महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-218, verse-33

शक्र उवाच ।
ब्रह्मणास्मि समादिष्टो न हन्तव्यो भवानिति ।
तेन तेऽहं बले वज्रं न विमुञ्चामि मूर्धनि ॥३३॥

33. śakra uvāca ,
brahmaṇāsmi samādiṣṭo na hantavyo bhavāniti ,
tena te'haṁ bale vajraṁ na vimuñcāmi mūrdhani.

33. śakraḥ uvāca | brahmaṇā asmi samādiṣṭaḥ na hantavyaḥ bhavān
iti | tena te aham bale vajram na vimuñcāmi mūrdhani

33. śakraḥ uvāca brahmaṇā (aham) na
hantavyaḥ bhavān iti samādiṣṭaḥ
asmi tena (hetunā) aham bale
te mūrdhani vajram na vimuñcāmi

33. Indra (Śakra) said: "I have been commanded by Brahma (brahman) not to kill you. Therefore, O Bali, I do not cast my thunderbolt (vajra) upon your head."

Words meanings summery:

• शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by the deity Brahma (by Brahma, by the Absolute (brahman))

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• समादिष्टः (samādiṣṭaḥ) - commanded, instructed

• न (na) - not, no

• हन्तव्यः (hantavyaḥ) - to be killed, killable

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful)

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• तेन (tena) - by that, therefore

• ते (te) - upon your (head) (to you, for you, of you (singular))

• अहम् (aham) - I

• बले (bale) - O Bali

• वज्रम् (vajram) - the thunderbolt (Indra's weapon) (thunderbolt, diamond)

• न (na) - not, no

• विमुञ्चामि (vimuñcāmi) - I release, I hurl, I cast

• मूर्धनि (mūrdhani) - on the head, at the top

Words meanings and morphology

शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Indra (epithet: powerful, mighty)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

root vac, Perfect, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by the deity Brahma (by Brahma, by the Absolute (brahman))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahma (the creator god), the Absolute Reality (brahman)

Note: Agent in passive construction.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Present Active

root as, Present, 1st person singular

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Copula.

समादिष्टः (samādiṣṭaḥ) - commanded, instructed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samādiṣṭa

ādiś - to command, instruct

Past Passive Participle

From root diś (to point) with prefixes sam-ā (sam-ā-diś) + kta suffix

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Predicate adjective, agrees with implied 'aham'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'hantavyaḥ'.

हन्तव्यः (hantavyaḥ) - to be killed, killable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hantavya

hantavya - to be killed, killable, worthy of being killed

Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya)

From root han (to kill) + tavya suffix

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Predicate for 'bhavān'.

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful), being, existing

Present Active Participle (used as pronoun)

From root bhū (to be) + śatṛ suffix

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of the inner quote.

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of the direct speech from Brahma.

तेन (tena) - by that, therefore

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Acts as an adverb 'therefore'.

ते (te) - upon your (head) (to you, for you, of you (singular))

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Note: Implies possession or direction 'to your head'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of 'vimuñcāmi'.

बले (bale) - O Bali

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bali

bali - Bali (name of a powerful Asura king)

Note: Addressed to Bali.

वज्रम् (vajram) - the thunderbolt (Indra's weapon) (thunderbolt, diamond)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vajra

vajra - thunderbolt (Indra's weapon), diamond

Note: Object of 'vimuñcāmi'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'vimuñcāmi'.

विमुञ्चामि (vimuñcāmi) - I release, I hurl, I cast

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vi-muc

Present Active

root muc, with prefix vi, Present, 1st person singular

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

मूर्धनि (mūrdhani) - on the head, at the top

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mūrdhan

mūrdhan - head, top, summit

Note: Locative of place.