महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-24, verse-96

तानब्रवीत्पुनर्देवो मत्तः श्रेष्ठतरो हि यः ।
तं सारथिं कुरुध्वं मे स्वयं संचिन्त्य माचिरम् ॥९६॥

96. tānabravītpunardevo mattaḥ śreṣṭhataro hi yaḥ ,
taṁ sārathiṁ kurudhvaṁ me svayaṁ saṁcintya māciram.

96. tān abravīt punar devaḥ mattaḥ śreṣṭhataraḥ hi yaḥ
tam sārathim kurudhvam me svayam saṃcintya mā ciram

96. devaḥ punar tān abravīt: hi yaḥ mattaḥ śreṣṭhataraḥ,
tam me sārathim svayam saṃcintya,
mā ciram kurudhvam

96. The god then said to them again, "Indeed, whoever is superior to me, choose him as my charioteer yourselves, and do not delay."

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - to them (the hosts of gods) (them, those)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

• पुनर् (punar) - again, furthermore

• देवः (devaḥ) - Lord Shiva (god, deity)

• मत्तः (mattaḥ) - from me, than me

• श्रेष्ठतरः (śreṣṭhataraḥ) - more excellent, superior, better

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which (relative pronoun)

• तम् (tam) - him (the one who is superior) (him, that)

• सारथिम् (sārathim) - charioteer

• कुरुध्वम् (kurudhvam) - you (gods) appoint/choose (you (plural) make/do)

• मे (me) - my, of me

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, yourselves

• संचिन्त्य (saṁcintya) - having considered, having reflected upon

• मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

• चिरम् (ciram) - do not delay (literally 'not for long') (for a long time, long)

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - to them (the hosts of gods) (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

पुनर् (punar) - again, furthermore

(indeclinable)

देवः (devaḥ) - Lord Shiva (god, deity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

मत्तः (mattaḥ) - from me, than me

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

श्रेष्ठतरः (śreṣṭhataraḥ) - more excellent, superior, better

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭhatara

śreṣṭhatara - more excellent, superior, better

comparative degree of śreṣṭha (most excellent)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

तम् (tam) - him (the one who is superior) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सारथिम् (sārathim) - charioteer

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sārathi

sārathi - charioteer, driver

कुरुध्वम् (kurudhvam) - you (gods) appoint/choose (you (plural) make/do)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, yourselves

(indeclinable)

संचिन्त्य (saṁcintya) - having considered, having reflected upon

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive from root cit with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: cit (class 1)

मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

चिरम् (ciram) - do not delay (literally 'not for long') (for a long time, long)

(indeclinable)

accusative singular neuter used adverbially