महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-68, verse-4

मौनाद्ध्यानाच्च योगाच्च विद्धि भारत माधवम् ।
सर्वतत्त्वलयाच्चैव मधुहा मधुसूदनः ॥४॥

4. maunāddhyānācca yogācca viddhi bhārata mādhavam ,
sarvatattvalayāccaiva madhuhā madhusūdanaḥ.

4. maunāt dhyānāt ca yogāt ca viddhi bhārata mādhavam
sarvatattvalayāt ca eva madhuhā madhusūdanaḥ

4. O Bhārata, understand Mādhava through silence, through meditation (dhyāna), and through spiritual discipline (yoga). He is also Madhuhā and Madhusūdana, known through the dissolution of all fundamental principles (tattva).

4. הו בן בְּהַארַטַה, הכר את מָאדְהַוַה מתוך שתיקה, מדיטציה ויוֹגַה. ומפני שהוא ממיס את כל העקרונות ומכלה את מַדְהוּ, הוא מַדְהוּסוּדַנַה.

Words meanings summery:

• मौनात् (maunāt) - from silence, from taciturnity

• ध्यानात् (dhyānāt) - from meditation (dhyāna), from contemplation

• च (ca) - and, also

• योगात् (yogāt) - from spiritual discipline (yoga), from union, from joining

• च (ca) - and, also

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata, O descendant of Bharata

• माधवम् (mādhavam) - Mādhava (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna)

• सर्वतत्त्वलयात् (sarvatattvalayāt) - from the dissolution of all principles (tattva), from the merging of all elements

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• मधुहा (madhuhā) - the slayer of Madhu

• मधुसूदनः (madhusūdanaḥ) - the slayer of Madhu

Words meanings and morphology

मौनात् (maunāt) - from silence, from taciturnity

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of mauna

mauna - silence, taciturnity

From muni (sage) + aṇ (nominal suffix).

ध्यानात् (dhyānāt) - from meditation (dhyāna), from contemplation

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dhyāna

dhyāna - meditation, contemplation, thought

From root dhyai (to meditate) + ana (suffix).

Root: dhyai (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

योगात् (yogāt) - from spiritual discipline (yoga), from union, from joining

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yoga

yoga - union, spiritual discipline, joining, application, concentration

From root yuj (to join, to yoke) + ghañ (nominal suffix).

Root: yuj (class 7)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 2)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata, O descendant of Bharata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - a descendant of Bharata, an Indian, related to Bharata

माधवम् (mādhavam) - Mādhava (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mādhava

mādhava - belonging to Madhu, descendant of Madhu, an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna

सर्वतत्त्वलयात् (sarvatattvalayāt) - from the dissolution of all principles (tattva), from the merging of all elements

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sarvatattvalaya

sarvatattvalaya - dissolution of all principles/elements

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+tattva+laya)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• tattva – reality, truth, principle, element, essence
  noun (neuter)
• laya – dissolution, absorption, melting, merging
  noun (masculine)
  From root lī (to melt, dissolve) + ac (suffix).
  Root: lī (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

मधुहा (madhuhā) - the slayer of Madhu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of madhuhā

madhuhā - slayer of Madhu (demon), an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna

Compound of Madhu (demon name) and hā (from root han, to slay).

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (madhu+han)

• madhu – honey, sweet, name of a demon
  noun (neuter)
• han – to strike, to kill, to slay
  verb
  Root verb.
  Root: han (class 2)

मधुसूदनः (madhusūdanaḥ) - the slayer of Madhu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of madhusūdana

madhusūdana - slayer of Madhu (demon), an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna

Compound of Madhu (demon name) and sūdana (destroyer).

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (madhu+sūdana)

• madhu – honey, sweet, name of a demon
  noun (neuter)
• sūdana – destroying, killer, destroyer
  noun (masculine)
  From root sūd (to destroy) + ana (suffix).
  Root: sūd (class 10)

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