महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-149, verse-8

न त्वहं वधमाकाङ्क्षे स्वयमेवात्मनः शुभे ।
परैः कृते वधे पापं न किंचिन्मयि विद्यते ॥८॥

8. na tvahaṁ vadhamākāṅkṣe svayamevātmanaḥ śubhe ,
paraiḥ kṛte vadhe pāpaṁ na kiṁcinmayi vidyate.

8. na tu aham vadham ākaṅkṣe svayam eva ātmanaḥ śubhe
| paraiḥ kṛte vadhe pāpam na kiñcit mayi vidyate

8. But I myself, oh auspicious one, do not desire my own death (ātman). If the slaying is committed by others, then no sin (pāpa) whatsoever will attach to me.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• अहम् (aham) - I

• वधम् (vadham) - killing, slaying, death

• आकङ्क्षे (ākaṅkṣe) - I desire, I wish for

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, automatically

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

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of oneself, of the soul

• शुभे (śubhe) - oh auspicious one, oh beautiful one

• परैः (paraiḥ) - by others

• कृते (kṛte) - when done, having been done

• वधे (vadhe) - in killing, in the matter of killing, in death

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, wickedness

• न (na) - not, no

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, whatsoever, a little

• मयि (mayi) - in me

• विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists, is present

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

वधम् (vadham) - killing, slaying, death

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaying, striking, death, injury

Derived from root 'vadh' with 'a' suffix.

Root: vadh (class 1)

आकङ्क्षे (ākaṅkṣe) - I desire, I wish for

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ā-kāṅkṣ

Present Tense

Root 'kāṅkṣ' with prefix 'ā'. 1st person singular Aṭmanepada.

Prefix: ā

Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, automatically

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of oneself, of the soul

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, supreme spirit, essence, ego

शुभे (śubhe) - oh auspicious one, oh beautiful one

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of śubhā

śubhā - auspicious, beautiful, bright, good, pure; an auspicious woman

परैः (paraiḥ) - by others

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of para

para - other, another, supreme, distant

कृते (kṛte) - when done, having been done

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'kṛ' with 'ta' suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वधे (vadhe) - in killing, in the matter of killing, in death

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaying, striking, death, injury

Derived from root 'vadh' with 'a' suffix.

Root: vadh (class 1)

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, wickedness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, bad, wicked, sin, demerit

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, whatsoever, a little

(indeclinable)

मयि (mayi) - in me

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of aham

aham - I

विद्यते (vidyate) - is found, exists, is present

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Present Tense

Class 4 Aṭmanepada verb ('vid' - to be, exist), 3rd person singular.

Root: vid (class 4)