महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-139, verse-34

चिन्तयामास स मुनिः किं नु मे सुकृतं भवेत् ।
कथं वृथा न मृत्युः स्यादिति पार्थिवसत्तम ॥३४॥

34. cintayāmāsa sa muniḥ kiṁ nu me sukṛtaṁ bhavet ,
kathaṁ vṛthā na mṛtyuḥ syāditi pārthivasattama.

34. cintayāmāsa saḥ muniḥ kim nu me sukṛtam bhavet
katham vṛthā na mṛtyuḥ syāt iti pārthivasattama

34. pārthivasattama saḥ muniḥ kim nu me sukṛtam bhavet
katham mṛtyuḥ vṛthā na syāt iti cintayāmāsa

34. That sage thought, "What good deeds (sukṛtam) could be left for me? How can my death not be in vain?" — O best of kings.

Words meanings summery:

• चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - he thought (he thought, he deliberated)

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage (sage, ascetic, silent one)

• किम् (kim) - what? (what?, why?, whether)

• नु (nu) - indeed, possibly (indeed, now, then (particle of interrogation/emphasis))

• मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

• सुकृतम् (sukṛtam) - good deeds (karma) (good deed, merit, virtue, (good) karma)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - could be (left) (may it be, it should be, it would be)

• कथम् (katham) - how? (how?, in what manner?)

• वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain (in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• स्यात् (syāt) - could be (may it be, it should be, it would be)

• इति (iti) - thus (marking quoted thought) (thus, in this manner (marks end of direct speech/thought))

• पार्थिवसत्तम (pārthivasattama) - O best of kings (O best of kings, O best among earthly rulers)

Words meanings and morphology

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - he thought (he thought, he deliberated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of cint

Perfect Active Third Person Singular (periphrastic perfect)

Derived from root cint (class 10, 'cintayati') forming periphrastic perfect with āmāsa.

Root: cint (class 10)

Note: The form combines the root with an auxiliary verb.

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the sage.

मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage (sage, ascetic, silent one)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, inspired one, silent one

Note: Subject of 'cintayāmāsa'.

किम् (kim) - what? (what?, why?, whether)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?, why?, whether

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

नु (nu) - indeed, possibly (indeed, now, then (particle of interrogation/emphasis))

(indeclinable)

Note: Implies doubt or wonder.

मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

Note: Dative of interest/possession.

सुकृतम् (sukṛtam) - good deeds (karma) (good deed, merit, virtue, (good) karma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukṛta

sukṛta - well-done, good deed, merit, virtue, good karma

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

Derived from root kṛ with prefix su.

Prefix: su

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of 'bhavet'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - could be (left) (may it be, it should be, it would be)

(verb)

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

Optative Active Third Person Singular

Root bhū (class 1, 'bhavati') in optative active, third person singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses possibility or potential.

कथम् (katham) - how? (how?, in what manner?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain (in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying 'syāt'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'syāt'.

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, mortality

Note: Subject of 'syāt'.

स्यात् (syāt) - could be (may it be, it should be, it would be)

(verb)

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

Optative Active Third Person Singular

Root as (class 2, 'asti') in optative active, third person singular.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Expresses possibility or desirability.

इति (iti) - thus (marking quoted thought) (thus, in this manner (marks end of direct speech/thought))

(indeclinable)

पार्थिवसत्तम (pārthivasattama) - O best of kings (O best of kings, O best among earthly rulers)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārthivasattama

pārthivasattama - best of kings, best among earthly rulers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pārthiva+sattama)

• pārthiva – relating to the earth, earthly, king, prince
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from pṛthivī (earth).
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of sat (good, excellent).

Note: Address to a listener (likely Janaka or another king, if this is from a longer narrative).