महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-49, verse-1

ब्रह्मोवाच ।
हन्त वः संप्रवक्ष्यामि यन्मां पृच्छथ सत्तमाः ।
समस्तमिह तच्छ्रुत्वा सम्यगेवावधार्यताम् ॥१॥

1. brahmovāca ,
hanta vaḥ saṁpravakṣyāmi yanmāṁ pṛcchatha sattamāḥ ,
samastamiha tacchrutvā samyagevāvadhāryatām.

1. brahmā uvāca hanta vaḥ sam-pravakṣyāmi yat mām pṛcchatha
sat-tamāḥ samastam iha tat śrutvā samyak eva avadhāryatām

1. brahmā uvāca hanta sat-tamāḥ yat mām pṛcchatha vaḥ
sam-pravakṣyāmi iha samastam tat śrutvā samyak eva avadhāryatām

1. Brahmā spoke: "Indeed, O excellent ones, I will fully explain to you what you ask me. Having heard all of it here, let it be properly grasped."

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (Brahmā (the creator deity))

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (spoke; said)

• हन्त (hanta) - indeed (indeed; alas; well then; come on)

• वः (vaḥ) - to you (to you; for you; of you (plural))

• सम्-प्रवक्ष्यामि (sam-pravakṣyāmi) - I will fully explain (I will fully explain; I will declare thoroughly)

• यत् (yat) - what (which; what; that which)

• माम् (mām) - me (me; to me)

• पृच्छथ (pṛcchatha) - you ask (you (plural) ask; you inquire)

• सत्-तमाः (sat-tamāḥ) - O excellent ones (O best among the good; O excellent ones)

• समस्तम् (samastam) - all of it (all; entire; whole)

• इह (iha) - here (here; in this world; in this matter)

• तत् (tat) - it (that; it)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - Having heard (having heard; listening)

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly (properly; completely; rightly; truly)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed; only; just; even)

• अवधार्यताम् (avadhāryatām) - let it be grasped (let it be grasped; let it be understood; let it be determined)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (Brahmā (the creator deity))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahma (the creator god); the Absolute; sacred word; prayer

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (spoke; said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

3rd person singular perfect active

Root: vac (class 2)

हन्त (hanta) - indeed (indeed; alas; well then; come on)

(indeclinable)

वः (vaḥ) - to you (to you; for you; of you (plural))

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Also can be genitive plural

सम्-प्रवक्ष्यामि (sam-pravakṣyāmi) - I will fully explain (I will fully explain; I will declare thoroughly)

(verb)

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

Future Active

1st person singular future active with prefixes sam and pra

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - what (which; what; that which)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which; what; that

माम् (mām) - me (me; to me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I; me

पृच्छथ (pṛcchatha) - you ask (you (plural) ask; you inquire)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, present (lat) of prach

Present Active

2nd person plural present active

Root: prach (class 6)

सत्-तमाः (sat-tamāḥ) - O excellent ones (O best among the good; O excellent ones)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, plural of sat-tama

sat-tama - best among the good; most excellent

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sat+tama)

• sat – existent; good; virtuous; true
  adjective (masculine)
  present active participle
  from root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• tama – most; best (superlative suffix)
  suffix

समस्तम् (samastam) - all of it (all; entire; whole)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of samasta

samasta - all; entire; whole; complete

Past Passive Participle (from as with sam)

root as (to be) + sam (prefix) + kta (suffix)

Prefix: sam

Root: as (class 2)

इह (iha) - here (here; in this world; in this matter)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - it (that; it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that; he; she; it

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - Having heard (having heard; listening)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

root śru + ktvā (absolutive suffix)

Root: śru (class 5)

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly (properly; completely; rightly; truly)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed; only; just; even)

(indeclinable)

अवधार्यताम् (avadhāryatām) - let it be grasped (let it be grasped; let it be understood; let it be determined)

(verb)

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

Imperative Passive

3rd person singular imperative passive with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: dhṛ (class 1)