महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-33, verse-27

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
ततो भीष्मः शांतनवो बुद्ध्या निश्चित्य भारत ।
वार्ष्णेयं मन्यते कृष्णमर्हणीयतमं भुवि ॥२७॥

27. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tato bhīṣmaḥ śāṁtanavo buddhyā niścitya bhārata ,
vārṣṇeyaṁ manyate kṛṣṇamarhaṇīyatamaṁ bhuvi.

27. Vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca | tataḥ bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavaḥ buddhyā niścitya
bhārata | vārṣṇeyam manyate kṛṣṇam arhaṇīyatamaṃ bhuvi

27. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: 'Then, O descendant of Bharata, Bhishma, son of Śāntanu, having thoughtfully determined, considered Kṛṣṇa, the Vārṣṇeya, to be the most supremely honorable (arhaṇīyatama) one on earth.'

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśaṃpāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• शान्तनवः (śāntanavaḥ) - Referring to Bhishma as the son of King Śāntanu. (son of Śāntanu)

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, with understanding

• निश्चित्य (niścitya) - having ascertained, having determined

• भारत (bhārata) - Referring to King Janamejaya, to whom Vaiśaṃpāyana is narrating. (O descendant of Bharata!)

• वार्ष्णेयम् (vārṣṇeyam) - An epithet for Kṛṣṇa, indicating his lineage from the Vṛṣṇi clan. (Vārṣṇeya)

• मन्यते (manyate) - he considers, he thinks

• कृष्णम् (kṛṣṇam) - Kṛṣṇa

• अर्हणीयतमं (arhaṇīyatamaṁ) - most worthy of honor, most venerable

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth, in the world

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśaṃpāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Vaiśaṃpāyana

Vaiśaṁpāyana - name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Bhīṣma

Bhīṣma - Bhishma (proper name, 'terrible, formidable')

शान्तनवः (śāntanavaḥ) - Referring to Bhishma as the son of King Śāntanu. (son of Śāntanu)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śāntanava

śāntanava - descendant of Śāntanu, relating to Śāntanu

Formed with 'aṇ' suffix from Śāntanu.

Note: Used here as a noun/epithet.

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, with understanding

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, reason

Root: budh (class 1)

निश्चित्य (niścitya) - having ascertained, having determined

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root 'ci' (to collect, ascertain) with prefix 'nis-' and suffix '-tya'.

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

भारत (bhārata) - Referring to King Janamejaya, to whom Vaiśaṃpāyana is narrating. (O descendant of Bharata!)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, related to Bharata, Indian

Formed with 'aṇ' suffix from Bharata.

Note: Used here as a proper noun in vocative case.

वार्ष्णेयम् (vārṣṇeyam) - An epithet for Kṛṣṇa, indicating his lineage from the Vṛṣṇi clan. (Vārṣṇeya)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vārṣṇeya

vārṣṇeya - descendant of Vṛṣṇi, belonging to the Vṛṣṇi clan

Formed from 'Vṛṣṇi' with a patronymic suffix.

मन्यते (manyate) - he considers, he thinks

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

कृष्णम् (kṛṣṇam) - Kṛṣṇa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of Kṛṣṇa

Kṛṣṇa - Kṛṣṇa (proper name, 'dark, black')

अर्हणीयतमं (arhaṇīyatamaṁ) - most worthy of honor, most venerable

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of arhaṇīyatama

arhaṇīyatama - most deserving of honor, most venerable, most respectable

Superlative form ('-tama') of 'arhaṇīya' (worthy of honor).

भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth, in the world

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, world, place