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12,18

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-18, verse-8

प्रतिज्ञा तेऽन्यथा राजन्विचेष्टा चान्यथा तव ।
यद्राज्यं महदुत्सृज्य स्वल्पे तुष्यसि पार्थिव ॥८॥
8. pratijñā te'nyathā rājanviceṣṭā cānyathā tava ,
yadrājyaṁ mahadutsṛjya svalpe tuṣyasi pārthiva.
8. pratijñā te anyathā rājan viceṣṭā ca anyathā tava
yat rājyam mahat utsṛjya svalpe tuṣyasi pārthiva
8. rājan pārthiva,
te pratijñā anyathā ca tava viceṣṭā anyathā.
yat mahat rājyam utsṛjya svalpe tuṣyasi.
8. O King, your vow is one thing, and your actions are quite another. For you, having abandoned a great kingdom, are now content with very little, O ruler.

Words meanings summery:

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  • प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā) - promise, vow, undertaking
  • ते (te) - your (your, by you)
  • अन्यथा (anyathā) - different (otherwise, differently)
  • राजन् (rājan) - O king
  • विचेष्टा (viceṣṭā) - actions (activity, action, conduct)
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • अन्यथा (anyathā) - another (otherwise, differently)
  • तव (tava) - your
  • यत् (yat) - for (that, which, because)
  • राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom (kingdom, reign)
  • महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, important)
  • उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having given up)
  • स्वल्पे (svalpe) - with very little (in little, with little, in a small matter)
  • तुष्यसि (tuṣyasi) - you are content (you are content, you are pleased)
  • पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O ruler (O ruler, O son of earth)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā) - promise, vow, undertaking
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of pratijñā
pratijñā - promise, vow, undertaking, assent
Prefix: prati
Root: jñā (class 9)
ते (te) - your (your, by you)
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
Note: A shortened form of tava (genitive singular of yuṣmad).
अन्यथा (anyathā) - different (otherwise, differently)
(indeclinable)
राजन् (rājan) - O king
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan
rājan - king, ruler
विचेष्टा (viceṣṭā) - actions (activity, action, conduct)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of viceṣṭā
viceṣṭā - action, activity, exertion, conduct
Prefix: vi
Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
अन्यथा (anyathā) - another (otherwise, differently)
(indeclinable)
तव (tava) - your
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
यत् (yat) - for (that, which, because)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, what, that; because, since
राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom (kingdom, reign)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of rājya
rājya - kingdom, realm, sovereignty
Root: rāj (class 1)
महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, important)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat
mahat - great, large, vast, mighty
उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having given up)
(indeclinable)
absolutive
from ut- √sṛj
Prefix: ut
Root: sṛj (class 6)
स्वल्पे (svalpe) - with very little (in little, with little, in a small matter)
(adjective)
Locative, neuter, singular of svalpa
svalpa - very little, small, trifling
Compound of su + alpa
Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+alpa)
  • su – good, well, very
    indeclinable
  • alpa – little, small, few
    adjective
Note: Agrees with an implied noun like 'matter' or 'thing'.
तुष्यसि (tuṣyasi) - you are content (you are content, you are pleased)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of tuṣ
Root: tuṣ (class 4)
पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O ruler (O ruler, O son of earth)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of pārthiva
pārthiva - ruler, king, prince; relating to the earth
from pṛthivī + aṇ