महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-86, verse-38

एतद्विचार्य बहुशो बुद्ध्या बुद्धिमतां वर ।
दृष्ट्वा श्रेयः परं बुद्ध्या ततो राजन्प्रशाधि माम् ॥३८॥

38. etadvicārya bahuśo buddhyā buddhimatāṁ vara ,
dṛṣṭvā śreyaḥ paraṁ buddhyā tato rājanpraśādhi mām.

38. etat vicārya bahuśaḥ buddhyā buddhimatām vara dṛṣṭvā
śreyaḥ param buddhyā tataḥ rājan praśādhi mām

38. buddhimatām vara,
rājan,
etat bahuśaḥ buddhyā vicārya param śreyaḥ buddhyā dṛṣṭvā tataḥ mām praśādhi.

38. O best among the intelligent, O King, having repeatedly deliberated upon this with your intellect, and having perceived the supreme good through your understanding, then instruct me.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this, this thing

• विचार्य (vicārya) - having deliberated, having pondered, having considered

• बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - repeatedly, many times, often

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, with understanding, by reason

• बुद्धिमताम् (buddhimatām) - of the intelligent ones, among the wise

• वर (vara) - O best, O excellent one

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having perceived, having understood

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - the good, prosperity, welfare, the supreme good

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, with understanding, by reason

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• प्रशाधि (praśādhi) - instruct, command, govern

• माम् (mām) - me

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this, this thing

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

विचार्य (vicārya) - having deliberated, having pondered, having considered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: car (class 1)

बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - repeatedly, many times, often

(indeclinable)

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, with understanding, by reason

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, reason, perception

Root: budh (class 1)

बुद्धिमताम् (buddhimatām) - of the intelligent ones, among the wise

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of buddhimat

buddhimat - intelligent, wise, discerning

From buddhi + matup suffix

वर (vara) - O best, O excellent one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, desired, boon

Root: vṛ (class 5)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having perceived, having understood

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Root: dṛś (class 1)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - the good, prosperity, welfare, the supreme good

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - good, excellent, better, welfare, supreme good

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, most excellent

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, with understanding, by reason

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, reason, perception

Root: budh (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāṃj (class 1)

प्रशाधि (praśādhi) - instruct, command, govern

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pra-śās

Prefix: pra

Root: śās (class 2)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me