महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-49, verse-58

भवान्मातृसमोऽस्माकं तथा पितृसमोऽपि च ।
गतिश्च परमा कृष्ण तेन ते वाक्यमद्भुतम् ॥५८॥

58. bhavānmātṛsamo'smākaṁ tathā pitṛsamo'pi ca ,
gatiśca paramā kṛṣṇa tena te vākyamadbhutam.

58. bhavān mātṛsamaḥ asmākam tathā pitṛsamaḥ api ca
gatiḥ ca paramā kṛṣṇa tena te vākyam adbhutam

58. kṛṣṇa bhavān asmākam mātṛsamaḥ tathā pitṛsamaḥ
api ca paramā gatiḥ ca tena te vākyam adbhutam

58. You are like a mother to us, and also like a father. And you, Kṛṣṇa, are our supreme refuge. Therefore, your words are amazing.

Words meanings summery:

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific), your honor

• मातृसमः (mātṛsamaḥ) - like a mother, mother-like

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, for us

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, and

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

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• च (ca) - and, also

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - refuge, resort, path, movement

• च (ca) - and, also

• परमा (paramā) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Kṛṣṇa

• तेन (tena) - by that, therefore

• ते (te) - of you, your

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - amazing, wonderful, marvelous

Words meanings and morphology

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific), your honor

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, sir, you (honorific)

Present Active Participle (when used as 'being')

Nominative singular masculine of 'bhavat'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

मातृसमः (mātṛsamaḥ) - like a mother, mother-like

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātṛsama

mātṛsama - similar to a mother, like a mother

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mātṛ+sama)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• sama – equal, similar, like
  adjective (masculine)

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, for us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, and

(indeclinable)

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

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛsama

pitṛsama - similar to a father, like a father

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+sama)

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

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

गतिः (gatiḥ) - refuge, resort, path, movement

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, course, condition, refuge, ultimate destination

Derived from root 'gam' (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

परमा (paramā) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, best, principal

कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Kṛṣṇa

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Kṛṣṇa (name of a deity or person), black, dark

तेन (tena) - by that, therefore

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ते (te) - of you, your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

Derived from 'vac' (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - amazing, wonderful, marvelous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - wonderful, astonishing, marvelous, amazing, strange