महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-216, verse-9

शक्र उवाच ।
यदि स्म बलिना ब्रह्मञ्शून्यागारे समेयिवान् ।
हन्यामेनं न वा हन्यां तद्ब्रह्मन्ननुशाधि माम् ॥९॥

9. śakra uvāca ,
yadi sma balinā brahmañśūnyāgāre sameyivān ,
hanyāmenaṁ na vā hanyāṁ tadbrahmannanuśādhi mām.

9. śakra uvāca yadi sma balinā brahman śūnyāgāre sameyivān
hanyām enam na vā hanyām tat brahman anuśādhi mām

9. śakra uvāca brahman yadi sma balinā śūnyāgāre sameyivān
enam hanyām vā na hanyām tat brahman mām anuśādhi

9. Indra said: 'O Brahmā, if I were to encounter Bali in a deserted house, should I kill him or not kill him? Please instruct me on this, O Brahmā.'

Words meanings summery:

• शक्र (śakra) - Indra (Indra, the chief of the gods)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यदि (yadi) - if

• स्म (sma) - indeed, verily (particle indicating past or certainty)

• बलिना (balinā) - with Bali (the demon king) (by Bali, with Bali)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmā (the creator deity) (O Brahmā)

• शून्यागारे (śūnyāgāre) - in a deserted house, in an empty house

• समेयिवान् (sameyivān) - having met (Bali) (having met, having come together)

• हन्याम् (hanyām) - I should kill, may I kill

• एनम् (enam) - him (Bali) (him, this (masculine))

• न (na) - not, no

• वा (vā) - or, either

• हन्याम् (hanyām) - I should kill, may I kill

• तत् (tat) - that (matter/instruction) (that, this)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmā (the creator deity) (O Brahmā)

• अनुशाधि (anuśādhi) - instruct (me) (instruct, teach, order)

• माम् (mām) - me

Words meanings and morphology

शक्र (śakra) - Indra (Indra, the chief of the gods)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Indra, powerful, able

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

Root vac (to speak), perfect tense form

Root: vac (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - indeed, verily (particle indicating past or certainty)

(indeclinable)

बलिना (balinā) - with Bali (the demon king) (by Bali, with Bali)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bali

bali - Bali (name of a demon king), offering, tribute, strength

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmā (the creator deity) (O Brahmā)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator deity); (neuter) ultimate reality, sacred word, Veda, prayer

शून्यागारे (śūnyāgāre) - in a deserted house, in an empty house

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śūnyāgāra

śūnyāgāra - empty house, deserted house

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śūnya+āgāra)

• śūnya – empty, void, deserted
  adjective (neuter)
• āgāra – house, dwelling, apartment
  noun (neuter)

समेयिवान् (sameyivān) - having met (Bali) (having met, having come together)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sami

sami - to come together, meet, assemble

Perfect Active Participle

Derived from root i (to go) with upasarga sam

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Implied subject is 'I' (Indra)

हन्याम् (hanyām) - I should kill, may I kill

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of han

Optative Mood

Root han (to kill)

Root: han (class 2)

एनम् (enam) - him (Bali) (him, this (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, he, she, it

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

हन्याम् (hanyām) - I should kill, may I kill

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of han

Optative Mood

Root han (to kill)

Root: han (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that (matter/instruction) (that, this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmā (the creator deity) (O Brahmā)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator deity); (neuter) ultimate reality, sacred word, Veda, prayer

अनुशाधि (anuśādhi) - instruct (me) (instruct, teach, order)

(verb)

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

Imperative Mood

Derived from root śās (to rule, teach) with upasarga anu

Prefix: anu

Root: śās (class 2)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, us