महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-297, verse-41

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
माता गुरुतरा भूमेः पिता उच्चतरश्च खात् ।
मनः शीघ्रतरं वायोश्चिन्ता बहुतरी नृणाम् ॥४१॥

41. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
mātā gurutarā bhūmeḥ pitā uccataraśca khāt ,
manaḥ śīghrataraṁ vāyościntā bahutarī nṛṇām.

41. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca mātā gurutarā bhūmeḥ pitā uccataraḥ
ca khāt manaḥ śīghrataram vāyoḥ cintā bahutarī nṛṇām

41. Yudhiṣṭhira said, "The mother is heavier than the earth. The father is higher than the sky. The mind is swifter than the wind. Worry is more pervasive among humans."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• माता (mātā) - mother

• गुरुतरा (gurutarā) - heavier, more weighty

• भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - than the earth (in comparison) (of the earth, from the earth)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• उच्चतरः (uccataraḥ) - higher, taller

• च (ca) - and, also

• खात् (khāt) - than the sky (in comparison) (from the sky, than the sky)

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind, intellect, thought)

• शीघ्रतरम् (śīghrataram) - swifter, quicker

• वायोः (vāyoḥ) - than the wind (in comparison) (of the wind, from the wind)

• चिन्ता (cintā) - worry, anxiety, thought

• बहुतरी (bahutarī) - more numerous, more abundant, more pervasive

• नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - among humans (implying prevalence or quantity) (of humans, among humans)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle; a name of the eldest Pāṇḍava brother

Compound type : bahuvrihi (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  noun (feminine)
  Locative singular of yudh (battle)
• sthira – firm, steady
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

Perfect tense form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

गुरुतरा (gurutarā) - heavier, more weighty

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gurutara

gurutara - heavier, more weighty (comparative of guru)

Comparative degree of 'guru'

Note: Feminine form of the comparative adjective.

भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - than the earth (in comparison) (of the earth, from the earth)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, soil

Note: Used in an ablative sense for comparison.

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

उच्चतरः (uccataraḥ) - higher, taller

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uccatara

uccatara - higher, taller (comparative of ucca)

Comparative degree of 'ucca'

Note: Masculine form of the comparative adjective.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

खात् (khāt) - than the sky (in comparison) (from the sky, than the sky)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kha

kha - sky, ether, space

Note: Used for comparison.

मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind, intellect, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, consciousness

शीघ्रतरम् (śīghrataram) - swifter, quicker

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śīghratara

śīghratara - swifter, quicker (comparative of śīghra)

Comparative degree of 'śīghra'

वायोः (vāyoḥ) - than the wind (in comparison) (of the wind, from the wind)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, a deity of wind

Note: Used in an ablative sense for comparison.

चिन्ता (cintā) - worry, anxiety, thought

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, reflection, worry, anxiety

Derived from √cit (to think)

Root: cit (class 1)

बहुतरी (bahutarī) - more numerous, more abundant, more pervasive

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bahutara

bahutara - more numerous, more abundant (comparative of bahu)

Comparative degree of 'bahu'

Note: Feminine form of the comparative adjective.

नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - among humans (implying prevalence or quantity) (of humans, among humans)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, human being, person

Note: Used with the meaning 'among' or 'of' a group.