महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-48, verse-6

बृहस्पतिश्च पप्रच्छ ब्राह्मणं काविमाविति ।
भवन्तं नोपतिष्ठेते तौ नः शंस पितामह ॥६॥

6. bṛhaspatiśca papraccha brāhmaṇaṁ kāvimāviti ,
bhavantaṁ nopatiṣṭhete tau naḥ śaṁsa pitāmaha.

6. bṛhaspatiḥ ca papraccha brāhmaṇam kau imau iti
bhavantam na upatiṣṭhete tau naḥ śaṃsa pitāmaha

6. And Brihaspati asked the Brahmana, 'Who are these two? These two do not come before you. O Grandfather (pitāmaha), please tell us about them.'

Words meanings summery:

• बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Brihaspati (preceptor of the gods)

• च (ca) - and, also

• पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked, questioned

• ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - Brahma (the creator god) (the Brahmana, the one belonging to Brahman)

• कौ (kau) - who (dual)

• इमौ (imau) - these two

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - you (respectful form)

• न (na) - not, no

• उपतिष्ठेते (upatiṣṭhete) - they (Nara and Narayana) do not come before you (Brahma) (they (dual) attend, serve, approach)

• तौ (tau) - those two

• नः (naḥ) - to us, for us

• शंस (śaṁsa) - tell, declare, relate

• पितामह (pitāmaha) - O Brahma (O Grandfather, O great father)

Words meanings and morphology

बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Brihaspati (preceptor of the gods)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhaspati

bṛhaspati - Brihaspati (preceptor of the gods, planet Jupiter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked, questioned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of pra-√prach

Perfect Tense

derived from the root √prach with upasarga pra

Prefix: pra

Root: prach (class 6)

ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - Brahma (the creator god) (the Brahmana, the one belonging to Brahman)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmana (member of the priestly class), relating to Brahman

कौ (kau) - who (dual)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kim

kim - who, what, which

इमौ (imau) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - you (respectful form)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhavant

bhavant - you (respectful term), being, existing

Present Active Participle

derived from the root √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उपतिष्ठेते (upatiṣṭhete) - they (Nara and Narayana) do not come before you (Brahma) (they (dual) attend, serve, approach)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, ātmanepada, present (laṭ) of upa-√sthā

Present Tense

derived from the root √sthā with upasarga upa

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: The form is ātmanepada for 3rd dual present.

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नः (naḥ) - to us, for us

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

Note: (also used as genitive plural)

शंस (śaṁsa) - tell, declare, relate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śaṃs

Imperative Mood

derived from the root √śaṃs

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

पितामह (pitāmaha) - O Brahma (O Grandfather, O great father)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather, great father, Brahma