महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-39, verse-2

परं मन्त्रबलं यत्ते तद्दर्शय यतस्व च ।
न्यग्रोधमेनं धक्ष्यामि पश्यतस्ते द्विजोत्तम ॥२॥

2. paraṁ mantrabalaṁ yatte taddarśaya yatasva ca ,
nyagrodhamenaṁ dhakṣyāmi paśyataste dvijottama.

2. param mantrabalam yat te tat darśaya yatasva ca
nyagrodham enam dhakṣyāmi paśyataḥ te dvijottama

2. Show that supreme power of your mantras, and strive! O best of Brahmins, I shall burn this banyan tree while you watch.

Words meanings summery:

• परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, excellent, highest)

• मन्त्रबलम् (mantrabalam) - power of mantras (power of a mantra, strength of sacred texts)

• यत् (yat) - which (which, that)

• ते (te) - your (to you, your)

• तत् (tat) - that (power) (that, it)

• दर्शय (darśaya) - show (show, cause to see)

• यतस्व (yatasva) - strive (strive, exert yourself)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• न्यग्रोधम् (nyagrodham) - this banyan tree (banyan tree)

• एनम् (enam) - this (tree) (this, this one)

• धक्ष्यामि (dhakṣyāmi) - I will burn

• पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while watching (genitive absolute) (seeing, watching (genitive))

• ते (te) - of you (while you watch) (your, to you)

• द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of Brahmins (Kaśyapa) (O best of Brahmins)

Words meanings and morphology

परम् (param) - supreme (supreme, excellent, highest)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, different, subsequent, supreme, excellent, highest, extreme

Note: Agrees with 'mantrabalam'.

मन्त्रबलम् (mantrabalam) - power of mantras (power of a mantra, strength of sacred texts)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mantrabala

mantrabala - the power of sacred texts or spells

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mantra+bala)

• mantra – sacred word, hymn, spell, counsel
  noun (masculine)
  Root: man (class 4)
• bala – strength, power, force, might
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'darśaya'.

यत् (yat) - which (which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

Note: Refers to 'mantrabalam'.

ते (te) - your (to you, your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive form with 'yat mantrabalam'.

तत् (tat) - that (power) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Object of 'darśaya'.

दर्शय (darśaya) - show (show, cause to see)

(verb)

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

causative

Causative stem of dṛś ('to cause to see')

Root: dṛś (class 1)

यतस्व (yatasva) - strive (strive, exert yourself)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of yat

Root: yat (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

न्यग्रोधम् (nyagrodham) - this banyan tree (banyan tree)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nyagrodha

nyagrodha - banyan tree (Ficus indica)

Note: Object of 'dhakṣyāmi'.

एनम् (enam) - this (tree) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enad

enad - this, this one

Note: Agrees with 'nyagrodham'.

धक्ष्यामि (dhakṣyāmi) - I will burn

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of dah

future tense

Derived from root dah (Fut. stem dhakṣya-)

Root: dah (class 1)

पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while watching (genitive absolute) (seeing, watching (genitive))

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, looking, observing

present active participle

Present participle of root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Functions adverbially as 'while (you are) seeing'.

ते (te) - of you (while you watch) (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Forms a genitive absolute construction with 'paśyataḥ'.

द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of Brahmins (Kaśyapa) (O best of Brahmins)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijottama

dvijottama - best of Brahmins, excellent Brahmin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+uttama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya), bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from dvi (two) and jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• uttama – highest, best, chief, excellent
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Addressing Kaśyapa.