महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-61, verse-78

माता सुधन्वनश्चापि श्रेयसी मातृतस्तव ।
विरोचन सुधन्वायं प्राणानामीश्वरस्तव ॥७८॥

78. mātā sudhanvanaścāpi śreyasī mātṛtastava ,
virocana sudhanvāyaṁ prāṇānāmīśvarastava.

78. mātā sudhanvanaḥ ca api śreyasī mātṛtaḥ tava
| virocana sudhanvā ayam prāṇānām īśvaraḥ tava

78. O Virocana, Sudhanvan's mother is superior even to your own mother. This Sudhanvan is indeed the lord of your life (prāṇa).

Words meanings summery:

• माता (mātā) - mother

• सुधन्वनः (sudhanvanaḥ) - of Sudhanvan

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• श्रेयसी (śreyasī) - superior, more distinguished, more excellent

• मातृतः (mātṛtaḥ) - than mother, from mother

• तव (tava) - your

• विरोचन (virocana) - O Virocana

• सुधन्वा (sudhanvā) - Sudhanvan

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• प्राणानाम् (prāṇānām) - of lives, of life-breaths

• ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - lord, master, controller

• तव (tava) - your

Words meanings and morphology

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

सुधन्वनः (sudhanvanaḥ) - of Sudhanvan

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sudhanvan

sudhanvan - Sudhanvan (a proper name, lit. 'possessing a good bow')

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

श्रेयसी (śreyasī) - superior, more distinguished, more excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śreyasī

śreyas - superior, excellent, better (comparative of śrī or praśasya)

comparative

Derived from śrī (excellence, prosperity) or praśasya (excellent, laudable).

मातृतः (mātṛtaḥ) - than mother, from mother

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

Ablative case suffix -tas added to mātṛ.

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

विरोचन (virocana) - O Virocana

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of virocana

virocana - Virocana (a proper name, son of Prahlāda)

सुधन्वा (sudhanvā) - Sudhanvan

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sudhanvan

sudhanvan - Sudhanvan (a proper name, lit. 'possessing a good bow')

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

प्राणानाम् (prāṇānām) - of lives, of life-breaths

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - life-breath, vital air, life, spirit

ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - lord, master, controller

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, powerful, ruler

From root īś (to be master of, to rule)

Root: īś (class 2)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you