महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-126, verse-36

राजोवाच ।
कृशाकृशे मया ब्रह्मन्गृहीते वचनात्तव ।
दुर्लभत्वं च तस्यैव वेदवाक्यमिव द्विज ॥३६॥

36. rājovāca ,
kṛśākṛśe mayā brahmangṛhīte vacanāttava ,
durlabhatvaṁ ca tasyaiva vedavākyamiva dvija.

36. rājā uvāca kṛśākṛśe mayā brahman gṛhīte vachanāt
tava durlabhatvam ca tasya eva vedavākyam iva dvija

36. rājā uvāca brahman dvija tava vachanāt mayā kṛśākṛśe
gṛhīte tasya durlabhatvam ca vedavākyam iva eva

36. The King said: 'O Brahmin, by your words, both the meager and the non-meager have been accepted by me. And indeed, O Twice-born (dvija), its (desire's) elusive nature (durlabhatva) is like a Vedic statement.'

Words meanings summery:

• राजा (rājā) - the king

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• कृशाकृशे (kṛśākṛśe) - both the meager and the non-meager (referring to states or objects of desire) (the lean and the non-lean, the meager and the abundant, the impoverished and the prosperous)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

• गृहीते (gṛhīte) - have been accepted (taken, accepted, seized)

• वछनात् (vachanāt) - according to your words (from the word, according to the statement)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• दुर्लभत्वम् (durlabhatvam) - its elusive nature (durlabhatva) (the state of being hard to obtain, scarcity, rarity)

• च (ca) - and

• तस्य (tasya) - of its (referring to desire, āśā, or its durlabhatva) (of that (masculine/neuter))

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• वेदवाक्यम् (vedavākyam) - a Vedic statement, a sacred text

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• द्विज (dvija) - O Twice-born (dvija) (O Twice-born (Brahmin, bird, tooth))

Words meanings and morphology

राजा (rājā) - the king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

कृशाकृशे (kṛśākṛśe) - both the meager and the non-meager (referring to states or objects of desire) (the lean and the non-lean, the meager and the abundant, the impoverished and the prosperous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kṛśākṛśa

kṛśākṛśa - lean and not lean, meager and not meager

Compound type : Dvandva (kṛśa+akṛśa)

• kṛśa – lean, thin, meager, poor
  adjective
• akṛśa – not lean, not meager, plump, abundant, prosperous
  adjective
  Prefix: a

Note: Functions as a noun here, referring to 'the lean one and the non-lean one'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin (member of the priestly class), one who knows Brahman

गृहीते (gṛhīte) - have been accepted (taken, accepted, seized)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of gṛhīta

gṛhīta - taken, accepted, grasped, seized

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'grah' (to seize, take).

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'kṛśākṛśe' in gender, number, and case, forming a passive construction.

वछनात् (vachanāt) - according to your words (from the word, according to the statement)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vachana

vachana - word, speech, statement

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

दुर्लभत्वम् (durlabhatvam) - its elusive nature (durlabhatva) (the state of being hard to obtain, scarcity, rarity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of durlabhatva

durlabhatva - difficulty of attainment, scarcity, rarity, elusiveness

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of its (referring to desire, āśā, or its durlabhatva) (of that (masculine/neuter))

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

वेदवाक्यम् (vedavākyam) - a Vedic statement, a sacred text

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vedavākya

vedavākya - Vedic statement, sacred utterance

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (veda+vākya)

• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge, sacred text
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 4)
• vākya – speech, word, sentence, statement
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

द्विज (dvija) - O Twice-born (dvija) (O Twice-born (Brahmin, bird, tooth))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a Brahmin, Kshatriya, or Vaishya; also a bird or a tooth)