महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-66, verse-4

भवान्पितृसमो मह्यं धर्मराजसमोऽपि च ।
तथा कृष्णसमश्चैव सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥४॥

4. bhavānpitṛsamo mahyaṁ dharmarājasamo'pi ca ,
tathā kṛṣṇasamaścaiva satyametadbravīmi te.

4. bhavān pitṛsamaḥ mahyam dharmarājasamaḥ api ca
| tathā kṛṣṇasamaḥ ca eva satyam etat bravīmi te

4. bhavān mahyam pitṛsamaḥ ca api dharmarājasamaḥ
tathā ca eva kṛṣṇasamaḥ etat satyam te bravīmi

4. “You are like a father to me, and also like the king of natural law (dharmarāja). Similarly, you are also indeed like Kṛṣṇa; this truth I speak to you.”

Words meanings summery:

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (referring to Droṇa) (you (respectful))

• पितृसमः (pitṛsamaḥ) - like a father (like a father, equal to a father)

• मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me (to me, for me)

• धर्मराजसमः (dharmarājasamaḥ) - like the king of natural law (dharmarāja) (like Dharmarāja, equal to the king of dharma)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

• कृष्णसमः (kṛṣṇasamaḥ) - like Kṛṣṇa (like Kṛṣṇa, equal to Kṛṣṇa)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, just)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth (truth, true)

• एतत् (etat) - this (truth) (this)

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak (I speak, I say)

• ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, your)

Words meanings and morphology

भवान् (bhavān) - you (referring to Droṇa) (you (respectful))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your, you (respectful)

पितृसमः (pitṛsamaḥ) - like a father (like a father, equal to a father)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛsama

pitṛsama - like a father, equal to a father

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+sama)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• sama – like, equal, similar
  adjective (masculine)

मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me (to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

धर्मराजसमः (dharmarājasamaḥ) - like the king of natural law (dharmarāja) (like Dharmarāja, equal to the king of dharma)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmarājasama

dharmarājasama - like Dharmarāja, equal to the king of dharma

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharmarāja+sama)

• dharmarāja – king of dharma, Yama
  noun (masculine)
• sama – like, equal, similar
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Dharmarāja is also a title for Yudhiṣṭhira, or Yama.

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

कृष्णसमः (kṛṣṇasamaḥ) - like Kṛṣṇa (like Kṛṣṇa, equal to Kṛṣṇa)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇasama

kṛṣṇasama - like Kṛṣṇa, equal to Kṛṣṇa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṛṣṇa+sama)

• kṛṣṇa – Kṛṣṇa (a proper name, the divine charioteer)
  proper noun (masculine)
• sama – like, equal, similar
  adjective (masculine)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth (truth, true)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, true, real

एतत् (etat) - this (truth) (this)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Here, accusative as object of 'bravīmi'.

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak (I speak, I say)

(verb)

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

Present Active

1st person singular present active

Root: brū (class 2)

ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Here, dative as indirect object of 'bravīmi'.