महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-55, verse-21

गौतम उवाच ।
दक्षिणा परितोषो वै गुरूणां सद्भिरुच्यते ।
तव ह्याचरतो ब्रह्मंस्तुष्टोऽहं वै न संशयः ॥२१॥

21. gautama uvāca ,
dakṣiṇā paritoṣo vai gurūṇāṁ sadbhirucyate ,
tava hyācarato brahmaṁstuṣṭo'haṁ vai na saṁśayaḥ.

21. gautama uvāca | dakṣiṇā paritoṣaḥ vai gurūṇām sadbhiḥ ucyate
| tava hi ācarataḥ brahman tuṣṭaḥ aham vai na saṃśayaḥ

21. gautama uvāca gurūṇām dakṣiṇā vai paritoṣaḥ sadbhiḥ ucyate brahman,
hi tava ācarataḥ aham tuṣṭaḥ vai,
na saṃśayaḥ.

21. Gautama said: "Indeed, the satisfaction of teachers is declared by the virtuous to be the proper fee (dakṣiṇā). I am certainly pleased with your conduct, O Brahmin; there is no doubt about it."

Words meanings summery:

• गौतम (gautama) - Gautama (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• दक्षिणा (dakṣiṇā) - fee (dakṣiṇā), gift, reward

• परितोषः (paritoṣaḥ) - satisfaction, contentment

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily

• गुरूणाम् (gurūṇām) - of teachers, of gurus

• सद्भिः (sadbhiḥ) - by the good, by the virtuous

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

• तव (tava) - your

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• आचरतः (ācarataḥ) - of your conduct/service (while practicing, of the one acting/serving)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (Uttanka) (O Brahmin)

• तुष्टः (tuṣṭaḥ) - satisfied, pleased

• अहम् (aham) - I

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• न (na) - not

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

Words meanings and morphology

गौतम (gautama) - Gautama (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gautama

gautama - Gautama (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active

root 'vac' (2nd class), perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

दक्षिणा (dakṣiṇā) - fee (dakṣiṇā), gift, reward

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dakṣiṇā

dakṣiṇā - fee, gift, donation (especially to a priest or teacher)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

परितोषः (paritoṣaḥ) - satisfaction, contentment

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paritoṣa

paritoṣa - satisfaction, contentment, gratification

Prefix: pari

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'dakṣiṇā'.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

गुरूणाम् (gurūṇām) - of teachers, of gurus

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of guru

guru - teacher, preceptor, heavy

Note: Possessive, "of teachers".

सद्भिः (sadbhiḥ) - by the good, by the virtuous

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sat

sat - good, virtuous, existing, true

Present Active Participle

from root 'as' (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agent of the passive verb 'ucyate'.

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

present passive

root 'vac' (2nd class, but passive uses 'ucyā' stem), present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Verb of the first clause.

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive, refers to Uttanka's conduct.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

आचरतः (ācarataḥ) - of your conduct/service (while practicing, of the one acting/serving)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ācarat

ācarat - practicing, behaving, serving

Present Active Participle

from root 'car' with 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Genitive singular of a present participle, often used to express "while (someone is) doing X". Here, "of your practicing/serving".

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (Uttanka) (O Brahmin)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, the Absolute (brahman)

Note: Term of address for Uttanka.

तुष्टः (tuṣṭaḥ) - satisfied, pleased

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tuṣṭa

tuṣṭa - satisfied, pleased, content

Past Passive Participle

from root 'tuṣ' (to be pleased)

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'aham'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Subject of the second clause.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'saṃśayaḥ'.

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: "No doubt" is a common idiom.