महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-90, verse-3

स भवान्यत्परं वेद पावनं पुरुषान्प्रति ।
तेन संयोजयेथास्त्वं तीर्थपुण्येन पाण्डवम् ॥३॥

3. sa bhavānyatparaṁ veda pāvanaṁ puruṣānprati ,
tena saṁyojayethāstvaṁ tīrthapuṇyena pāṇḍavam.

3. sa bhavān yat param veda pāvanam puruṣān prati
tena saṃyojayethāḥ tvam tīrthapuṇyena pāṇḍavam

3. Revered sir, you should connect this Pāṇḍava with that supreme purifying merit (puṇya) from sacred places (tīrtha) that you know to be beneficial for human beings.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful), revered sir

• यत् (yat) - what, which

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent

• वेद (veda) - knows

• पावनम् (pāvanam) - purifying merit or knowledge (purifying, purity, means of purification)

• पुरुषान् (puruṣān) - men, human beings, persons

• प्रति (prati) - for the benefit of (towards, concerning, regarding, for)

• तेन (tena) - with that (merit) (by that, with that)

• संयोजयेथाः (saṁyojayethāḥ) - you should connect, you should join

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• तीर्थपुण्येन (tīrthapuṇyena) - by the merit of sacred places

• पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - the Pāṇḍava, son of Pāṇḍu

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful), revered sir

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful), being, existing

Present Active Participle

From root bhū, present participle

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used as a polite form of 'you'.

यत् (yat) - what, which

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Can also be nominative neuter singular. Here, it is the object of 'veda'.

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, supreme, highest, ultimate

Note: Qualifies 'pāvanam'.

वेद (veda) - knows

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: The form 'veda' is an archaic perfect form used in the present sense.

पावनम् (pāvanam) - purifying merit or knowledge (purifying, purity, means of purification)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāvana

pāvana - purifying, pure, purity, holy

agent noun/gerundive

From root pū (to purify) + ana (suffix)

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'yat' and is the object of 'veda'.

पुरुषान् (puruṣān) - men, human beings, persons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, human being, person, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

Note: Object of 'prati'.

प्रति (prati) - for the benefit of (towards, concerning, regarding, for)

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - with that (merit) (by that, with that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'yat pāvanam'.

संयोजयेथाः (saṁyojayethāḥ) - you should connect, you should join

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of saṃyuj

Causative of yuj, with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: The form is Ātmanepada, 2nd person singular optative.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of 'saṃyojayethāḥ'.

तीर्थपुण्येन (tīrthapuṇyena) - by the merit of sacred places

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tīrthapuṇya

tīrthapuṇya - merit of sacred places

Compound type : tatpurusha (tīrtha+puṇya)

• tīrtha – sacred bathing place, holy place, ford
  noun (neuter)
• puṇya – merit, virtue, good deed, holy
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used with 'tena' to describe what the Pāṇḍava should be connected with.

पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - the Pāṇḍava, son of Pāṇḍu

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, one of the Pāṇḍavas

Taddhita derivation from Pāṇḍu

Note: Object of 'saṃyojayethāḥ'.