महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-42, verse-11

अहं हितं वदाम्येतत्प्रियं चेत्तव पार्थिव ।
देवयाना हि पन्थानः श्रुतास्ते यज्ञसंस्तरे ॥११॥

11. ahaṁ hitaṁ vadāmyetatpriyaṁ cettava pārthiva ,
devayānā hi panthānaḥ śrutāste yajñasaṁstare.

11. aham hitam vadāmi etat priyam cet tava pārthiva
devayānāḥ hi panthānaḥ śrutāḥ te yajñasaṃstare

11. aham etat hitam vadāmi cet tava priyam (asti) pārthiva
hi devayānāḥ panthānaḥ yajñasaṃstare te śrutāḥ (santi)

11. I speak this beneficial instruction to you, O king (pārthiva), if it is pleasing to you. For the paths leading to the gods (devayāna) are mentioned to you in connection with the performance of Vedic ritual (yajña).

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• हितम् (hitam) - beneficial instruction (beneficial, salutary, good, welfare)

• वदामि (vadāmi) - I speak, I say, I tell

• एतत् (etat) - this, that

• प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, beloved, pleasing

• चेत् (cet) - if, should, that

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king, O ruler of the earth

• देवयानाः (devayānāḥ) - paths of the gods, divine paths

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• पन्थानः (panthānaḥ) - paths, ways, roads

• श्रुताः (śrutāḥ) - mentioned in sacred texts or traditions (heard, mentioned, learned)

• ते (te) - to you

• यज्ञसंस्तरे (yajñasaṁstare) - in the performance of Vedic ritual (yajña)

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

हितम् (hitam) - beneficial instruction (beneficial, salutary, good, welfare)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hita

hita - beneficial, salutary, good, welfare

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √dhā (to place, do) with prefix hi- (from dhā)

Root: dhā (class 3)

वदामि (vadāmi) - I speak, I say, I tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)

एतत् (etat) - this, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, beloved, pleasing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable

चेत् (cet) - if, should, that

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king, O ruler of the earth

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, royal, king, prince, ruler

Derived from pṛthivī (earth)

देवयानाः (devayānāḥ) - paths of the gods, divine paths

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of devayāna

devayāna - path leading to the gods, divine path, (devayāna)

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+yāna)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• yāna – going, motion, path, vehicle
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal noun
  Derived from root √yā (to go)
  Root: yā (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

पन्थानः (panthānaḥ) - paths, ways, roads

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of path

path - path, way, road

श्रुताः (śrutāḥ) - mentioned in sacred texts or traditions (heard, mentioned, learned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, mentioned, learned, known

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

ते (te) - to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

यज्ञसंस्तरे (yajñasaṁstare) - in the performance of Vedic ritual (yajña)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yajñasaṃstara

yajñasaṁstara - performance/spreading of a Vedic ritual (yajña)

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yajña+saṃstara)

• yajña – Vedic ritual, sacrifice, worship, (yajña)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yaj (class 1)
• saṃstara – spreading, covering, couch, performance of a rite
  noun (masculine)
  Verbal noun
  Derived from root √stṛ (to spread) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: stṛ (class 5)