महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-25, verse-8

मात्रा चास्मि समादिष्टो निषादान्भक्षयेति वै ।
न च मे तृप्तिरभवद्भक्षयित्वा सहस्रशः ॥८॥

8. mātrā cāsmi samādiṣṭo niṣādānbhakṣayeti vai ,
na ca me tṛptirabhavadbhakṣayitvā sahasraśaḥ.

8. mātrā ca asmi samādiṣṭaḥ niṣādān bhakṣaya iti vai
na ca me tṛptiḥ abhavat bhakṣayitvā sahasraśaḥ

8. And I was commanded by my mother, 'Devour the Niṣādas!' But even after devouring thousands, I found no satisfaction.

Words meanings summery:

• मात्रा (mātrā) - by my mother (by mother)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• समादिष्टः (samādiṣṭaḥ) - commanded (commanded, ordered)

• निषादान् (niṣādān) - the Niṣādas (Niṣādas (a tribe or caste))

• भक्षय (bhakṣaya) - devour! (devour, eat)

• इति (iti) - thus (indicating quotation) (thus, so, 'quote')

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, surely)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मे (me) - my (to me, my, for me)

• तृप्तिः (tṛptiḥ) - satisfaction (satisfaction, contentment)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became (became, was)

• भक्षयित्वा (bhakṣayitvā) - having devoured (having eaten, having devoured)

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands (by thousands, in thousands)

Words meanings and morphology

मात्रा (mātrā) - by my mother (by mother)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

समादिष्टः (samādiṣṭaḥ) - commanded (commanded, ordered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samādiṣṭa

samādiṣṭa - commanded, ordered, instructed

past passive participle

from root diś with sam-ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: diś (class 6)

निषादान् (niṣādān) - the Niṣādas (Niṣādas (a tribe or caste))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of niṣāda

niṣāda - a Niṣāda (member of a low caste or forest tribe)

Note: Object of 'devour'

भक्षय (bhakṣaya) - devour! (devour, eat)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhakṣ

causative/denom. from bhakṣa (food)

denom. from bhakṣa (food) or caus. of bhaj

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

Note: Part of the direct speech command.

इति (iti) - thus (indicating quotation) (thus, so, 'quote')

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, surely)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (to me, my, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Enclitic form of mad (asmad)

तृप्तिः (tṛptiḥ) - satisfaction (satisfaction, contentment)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛpti

tṛpti - satisfaction, contentment, gratification

action noun

from root tṛp

Root: tṛp (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'abhavat'

अभवत् (abhavat) - became (became, was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

भक्षयित्वा (bhakṣayitvā) - having devoured (having eaten, having devoured)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

from root bhakṣ

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands (by thousands, in thousands)

(indeclinable)

adverbial suffix -śaḥ

Note: Adverb indicating quantity.