महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-216, verse-4

यस्य स्म ददतो वित्तं न कदाचन हीयते ।
तं बलिं नाधिगच्छामि ब्रह्मन्नाचक्ष्व मे बलिम् ॥४॥

4. yasya sma dadato vittaṁ na kadācana hīyate ,
taṁ baliṁ nādhigacchāmi brahmannācakṣva me balim.

4. yasya sma dadato vittam na kadācana hīyate tam
balim na adhigacchāmi brahman ācakṣva me balim

4. brahman yasya dadato vittam kadācana na hīyate
sma tam balim na adhigacchāmi me balim ācakṣva

4. O Brahmana, I cannot find that Bali whose wealth never diminished, even when he was giving it away. Please tell me about Bali.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense)

• ददतो (dadato) - while giving, of one who gives

• वित्तम् (vittam) - wealth, property

• न (na) - not

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time

• हीयते (hīyate) - is diminished, is lost

• तम् (tam) - that

• बलिम् (balim) - Bali (the demon king)

• न (na) - not

• अधिगच्छामि (adhigacchāmi) - I find, I perceive, I reach

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressed to the Pitāmaha (Brahma or a sage) by Vasava. (O Brahmana, O Lord)

• आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, relate

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• बलिम् (balim) - Bali (the demon king)

Words meanings and morphology

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to Bali.

स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense)

(indeclinable)

Note: Converts present 'hīyate' into past meaning.

ददतो (dadato) - while giving, of one who gives

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dadat

dadat - giving, bestowing

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root dā (to give)

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'yasya' (whose giving).

वित्तम् (vittam) - wealth, property

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vitta

vitta - wealth, property, possession

From root vid (to find, to obtain)

Root: vid (class 6)

Note: Subject of 'hīyate'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'hīyate'.

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time

(indeclinable)

Note: With 'na', forms 'never'.

हीयते (hīyate) - is diminished, is lost

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of hā

Present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice of root hā

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Used with 'sma' to indicate past action.

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Refers to Bali, object of 'adhigacchāmi'.

बलिम् (balim) - Bali (the demon king)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bali

bali - Bali (a daitya king), offering, tribute

Note: Object of 'adhigacchāmi' and 'ācakṣva'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'adhigacchāmi'.

अधिगच्छामि (adhigacchāmi) - I find, I perceive, I reach

(verb)

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

Present tense, 1st person singular, active voice of root gam with prefix adhi

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject is implicit 'I' (Vasava).

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressed to the Pitāmaha (Brahma or a sage) by Vasava. (O Brahmana, O Lord)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahma (the creator god), a priest, a sage, the Absolute (brahman)

Note: Refers to the 'Pitāmaha' from the previous verse, addressed by Vasava.

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, relate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of cakṣ

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular, middle voice of root cakṣ with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: A request from Vasava to the Brahmana.

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Enclitic form of dative singular of asmad.

बलिम् (balim) - Bali (the demon king)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bali

bali - Bali (a daitya king), offering, tribute

Note: Object of 'ācakṣva'.