महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-171, verse-5

भीष्म त्वमसि धर्मज्ञः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः ।
श्रुत्वा च धर्म्यं वचनं मह्यं कर्तुमिहार्हसि ॥५॥

5. bhīṣma tvamasi dharmajñaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ ,
śrutvā ca dharmyaṁ vacanaṁ mahyaṁ kartumihārhasi.

5. bhīṣma tvaṃ asi dharmajñaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ
śrutvā ca dharmyaṃ vacanaṃ mahyaṃ kartuṃ iha arhasi

5. bhīṣma tvaṃ dharmajñaḥ ca sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ asi
iha dharmyaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā mahyaṃ kartuṃ arhasi

5. O Bhīṣma, you are conversant with `dharma` (natural law) and proficient in all scriptures. Therefore, having heard my righteous words, you ought to act on my behalf here.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - O Bhīṣma (a proper name)

• त्वं (tvaṁ) - you

• असि (asi) - are

• धर्मज्ञः (dharmajñaḥ) - knower of dharma (natural law/righteousness)

• सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः (sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ) - skilled in all scriptures, expert in all branches of knowledge

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• धर्म्यं (dharmyaṁ) - righteous, lawful, appropriate to `dharma` (natural law)

• वचनं (vacanaṁ) - words, statement, speech

• मह्यं (mahyaṁ) - to me, for me

• कर्तुं (kartuṁ) - to do, to make, to perform

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - O Bhīṣma (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (a prominent character in the Mahābhārata, lit. 'terrible')

त्वं (tvaṁ) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

असि (asi) - are

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

धर्मज्ञः (dharmajñaḥ) - knower of dharma (natural law/righteousness)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmajña

dharmajña - knower of `dharma`, righteous, virtuous

Compound formed from `dharma` and `jña` (knower).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+jña)

• dharma – righteousness, duty, natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• jña – knowing, knower, expert
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun suffix
  Derived from root jñā (to know) with suffix -a.
  Root: jñā (class 9)

सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः (sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ) - skilled in all scriptures, expert in all branches of knowledge

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvaśāstraviśārada

sarvaśāstraviśārada - expert in all scriptures/sciences

Compound formed from sarva (all), śāstra (scripture), and viśārada (skilled).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+śāstra+viśārada)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• śāstra – scripture, treatise, science, doctrine
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śās (class 2)
• viśārada – skilled, expert, proficient, learned
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: vi

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from the root śru (to hear) with suffix -tvā, forming an absolutive.

Root: śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

धर्म्यं (dharmyaṁ) - righteous, lawful, appropriate to `dharma` (natural law)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dharmya

dharmya - righteous, just, lawful, pertaining to `dharma`

Derived from `dharma` with suffix -ya.

वचनं (vacanaṁ) - words, statement, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, statement, saying

Derived from the root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

मह्यं (mahyaṁ) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

कर्तुं (kartuṁ) - to do, to make, to perform

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Derived from the root kṛ (to do) with infinitive suffix -tum.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter

(indeclinable)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

(verb)

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

Root: arh (class 1)