महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-26, verse-4

अनुव्रता महात्मानं भ्रातरं भ्रातरो नृप ।
अजातशत्रुं ह्रीमन्तं तं च भ्रातॄननुव्रतम् ॥४॥

4. anuvratā mahātmānaṁ bhrātaraṁ bhrātaro nṛpa ,
ajātaśatruṁ hrīmantaṁ taṁ ca bhrātṝnanuvratam.

4. anuvratāḥ mahātmānam bhrātaram bhrātaraḥ nṛpa
ajātaśatrum hrīmantam tam ca bhrātṝn anuvratam

4. O King, the brothers are devoted to their great-souled (mahātman) brother, Yudhiṣṭhira, who has no enemies and is modest. And he, in turn, is devoted to his brothers.

Words meanings summery:

• अनुव्रताः (anuvratāḥ) - the younger brothers (Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva) who are devoted (devoted, obedient, followers)

• महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - to Yudhiṣṭhira, the great-souled (mahātman) one (to the great-souled one)

• भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - to Yudhiṣṭhira, their brother (to the brother)

• भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - the younger brothers (Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva) (brothers)

• नृप (nṛpa) - O King Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O king)

• अजातशत्रुम् (ajātaśatrum) - to Yudhiṣṭhira, who has no enemies (to the one whose enemies are not born, to the one who has no enemies)

• ह्रीमन्तम् (hrīmantam) - to Yudhiṣṭhira, the modest one (to the modest, to the bashful, to the shy one)

• तम् (tam) - Yudhiṣṭhira (him)

• च (ca) - and

• भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - to his (Yudhiṣṭhira's) brothers (to the brothers)

• अनुव्रतम् (anuvratam) - Yudhiṣṭhira, devoted to his brothers (devoted, obedient)

Words meanings and morphology

अनुव्रताः (anuvratāḥ) - the younger brothers (Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva) who are devoted (devoted, obedient, followers)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anuvrata

anuvrata - devoted, obedient, following

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛ (class 1)

महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - to Yudhiṣṭhira, the great-souled (mahātman) one (to the great-souled one)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble-minded, exalted

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - to Yudhiṣṭhira, their brother (to the brother)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - the younger brothers (Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva) (brothers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

नृप (nṛpa) - O King Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler

Root: nṛ

अजातशत्रुम् (ajātaśatrum) - to Yudhiṣṭhira, who has no enemies (to the one whose enemies are not born, to the one who has no enemies)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ajātaśatru

ajātaśatru - one whose enemies are not yet born, one with no enemies

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+jāta+śatru)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• jāta – born, produced
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• śatru – enemy
  noun (masculine)

ह्रीमन्तम् (hrīmantam) - to Yudhiṣṭhira, the modest one (to the modest, to the bashful, to the shy one)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hrīmat

hrīmat - modest, bashful

Root: hrī

तम् (tam) - Yudhiṣṭhira (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - to his (Yudhiṣṭhira's) brothers (to the brothers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

अनुव्रतम् (anuvratam) - Yudhiṣṭhira, devoted to his brothers (devoted, obedient)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anuvrata

anuvrata - devoted, obedient, following

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛ (class 1)

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