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).

14. ומה שיקר להם אספר לך, הו מובחר הבְּרַהְמִינים. לאחר שאשתחווה לבְּרַהְמִינים, למד ממני את הידע על המציאות הקוסמית.

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'.

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