महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-192, verse-41

राजोवाच ।
क्षत्रियोऽहं न जानामि देहीति वचनं क्वचित् ।
प्रयच्छ युद्धमित्येवं वादिनः स्मो द्विजोत्तम ॥४१॥

41. rājovāca ,
kṣatriyo'haṁ na jānāmi dehīti vacanaṁ kvacit ,
prayaccha yuddhamityevaṁ vādinaḥ smo dvijottama.

41. rājā uvāca | kṣatriyaḥ aham na jānāmi dehi iti vacanam
kvacit | prayaccha yuddham iti evam vādinaḥ smaḥ dvijottama

41. rājā uvāca dvijottama,
aham kṣatriyaḥ.
dehi iti vacanam kvacit na jānāmi.
evam yuddham prayaccha iti vādinaḥ smaḥ.

41. The king said: "O best of brahmins, I am a warrior (kṣatriya), and I do not know the word 'give!' [in the sense of begging] anywhere. Rather, we are those who say, 'Give battle!'"

Words meanings summery:

• राजा (rājā) - king

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - warrior, member of the warrior caste

• अहम् (aham) - I

• न (na) - not, no

• जानामि (jānāmi) - I know

• देहि (dehi) - give!

• इति (iti) - thus, so; indicates direct speech

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, saying

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, at any time, ever

• प्रयच्छ (prayaccha) - give, grant, offer

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, war

• इति (iti) - thus, so; indicates direct speech

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• वादिनः (vādinaḥ) - speakers, proclaimers

• स्मः (smaḥ) - we are

• द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of brahmins

Words meanings and morphology

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign, ruler

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - warrior, member of the warrior caste

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - warrior, ruler, member of the military or ruling class

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जानामि (jānāmi) - I know

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

देहि (dehi) - give!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dā

Root: dā (class 3)

इति (iti) - thus, so; indicates direct speech

(indeclinable)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, saying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, statement

क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, at any time, ever

(indeclinable)

प्रयच्छ (prayaccha) - give, grant, offer

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of prayaccha

Prefix: pra

Root: yam (class 1)

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, war

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, combat, war

इति (iti) - thus, so; indicates direct speech

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

वादिनः (vādinaḥ) - speakers, proclaimers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vādin

vādin - speaking, saying, speaker, proponent

agent noun/adjective

Derived from verb root 'vad' (to speak) with suffix '-in'

Root: vad (class 1)

स्मः (smaḥ) - we are

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of brahmins

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijottama

dvijottama - best of the twice-born, best of brahmins

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+uttama)

• dvija – twice-born, brahmin, bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent, supreme
  adjective (masculine)