महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-284, verse-25

व्रतं वै मम लोकोऽयं वेत्ति कृत्स्नो विभावसो ।
यथाहं द्विजमुख्येभ्यो दद्यां प्राणानपि ध्रुवम् ॥२५॥

25. vrataṁ vai mama loko'yaṁ vetti kṛtsno vibhāvaso ,
yathāhaṁ dvijamukhyebhyo dadyāṁ prāṇānapi dhruvam.

25. vratam vai mama lokaḥ ayam vetti kṛtsnaḥ vibhāvaso
yathā aham dvijamukhyebhyaḥ dadyām prāṇān api dhruvam

25. O glorious one (Vibhāvasu)! This entire world indeed knows my vow (vrata): that I would certainly give even my life (prāṇa) to the most prominent Brahmins.

Words meanings summery:

• व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, sacred observance, religious practice

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, truly, verily)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - entire world, people (world, people, realm)

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, understands

• कृत्स्नः (kṛtsnaḥ) - entire, whole, complete

• विभावसो (vibhāvaso) - O Sun (O glorious one, O Sun)

• यथा (yathā) - that (introducing a clause) (as, just as, so that)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• द्विजमुख्येभ्यः (dvijamukhyebhyaḥ) - to the most prominent Brahmins (to the chief Brahmins)

• दद्याम् (dadyām) - I should give, I would give

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - life (in general sense) (breaths, lives, vital airs)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly (certainly, surely, steadfastly)

Words meanings and morphology

व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, sacred observance, religious practice

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vrata

vrata - vow, sacred observance, religious practice, law

Note: Subject of 'vetti'.

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, truly, verily)

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Modifies 'vratam'.

लोकः (lokaḥ) - entire world, people (world, people, realm)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, common folk

Root: lok (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'vetti'.

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Modifies 'lokaḥ'.

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, understands

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vid

Present Active

Present 3rd person singular active voice (ad-ādi class, irregular)

Root: vid (class 2)

कृत्स्नः (kṛtsnaḥ) - entire, whole, complete

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - entire, whole, complete, all

Note: Modifies 'lokaḥ'.

विभावसो (vibhāvaso) - O Sun (O glorious one, O Sun)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vibhāvasu

vibhāvasu - lord of light, glorious, brilliant, the Sun

Prefix: vi

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Addressed to the Sun god.

यथा (yathā) - that (introducing a clause) (as, just as, so that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Subject of 'dadyām'.

द्विजमुख्येभ्यः (dvijamukhyebhyaḥ) - to the most prominent Brahmins (to the chief Brahmins)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of dvijamukhya

dvijamukhya - chief among the twice-born, principal Brahmin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+mukhya)

• dvija – twice-born, Brahmin, bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)
• mukhya – chief, principal, foremost
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Indicates recipients.

दद्याम् (dadyām) - I should give, I would give

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of dā

Optative Active

Optative 1st person singular active voice

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Expresses a wish or potential.

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - life (in general sense) (breaths, lives, vital airs)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, spirit

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Object of 'dadyām'.

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle, 'even my lives'.

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly (certainly, surely, steadfastly)

(indeclinable)

Root: dhruv (class 1)

Note: Adverbial usage.