमाः (dvijasattamāḥ) - the most excellent Brahmins (the best of the twice-born (Brahmins))

Words meanings and morphology

गुरुः (guruḥ) - teacher, spiritual preceptor

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guru

guru - teacher, spiritual preceptor, heavy

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

उक्तवन्तम् (uktavantam) - him who had spoken, to the one who had spoken

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of uktavat

uktavat - having spoken, one who has spoken

Past Active Participle

Formed with ktavatū suffix

Root: vac

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those (pronoun)

विप्राः (viprāḥ) - Brahmins, learned ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, inspired, learned

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

लोकपितामहम् (lokapitāmaham) - to Lord Brahmā, the creator god (to the grandfather of the world (Brahma))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lokapitāmaha

lokapitāmaha - grandfather of the world (epithet for Brahmā)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+pitāmaha)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• pitāmaha – grandfather
  noun (masculine)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

(indeclinable)

संशयम् (saṁśayam) - doubt

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty

Prefix: sam

Root: śī

आपन्नाः (āpannāḥ) - afflicted by doubt (having attained, having fallen into, afflicted by)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āpanna

āpanna - attained, fallen into, reached

Past Passive Participle

Formed with kta suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: pad

पप्रच्छुः (papracchuḥ) - they asked

(verb)

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

Root: prach (class 6)

द्विजसत्तमाः (dvijasattamāḥ) - the most excellent Brahmins (the best of the twice-born (Brahmins))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvijasattama

dvijasattama - best among Brahmins

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+sattama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, or metaphorically, bird, tooth)
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent (superlative of sat)
  adjective (masculine)