महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-6, verse-14

परं श्रेयः पाण्डवेया मयोक्तं न मे तच्च श्रुतवानाम्बिकेयः ।
यथातुरस्येव हि पथ्यमन्नं न रोचते स्मास्य तदुच्यमानम् ॥१४॥

14. paraṁ śreyaḥ pāṇḍaveyā mayoktaṁ; na me tacca śrutavānāmbikeyaḥ ,
yathāturasyeva hi pathyamannaṁ; na rocate smāsya taducyamānam.

14. param śreyaḥ pāṇḍaveya mayā uktam
na me tat ca śrutavān āmbikeyaḥ
yathā āturasya iva hi pathyam annam
na rocate sma asya tat ucyamānam

14. "O Pāṇḍaveya (son of Pāṇḍu), I spoke what was the supreme good, but Ambikā's son (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) did not listen to it from me. Indeed, just as wholesome food does not appeal to a sick person, so too that advice, when it was being offered, did not appeal to him."

Words meanings summery:

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - good, welfare, ultimate good

• पाण्डवेय (pāṇḍaveya) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (O son of Pāṇḍu)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken

• न (na) - not

• मे (me) - from me, by me

• तत् (tat) - that

• च (ca) - and, but

• श्रुतवान् (śrutavān) - one who has heard, listened

• आम्बिकेयः (āmbikeyaḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Ambikā's son)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like

• आतुरस्य (āturasya) - of a sick person, of one who is suffering

• इव (iva) - like, as, just as

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly

• पथ्यम् (pathyam) - wholesome, proper, beneficial

• अन्नम् (annam) - food, sustenance

• न (na) - not

• रोचते (rocate) - pleases, appeals

• स्म (sma) - used with present tense to form past narrative

• अस्य (asya) - for him (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (for him, to him)

• तत् (tat) - that (advice)

• उच्यमानम् (ucyamānam) - being spoken, being told

Words meanings and morphology

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, supreme, highest, excellent

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - good, welfare, ultimate good

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - better, best, good, auspicious, welfare, ultimate good

पाण्डवेय (pāṇḍaveya) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (O son of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍaveya

pāṇḍaveya - son of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava

Patronymic from Pāṇḍu

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

उक्तम् (uktam) - said, spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root 'vac' (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - from me, by me

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Used as ablative in the sense 'from me'

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, but

(indeclinable)

श्रुतवान् (śrutavān) - one who has heard, listened

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrutavat

śrutavat - having heard, one who has heard

Past Active Participle

PAP of root 'śru' (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

आम्बिकेयः (āmbikeyaḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Ambikā's son)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āmbikeya

āmbikeya - son of Ambikā (an epithet for Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Patronymic from Ambikā

यथा (yathā) - just as, like

(indeclinable)

आतुरस्य (āturasya) - of a sick person, of one who is suffering

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātura

ātura - sick, ill, distressed, suffering

इव (iva) - like, as, just as

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

पथ्यम् (pathyam) - wholesome, proper, beneficial

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pathya

pathya - suitable, fit, wholesome, beneficial (especially for health)

Derived from 'patha' (path) + suffix '-ya'

अन्नम् (annam) - food, sustenance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, grain, boiled rice

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

रोचते (rocate) - pleases, appeals

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (Lat) of rocate

Present Tense

Root 'ruc' in Lat-lakāra (present tense), 3rd person singular, middle voice

Root: ruc (class 1)

स्म (sma) - used with present tense to form past narrative

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - for him (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (for him, to him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

तत् (tat) - that (advice)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उच्यमानम् (ucyamānam) - being spoken, being told

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ucyamāna

ucyamāna - being spoken, being said, being told

Present Passive Participle

Present Passive Participle of root 'vac' (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)