महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-31, verse-8

तथा भीष्मं शांतनवं भारतानां पितामहम् ।
शिरसाभिवदेथास्त्वं मम नाम प्रकीर्तयन् ॥८॥

8. tathā bhīṣmaṁ śāṁtanavaṁ bhāratānāṁ pitāmaham ,
śirasābhivadethāstvaṁ mama nāma prakīrtayan.

8. tathā bhīṣmam śāntanavam bhāratānām pitāmaham
śirasā abhivadetāḥ tvam mama nāma prakīrtayan

8. Then, you should bow your head to Bhishma, the son of Shantanu and the grandfather of the Bharatas, while proclaiming my name.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - then, thus, in that way

• भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma

• शान्तनवम् (śāntanavam) - son of Shantanu, belonging to Shantanu

• भारतानाम् (bhāratānām) - of the Bharatas, of the descendants of Bharata

• पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - grandfather

• शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head, by the head

• अभिवदेताः (abhivadetāḥ) - you should greet, you should bow

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• नाम (nāma) - name

• प्रकीर्तयन् (prakīrtayan) - proclaiming, mentioning

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - then, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (proper name)

शान्तनवम् (śāntanavam) - son of Shantanu, belonging to Shantanu

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śāntanava

śāntanava - son of Shantanu

Taddhita derivative from Shantanu

भारतानाम् (bhāratānām) - of the Bharatas, of the descendants of Bharata

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, a Bharata

Taddhita derivative from Bharata

पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - grandfather

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather

शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head, by the head

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, top

अभिवदेताः (abhivadetāḥ) - you should greet, you should bow

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of abhivad

Prefix: abhi

Root: vad (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

नाम (nāma) - name

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name

प्रकीर्तयन् (prakīrtayan) - proclaiming, mentioning

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prakīrtayat

prakīrtayat - proclaiming

Present Active Participle

Derived from verb prakīrt 'to proclaim'

Prefix: pra

Root: kīrt (class 10)