महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-265, verse-22

प्रजापतिसमो विप्रो ब्रह्मयोनिः पिता तव ।
न च पालयसे धर्मं लोकपालसमः कथम् ॥२२॥

22. prajāpatisamo vipro brahmayoniḥ pitā tava ,
na ca pālayase dharmaṁ lokapālasamaḥ katham.

22. prajāpatisamaḥ vipraḥ brahmayoniḥ pitā tava
na ca pālayase dharmam lokapālasamaḥ katham

22. Your father is a Brahmin, equal to Prajāpati, a source of sacred knowledge. How can you, being like a guardian of the world, not uphold your natural law (dharma)?

Words meanings summery:

• प्रजापतिसमः (prajāpatisamaḥ) - equal to Prajāpati, like Prajāpati

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - Brahmin, sage, inspired one

• ब्रह्मयोनिः (brahmayoniḥ) - born of Brahmā, source of sacred knowledge

• पिता (pitā) - father

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• पालयसे (pālayase) - you protect, you uphold, you maintain

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue

• लोकपालसमः (lokapālasamaḥ) - equal to a world-protector, like a guardian of the world

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

Words meanings and morphology

प्रजापतिसमः (prajāpatisamaḥ) - equal to Prajāpati, like Prajāpati

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajāpatisama

prajāpatisama - equal to Prajāpati

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prajāpati+sama)

• prajāpati – lord of creatures, creator
  proper noun (masculine)
• sama – equal, similar, like
  adjective (masculine)

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - Brahmin, sage, inspired one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, a wise man, inspired, a priest

ब्रह्मयोनिः (brahmayoniḥ) - born of Brahmā, source of sacred knowledge

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahmayoni

brahmayoni - born of Brahmā, having the Veda as source, source of sacred knowledge

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+yoni)

• brahman – Brahmin, sacred knowledge, supreme reality
  noun (neuter)
• yoni – womb, origin, source, birth-place
  noun (feminine)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पालयसे (pālayase) - you protect, you uphold, you maintain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pālay

Causative stem

Derived from root pā (to protect) as a causative stem.

Root: pā (class 2)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue, constitution, intrinsic nature

लोकपालसमः (lokapālasamaḥ) - equal to a world-protector, like a guardian of the world

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lokapālasama

lokapālasama - equal to a world-protector

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (lokapāla+sama)

• lokapāla – guardian of the world
  noun (masculine)
• sama – equal, similar, like
  adjective (masculine)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)