महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-39, verse-11

भव नस्त्वं महाराज राजेह शरदां शतम् ।
प्रजाः पालय धर्मेण यथेन्द्रस्त्रिदिवं नृप ॥११॥

11. bhava nastvaṁ mahārāja rājeha śaradāṁ śatam ,
prajāḥ pālaya dharmeṇa yathendrastridivaṁ nṛpa.

11. bhava naḥ tvam mahārāja rāja iha śaradām śatam
prajāḥ pālaya dharmeṇa yathā indraḥ tridivam nṛpa

11. tvam mahārāja rāja nṛpa iha naḥ śatam śaradām
bhava prajāḥ dharmeṇa pālaya yathā indraḥ tridivam

11. O Great King, may you be our ruler here for a hundred years. Protect the subjects according to natural law (dharma), just as Indra rules heaven, O King.

Words meanings summery:

• भव (bhava) - Be (our king), rule (Be, exist, become)

• नः (naḥ) - For us, our (To us, our, us)

• त्वम् (tvam) - You (the king) (You)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O Great King (vocative) (Great king)

• राज (rāja) - O King (vocative) (King)

• इह (iha) - Here (in this kingdom) (Here, in this world)

• शरदाम् (śaradām) - Of years (Of years, of autumns)

• शतम् (śatam) - A hundred (Hundred)

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - Subjects, people (of the kingdom) (Subjects, people, progeny)

• पालय (pālaya) - Protect, rule (Protect, govern, rule)

• धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - According to natural law (dharma) (By means of dharma, righteously, according to law)

• यथा (yathā) - Just as (As, just as)

• इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra, the king of gods (Indra (name of a deity))

• त्रिदिवम् (tridivam) - Heaven (Heaven, the three heavens)

• नृप (nṛpa) - O King (vocative) (King)

Words meanings and morphology

भव (bhava) - Be (our king), rule (Be, exist, become)

(verb)

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

Present Imperative, 2nd Person Singular

From root bhū (1st conjugation, Parasmaipada)

Root: bhū (class 1)

नः (naḥ) - For us, our (To us, our, us)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Can be dative or genitive plural enclitic; here, 'our ruler' implies genitive or 'for us' implies dative.

त्वम् (tvam) - You (the king) (You)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

महाराज (mahārāja) - O Great King (vocative) (Great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahant+rājan)

• mahant – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

राज (rāja) - O King (vocative) (King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

इह (iha) - Here (in this kingdom) (Here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

शरदाम् (śaradām) - Of years (Of years, of autumns)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of śarad

śarad - autumn, year

Root: śṛ

शतम् (śatam) - A hundred (Hundred)

(numeral)

Note: Qualifies 'śaradām'.

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - Subjects, people (of the kingdom) (Subjects, people, progeny)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - subjects, progeny, people, creation

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Object of 'pālaya'.

पालय (pālaya) - Protect, rule (Protect, govern, rule)

(verb)

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

Present Imperative, 2nd Person Singular

From root pāl (10th conjugation or denom. from pāla)

Root: pāl (class 10)

धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - According to natural law (dharma) (By means of dharma, righteously, according to law)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, virtue

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - Just as (As, just as)

(indeclinable)

इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra, the king of gods (Indra (name of a deity))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra (chief of the Vedic deities, god of rain and thunder)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'pālaya'.

त्रिदिवम् (tridivam) - Heaven (Heaven, the three heavens)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tridiva

tridiva - heaven, celestial world, sky

Compound type : tatpurusha (tri+div)

• tri – three
  numeral
• div – heaven, sky, day
  noun (feminine)
  Root: div

Note: Object of the implied verb 'pālaya'.

नृप (nṛpa) - O King (vocative) (King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler (literally 'protector of men')

Compound type : tatpurusha (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from √pā 'to protect'
  Root: pā (class 2)