महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-29, verse-4

श्रेयो यदत्र धर्मज्ञ ब्रूहि मे तदसंशयम् ।
करिष्यामि हि तत्सर्वं यथावदनुशासनम् ॥४॥

4. śreyo yadatra dharmajña brūhi me tadasaṁśayam ,
kariṣyāmi hi tatsarvaṁ yathāvadanuśāsanam.

4. śreyaḥ yat atra dharmajña brūhi me tat asaṃśayam
kariṣyāmi hi tat sarvam yathāvat anuśāsanam

4. O knower of natural law (dharma), tell me without any doubt what is truly superior here. For I will indeed follow all those instructions exactly as given.

4. הו היודע את חוק היושר, אמור לי ללא ספק מהו הטוב ביותר בעניין זה, כי אעשה הכול כפי שתורה לי כראוי.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare, good, superior, more auspicious

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of natural law (dharma) (knower of dharma)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• तत् (tat) - that

• असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - without doubt, certainly

• करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will do, I will make

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• तत् (tat) - that

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, every

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, exactly, truly

• अनुशासनम् (anuśāsanam) - instruction, command, teaching

Words meanings and morphology

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - welfare, good, superior, more auspicious

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - better, more excellent, superior, more auspicious, welfare, ultimate good

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of natural law (dharma) (knower of dharma)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dharmajña

dharmajña - knower of natural law, righteous, virtuous

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+jña)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
• jña – knowing, knower of
  adjective
  Root: jñā (class 9)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak

(verb)

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

Imperative 2nd person singular, active voice.

Root: brū (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - without doubt, certainly

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (a+saṃśaya)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty
  noun (masculine)

करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will do, I will make

(verb)

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

Future 1st person singular, active voice.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, every

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, entire, every

यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, exactly, truly

(indeclinable)

अनुशासनम् (anuśāsanam) - instruction, command, teaching

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anuśāsana

anuśāsana - instruction, command, teaching, discipline

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