महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-218, verse-19

श्रीरुवाच ।
स्थास्यामि नित्यं देवेन्द्र यथा त्वयि निबोध तत् ।
विधिना वेददृष्टेन चतुर्धा विभजस्व माम् ॥१९॥

19. śrīruvāca ,
sthāsyāmi nityaṁ devendra yathā tvayi nibodha tat ,
vidhinā vedadṛṣṭena caturdhā vibhajasva mām.

19. śrīḥ uvāca | sthāsyāmi nityam devendra yathā tvayi
nibodha tat | vidhinā vedadṛṣṭena caturdhā vibhajasva mām

19. śrīḥ uvāca devendra,
yathā aham tvayi nityam sthāsyāmi,
tat nibodha.
vedadṛṣṭena vidhinā mām caturdhā vibhajasva.

19. Śrī said: "O king of gods (Devendra), understand how I will always reside in you: by the method prescribed in the Vedas, divide me into four parts."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीः (śrīḥ) - Śrī, Lakṣmī, prosperity

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• स्थास्यामि (sthāsyāmi) - I will reside, I will stand

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually

• देवेन्द्र (devendra) - O king of gods, O Indra

• यथा (yathā) - as, how, in which way

• त्वयि (tvayi) - in you

• निबोध (nibodha) - understand, know

• तत् (tat) - that

• विधिना (vidhinā) - by the method, by the rule

• वेददृष्टेन (vedadṛṣṭena) - by that which is seen in the Vedas, by the Vedic prescribed method

• चतुर्धा (caturdhā) - in four ways, fourfold

• विभजस्व (vibhajasva) - divide, distribute

• माम् (mām) - me

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीः (śrīḥ) - Śrī, Lakṣmī, prosperity

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, glory, Lakṣmī

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

स्थास्यामि (sthāsyāmi) - I will reside, I will stand

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb here.

देवेन्द्र (devendra) - O king of gods, O Indra

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of devendra

devendra - chief of the gods, Indra

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+indra)

• deva – god, deity, divine
  noun (masculine)
• indra – Indra, chief, best
  proper noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - as, how, in which way

(indeclinable)

त्वयि (tvayi) - in you

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

निबोध (nibodha) - understand, know

(verb)

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

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विधिना (vidhinā) - by the method, by the rule

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vidhi

vidhi - rule, method, ordinance, injunction

वेददृष्टेन (vedadṛṣṭena) - by that which is seen in the Vedas, by the Vedic prescribed method

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vedadṛṣṭa

vedadṛṣṭa - seen in the Vedas, prescribed by the Vedas

Compound type : tatpurusha (veda+dṛṣṭa)

• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived, observed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root dṛś (to see).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

चतुर्धा (caturdhā) - in four ways, fourfold

(indeclinable)

विभजस्व (vibhajasva) - divide, distribute

(verb)

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

Prefix: vi

Root: bhaj (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I