महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-10, verse-27

शल्य उवाच ।
महर्षिवचनं श्रुत्वा तानुवाच महाद्युतिः ।
अवश्यं भगवन्तो मे माननीयास्तपस्विनः ॥२७॥

27. śalya uvāca ,
maharṣivacanaṁ śrutvā tānuvāca mahādyutiḥ ,
avaśyaṁ bhagavanto me mānanīyāstapasvinaḥ.

27. śalya uvāca | maharṣivacanam śrutvā tān uvāca mahādyutiḥ
| avaśyam bhagavantaḥ me mānanīyāḥ tapasvinaḥ

27. Śalya said: Having heard the words of the great sage, the greatly radiant one addressed them: "Certainly, revered ascetics, you are to be honored by me."

Words meanings summery:

• शल्य (śalya) - Śalya (Śalya (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• महर्षिवचनम् (maharṣivacanam) - the words of the great sage

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, having listened)

• तान् (tān) - them (referring to the ascetics) (them (masculine plural accusative))

• उवाच (uvāca) - addressed (said, spoke)

• महाद्युतिः (mahādyutiḥ) - the greatly radiant one (greatly radiant, very brilliant)

• अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - certainly (certainly, necessarily, undoubtedly)

• भगवन्तः (bhagavantaḥ) - revered sirs (revered sirs, blessed ones, illustrious ones)

• मे (me) - by me (by me, to me, for me)

• माननीयाः (mānanīyāḥ) - to be honored (to be honored, to be respected, venerable)

• तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - ascetics (ascetics, devotees, those performing penance)

Words meanings and morphology

शल्य (śalya) - Śalya (Śalya (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śalya

śalya - Śalya (name of a king, brother of Mādrī, maternal uncle of the Pāṇḍavas)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect tense

Perfect active third person singular of root √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

महर्षिवचनम् (maharṣivacanam) - the words of the great sage

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of maharṣivacana

maharṣivacana - words of a great sage, utterance of a seer

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (maharṣi+vacana)

• maharṣi – great sage, great seer
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of mahā (great) + ṛṣi (sage).
• vacana – speech, word, saying, utterance
  noun (neuter)
  From root √vac (to speak).
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śrutvā'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, having listened)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Absolutive (indeclinable participle) from root √śru (to hear) + -tvā suffix.

Root: śru (class 5)

तान् (tān) - them (referring to the ascetics) (them (masculine plural accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Object of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - addressed (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect tense

Perfect active third person singular of root √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

महाद्युतिः (mahādyutiḥ) - the greatly radiant one (greatly radiant, very brilliant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahādyuti

mahādyuti - greatly radiant, splendid, very brilliant, a person of great splendor

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+dyuti)

• mahā – great, large, mighty, extensive
  adjective (feminine)
• dyuti – light, splendor, radiance, luster, brilliance
  noun (feminine)
  From root √dyut (to shine).
  Root: dyut (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca', referring to Śalya.

अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - certainly (certainly, necessarily, undoubtedly)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avaśya

avaśya - certain, necessary, undoubtedly, certainly, inevitable

From a- (not) + vaśya (submissive, dependent), meaning 'independent' or 'certain'.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vaśya)

• a – not, un-, in-
  indeclinable
• vaśya – obedient, dependent, submissive, controllable, to be subjugated
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  From root √vaś (to wish, desire, command).
  Root: vaś (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially to emphasize certainty.

भगवन्तः (bhagavantaḥ) - revered sirs (revered sirs, blessed ones, illustrious ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, fortunate, illustrious, divine, revered (often used as an honorific)

Possessive suffix -vat from bhaga (fortune, excellence).

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Used here in a vocative sense.

मे (me) - by me (by me, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)

माननीयाः (mānanīyāḥ) - to be honored (to be honored, to be respected, venerable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānanīya

mānanīya - to be honored, to be respected, venerable, worshipful, respectable

Gerundive

From root √mān (to honor) + anīya suffix.

Root: mān (class 10)

Note: Predicate adjective, agreeing with 'tapasvinaḥ'.

तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - ascetics (ascetics, devotees, those performing penance)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, devotee, practicing penance, austere, hermit

Possessive suffix -vin from tapas (penance, austerity).

Note: Subject of the implied 'are'.