महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-201, verse-14

यत्तेषां च प्रियं तत्ते वक्ष्यामि द्विजसत्तम ।
नमस्कृत्वा ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ब्राह्मीं विद्यां निबोध मे ॥१४॥

14. yatteṣāṁ ca priyaṁ tatte vakṣyāmi dvijasattama ,
namaskṛtvā brāhmaṇebhyo brāhmīṁ vidyāṁ nibodha me.

14. yat teṣām ca priyam tat te vakṣyāmi dvijasattama
namaskṛtvā brāhmaṇebhyaḥ brāhmīm vidyām nibodha me

14. O best among the twice-born (dvija-sattama), I will tell you what is pleasing to them (Brahmins). Having paid reverence to the Brahmins, learn from me the knowledge (vidyā) related to Brahman (brahman).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - which, what (neuter)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the Brahmins (of them, to them)

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्रियम् (priyam) - pleasing, dear, beloved

• तत् (tat) - that (neuter)

• ते (te) - to you, for you

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will tell, I will say

• द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best among the twice-born (Brahmins)

• नमस्कृत्वा (namaskṛtvā) - having bowed, having paid homage

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to the Brahmins, for the Brahmins

• ब्राह्मीम् (brāhmīm) - pertaining to Brahman, divine

• विद्याम् (vidyām) - knowledge, science, learning

• निबोध (nibodha) - understand, learn, perceive

• मे (me) - from me (from me, by me)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - which, what (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: It introduces a relative clause.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the Brahmins (of them, to them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to 'brāhmaṇāḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्रियम् (priyam) - pleasing, dear, beloved

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'yat'.

तत् (tat) - that (neuter)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'yat'.

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form of the 2nd person pronoun, dative singular.

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will tell, I will say

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Future tense of root vac 'to speak'.

द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best among the twice-born (Brahmins)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijasattama

dvijasattama - best among the twice-born (dvija)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+sattama)

• dvija – twice-born (a Brahmin, a bird, a tooth)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative degree from sat (good).
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Vocative case of a tatpuruṣa compound.

नमस्कृत्वा (namaskṛtvā) - having bowed, having paid homage

(indeclinable)

Derived from namas (obeisance) and root kṛ (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form.

ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to the Brahmins, for the Brahmins

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a priest, one related to Brahman (brahman)

Note: The dative case is used with verbs like 'namaskṛ' to indicate the recipient of homage.

ब्राह्मीम् (brāhmīm) - pertaining to Brahman, divine

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of brāhmī

brāhmī - relating to Brahman (brahman), divine, sacred

Feminine form of brāhma.

विद्याम् (vidyām) - knowledge, science, learning

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, learning, science (vidyā)

Root: vid (class 4)

Note: Object of 'nibodha'.

निबोध (nibodha) - understand, learn, perceive

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of nibudh

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Imperative mood of root budh 'to know' with prefix ni.

मे (me) - from me (from me, by me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Enclitic form of the 1st person pronoun, often used for dative/genitive/instrumental. Here, it implies 'from me' with the verb 'nibodha'.