महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-69, verse-27

ऋतेऽपि त्वयि दुःषन्त शैलराजावतंसकाम् ।
चतुरन्तामिमामुर्वीं पुत्रो मे पालयिष्यति ॥२७॥

27. ṛte'pi tvayi duḥṣanta śailarājāvataṁsakām ,
caturantāmimāmurvīṁ putro me pālayiṣyati.

27. ṛte api tvayi duḥṣanta śailarājāvataṃsakām
caturantām imām urvīm putraḥ me pālayiṣyati

27. O Dushyanta, even without you, my son will rule this entire earth, which has the king of mountains as its crown and extends to its four boundaries.

Words meanings summery:

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, apart from

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• त्वयि (tvayi) - without you (governed by ṛte) (in you, on you, with you)

• दुःषन्त (duḥṣanta) - O Dushyanta

• शैलराजावतंसकाम् (śailarājāvataṁsakām) - having the king of mountains (Himalaya) as its crown (having the king of mountains as its crest/earring/ornament)

• चतुरन्ताम् (caturantām) - extending to its four boundaries (the entire earth) (having four ends, bounded by four oceans/directions)

• इमाम् (imām) - this

• उर्वीम् (urvīm) - earth, ground

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• मे (me) - my, of me

• पालयिष्यति (pālayiṣyati) - will rule (will protect, will rule, will govern)

Words meanings and morphology

ऋते (ṛte) - without, apart from

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here with ṛte to mean 'even without'.

त्वयि (tvayi) - without you (governed by ṛte) (in you, on you, with you)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

दुःषन्त (duḥṣanta) - O Dushyanta

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of duḥṣanta

duḥṣanta - Dushyanta (proper name, a king)

शैलराजावतंसकाम् (śailarājāvataṁsakām) - having the king of mountains (Himalaya) as its crown (having the king of mountains as its crest/earring/ornament)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śailarājāvataṃsakā

śailarājāvataṁsakā - having the king of mountains as its crest/earring/ornament

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śailarāja+avataṃsakā)

• śailarāja – king of mountains
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of śaila (mountain) and rāja (king)
• avataṃsakā – crest, diadem, ornament for the ear
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to the earth (urvīm)

चतुरन्ताम् (caturantām) - extending to its four boundaries (the entire earth) (having four ends, bounded by four oceans/directions)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of caturanta

caturanta - having four ends/sides, bounded by the four oceans/directions

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (catur+anta)

• catur – four
  numeral
• anta – end, boundary, edge
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the earth (urvīm)

इमाम् (imām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, agrees with urvīm

उर्वीम् (urvīm) - earth, ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of urvī

urvī - earth, ground, land

Note: Object of pālayiṣyati

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Subject of pālayiṣyati

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Note: Enclitic form, possessive 'my son'

पालयिष्यति (pālayiṣyati) - will rule (will protect, will rule, will govern)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of pāl

Future Active Indicative

Third person singular future active indicative of root pāl (causative of √pa or derived from pāla)

Root: pāl (class 10)