महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-14, verse-14

भीमसेन उवाच ।
अन्यस्यापि न पातव्यं रुधिरं किं पुनः स्वकम् ।
यथैवात्मा तथा भ्राता विशेषो नास्ति कश्चन ॥१४॥

14. bhīmasena uvāca ,
anyasyāpi na pātavyaṁ rudhiraṁ kiṁ punaḥ svakam ,
yathaivātmā tathā bhrātā viśeṣo nāsti kaścana.

14. bhīmasenaḥ uvāca anyasya api na pātavyam rudhiram kim punaḥ
svakam yathā eva ātmā tathā bhrātā viśeṣaḥ na asti kaścana

14. bhīmasenaḥ uvāca anyasya api rudhiram na pātavyam kim punaḥ
svakam yathā eva ātmā tathā bhrātā kaścana viśeṣaḥ na asti

14. Bhīmasena said: One should not drink the blood of another, let alone one's own kin's blood! For a brother is just like one's own self (ātman); there is absolutely no distinction.

Words meanings summery:

• भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• अन्यस्य (anyasya) - of another, of someone else

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• न (na) - not, no

• पातव्यम् (pātavyam) - should be drunk

• रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood

• किम् (kim) - how much more (in the idiom kim punaḥ) (what?)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - how much more (in the idiom kim punaḥ) (again, moreover)

• स्वकम् (svakam) - one's own blood/kinsman's blood (one's own)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, essence

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus

• भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

• विशेषः (viśeṣaḥ) - distinction, difference

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• कश्चन (kaścana) - any whatsoever (any, anyone)

Words meanings and morphology

भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhīmasena (a Pāṇḍava brother)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Tense (Liṭ-lakāra)

Third person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

अन्यस्य (anyasya) - of another, of someone else

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पातव्यम् (pātavyam) - should be drunk

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pātavya

pātavya - to be drunk, drinkable

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

Derived from root pā (to drink) with suffix -tavya

Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Denotes obligation or fitness

रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rudhira

rudhira - blood, red

Note: Subject of the passive construction

किम् (kim) - how much more (in the idiom kim punaḥ) (what?)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - how much more (in the idiom kim punaḥ) (again, moreover)

(indeclinable)

स्वकम् (svakam) - one's own blood/kinsman's blood (one's own)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svaka

svaka - one's own, pertaining to oneself

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

आत्मा (ātmā) - self, soul, essence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, life-breath

Root: an (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus

(indeclinable)

भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

विशेषः (viśeṣaḥ) - distinction, difference

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśeṣa

viśeṣa - distinction, difference, peculiarity

Note: Subject of 'na asti'

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Tense (Laṭ-lakāra)

Third person singular, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

कश्चन (kaścana) - any whatsoever (any, anyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścana

kaścana - any, anyone, some, someone

Formed from kim (interrogative pronoun) + ca + na (indefinite)

Note: Used with 'na' to form a strong negation.