महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-132, verse-3

बुभूषेद्बलवानेव सर्वं बलवतो वशे ।
श्रियं बलममात्यांश्च बलवानिह विन्दति ॥३॥

3. bubhūṣedbalavāneva sarvaṁ balavato vaśe ,
śriyaṁ balamamātyāṁśca balavāniha vindati.

3. bubhūṣet balavān eva sarvam balavataḥ vaśe
śriyam balam amātyān ca balavān iha vindati

3. balavān eva sarvam bubhūṣet balavataḥ vaśe (eva sarvam
bhavati) balavān iha śriyam balam amātyān ca vindati

3. Only a powerful person should seek to possess everything, for everything is under the control of the powerful. Indeed, the powerful person here obtains prosperity, strength, and ministers.

Words meanings summery:

• बुभूषेत् (bubhūṣet) - should desire to be, should wish to become, should desire to possess/rule

• बलवान् (balavān) - powerful, strong, mighty person

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, everything

• बलवतः (balavataḥ) - of the powerful (one), belonging to the powerful (one)

• वशे (vaśe) - in the control, under the sway, in the power

• श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty

• बलम् (balam) - strength, power, might, force, army

• अमात्यान् (amātyān) - ministers, counselors

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• बलवान् (balavān) - powerful, strong, mighty person

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter

• विन्दति (vindati) - obtains, finds, gets, acquires

Words meanings and morphology

बुभूषेत् (bubhūṣet) - should desire to be, should wish to become, should desire to possess/rule

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bubhūṣ

Desiderative stem of bhū

Formed from root `bhū` (to be, to become) with desiderative suffix `-sa`, creating a new verbal stem `bubhūṣ`.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: From desiderative stem `bubhūṣ` + `et` (vidhiliṅ 3rd singular active ending).

बलवान् (balavān) - powerful, strong, mighty person

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balavat

balavat - strong, powerful, mighty; a powerful person

Possessive suffix -vat

Derived from `bala` (strength) with the possessive suffix `matup` (which becomes `vat` in the strong stem forms).

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire; everything (as a noun)

बलवतः (balavataḥ) - of the powerful (one), belonging to the powerful (one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of balavat

balavat - strong, powerful, mighty; a powerful person

Possessive suffix -vat

Derived from `bala` (strength) with the possessive suffix `matup`.

Note: Could also be ablative singular. Genitive fits 'under the control of'.

वशे (vaśe) - in the control, under the sway, in the power

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vaśa

vaśa - will, desire, control, power, dominion, authority

Root: vaś

श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, fortune, glory, beauty, splendor, Lakṣmī

Root: śrī

बलम् (balam) - strength, power, might, force, army

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, might, vigor, force, army

Root: bal

अमात्यान् (amātyān) - ministers, counselors

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of amātya

amātya - minister, counselor, companion, official

From `a` + `mā` (to measure, to manage) + `tya` suffix. One who measures out (council) with the king.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

बलवान् (balavān) - powerful, strong, mighty person

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balavat

balavat - strong, powerful, mighty; a powerful person

Possessive suffix -vat

Derived from `bala` (strength) with the possessive suffix `matup` (which becomes `vat` in the strong stem forms).

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place or time.

विन्दति (vindati) - obtains, finds, gets, acquires

(verb)

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

Present active indicative

From root `vid` (to find/obtain), 6th class verb (`vidati`).

Root: vid (class 6)