महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-42, verse-2

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ।
सनत्सुजात यदीदं शृणोमि मृत्युर्हि नास्तीति तवोपदेशम् ।
देवासुरा ह्याचरन्ब्रह्मचर्यममृत्यवे तत्कतरन्नु सत्यम् ॥२॥

2. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ,
sanatsujāta yadīdaṁ śṛṇomi; mṛtyurhi nāstīti tavopadeśam ,
devāsurā hyācaranbrahmacarya;mamṛtyave tatkatarannu satyam.

2. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca sanatsujāta yadi
idam śṛṇomi mṛtyuḥ hi na asti iti tava
upadeśam devāsurāḥ hi ācaran
brahmacaryam amṛtyave tat katarat nu satyam

2. Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: O Sanatsujāta, I hear this teaching from you that death does not exist. But the gods and asuras certainly practiced celibacy (brahmacarya) to attain immortality. So, which of these two is actually the truth?

Words meanings summery:

• धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - Dhritarashtra

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सनत्सुजात (sanatsujāta) - O Sanatsujāta

• यदि (yadi) - if

• इदम् (idam) - this

• शृणोमि (śṛṇomi) - I hear, I listen

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

• तव (tava) - your

• उपदेशम् (upadeśam) - teaching, instruction, advice

• देवासुराः (devāsurāḥ) - gods and asuras (demons)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• आचरन् (ācaran) - they practiced, they observed

• ब्रह्मचर्यम् (brahmacaryam) - celibacy, studenthood, pursuit of Brahman (brahmacarya)

• अमृत्यवे (amṛtyave) - for immortality, for deathlessness

• तत् (tat) - that, therefore, so

• कतरत् (katarat) - which of two, which one

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, pray (interrogative or emphatic particle)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - Dhritarashtra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhritarashtra (name of a king)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

सनत्सुजात (sanatsujāta) - O Sanatsujāta

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sanatsujāta

sanatsujāta - Sanatsujāta (name of a sage)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

शृणोमि (śṛṇomi) - I hear, I listen

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, Yama (god of death)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

उपदेशम् (upadeśam) - teaching, instruction, advice

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upadeśa

upadeśa - instruction, teaching, advice, initiation

देवासुराः (devāsurāḥ) - gods and asuras (demons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of devāsura

devāsura - gods and asuras

Compound type : dvandva (deva+asura)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• asura – asura, demon, anti-god
  noun (masculine)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

आचरन् (ācaran) - they practiced, they observed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of car

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

ब्रह्मचर्यम् (brahmacaryam) - celibacy, studenthood, pursuit of Brahman (brahmacarya)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahmacarya

brahmacarya - celibacy, religious studenthood, conduct leading to Brahman

अमृत्यवे (amṛtyave) - for immortality, for deathlessness

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of amṛtyu

amṛtyu - immortality, deathlessness

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (a+mṛtyu)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)

तत् (tat) - that, therefore, so

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used here as an indeclinable: 'so' or 'therefore'.

कतरत् (katarat) - which of two, which one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of katara

katara - which of two, either

नु (nu) - indeed, now, pray (interrogative or emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true