महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-6, verse-6

भवान्पिता भवान्माता भवान्नः परमो गुरुः ।
भवता विप्रहीणा हि क्व नु तिष्ठामहे वयम् ॥६॥

6. bhavānpitā bhavānmātā bhavānnaḥ paramo guruḥ ,
bhavatā viprahīṇā hi kva nu tiṣṭhāmahe vayam.

6. bhavān pitā bhavān mātā bhavān naḥ paramaḥ guruḥ
| bhavatā viprahīṇāḥ hi kva nu tiṣṭhāmahe vayam

6. bhavān pitā,
bhavān mātā,
bhavān naḥ paramaḥ guruḥ.
hi,
bhavatā viprahīṇāḥ vayam nu kva tiṣṭhāmahe?

6. You are our father, you are our mother, and you are our supreme spiritual teacher (guru). Indeed, separated from you, where can we possibly remain?

Words meanings summery:

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (addressing an elder/respected person) (you (honorific), sir)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (you (honorific), sir)

• माता (mātā) - mother

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (you (honorific), sir)

• नः (naḥ) - our (to us, for us, our, of us)

• परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme (supreme, highest, most excellent)

• गुरुः (guruḥ) - spiritual teacher (guru) (teacher, preceptor, heavy, venerable)

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (by you (honorific))

• विप्रहीणाः (viprahīṇāḥ) - bereft, separated from (separated from, bereft of, abandoned)

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (indeed, for, because)

• क्व (kva) - where? (where? in what place?)

• नु (nu) - possibly, indeed (now, then, indeed, an interrogative particle)

• तिष्ठामहे (tiṣṭhāmahe) - we can remain (we stand, we remain, we exist)

• वयम् (vayam) - we

Words meanings and morphology

भवान् (bhavān) - you (addressing an elder/respected person) (you (honorific), sir)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you, sir, venerable, respected

Present Active Participle

From root bhū (to be) + śatṛ suffix, used as an honorific pronoun

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Honorific second person pronoun.

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Nominative singular of 'pitṛ'.

भवान् (bhavān) - you (you (honorific), sir)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you, sir, venerable, respected

Present Active Participle

From root bhū (to be) + śatṛ suffix, used as an honorific pronoun

Root: bhū (class 1)

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

Note: Nominative singular of 'mātṛ'.

भवान् (bhavān) - you (you (honorific), sir)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you, sir, venerable, respected

Present Active Participle

From root bhū (to be) + śatṛ suffix, used as an honorific pronoun

Root: bhū (class 1)

नः (naḥ) - our (to us, for us, our, of us)

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

Personal pronoun (1st person)

Note: Enclitic form for dative or genitive plural of 'asmad'. Here, genitive 'our'.

परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme (supreme, highest, most excellent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, most excellent, chief

Note: Agrees with 'guruḥ'.

गुरुः (guruḥ) - spiritual teacher (guru) (teacher, preceptor, heavy, venerable)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guru

guru - teacher, spiritual guide, preceptor; heavy, weighty, venerable

Note: Nominative singular.

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (by you (honorific))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you, sir, venerable, respected

Present Active Participle

From root bhū (to be) + śatṛ suffix, used as an honorific pronoun

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Instrumental singular, indicating separation ('bereft of you').

विप्रहीणाः (viprahīṇāḥ) - bereft, separated from (separated from, bereft of, abandoned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viprahīṇa

viprahīṇa - separated from, destitute of, abandoned, wanting

Past Passive Participle

From root hā (to abandon) with prefixes vi and pra

Prefixes: vi+pra

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Nominative plural masculine, agreeing with 'vayam'.

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

क्व (kva) - where? (where? in what place?)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

नु (nu) - possibly, indeed (now, then, indeed, an interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of inquiry or emphasis.

तिष्ठामहे (tiṣṭhāmahe) - we can remain (we stand, we remain, we exist)

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of sthā

Present Indicative

From root sthā (1st class verb), ā-ending middle voice

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: 1st person plural middle voice.

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

Personal pronoun (1st person)

Note: Nominative plural.