महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-68, verse-16

ममेदमिति लोकेऽस्मिन्न भवेत्संपरिग्रहः ।
विश्वलोपः प्रवर्तेत यदि राजा न पालयेत् ॥१६॥

16. mamedamiti loke'sminna bhavetsaṁparigrahaḥ ,
viśvalopaḥ pravarteta yadi rājā na pālayet.

16. mama idam iti loke asmin na bhavet saṃparigrahaḥ
viśvalopaḥ pravarteta yadi rājā na pālayet

16. asmin loke mama idam iti saṃparigrahaḥ na bhavet
yadi rājā na pālayet viśvalopaḥ pravarteta

16. In this world, the notion of 'this is mine' – the sense of possession (sampari-graha) – would not exist, and universal destruction would ensue if the king failed to protect.

Words meanings summery:

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• इदम् (idam) - this

• इति (iti) - indicating the phrase "this is mine" (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

• लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the realm)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (world) (in this)

• न (na) - not

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it would exist (it would be, it might be, it should be)

• संपरिग्रहः (saṁparigrahaḥ) - the sense of "mine-ness" or possession (grasping, seizing, possession, complete appropriation)

• विश्वलोपः (viśvalopaḥ) - universal destruction, disappearance of the world

• प्रवर्तेत (pravarteta) - it would ensue, prevail (it would proceed, it would occur, it would prevail)

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• न (na) - not

• पालयेत् (pālayet) - he would protect, he might protect

Words meanings and morphology

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, ego

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter. Context implies nominative.

इति (iti) - indicating the phrase "this is mine" (thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the realm)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (world) (in this)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Agrees with 'loke'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - it would exist (it would be, it might be, it should be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root class 1, Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Potential/Optative mood, 3rd person singular.

संपरिग्रहः (saṁparigrahaḥ) - the sense of "mine-ness" or possession (grasping, seizing, possession, complete appropriation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃparigraha

saṁparigraha - grasping, possession, appropriation

From sam-pari-√grah

Prefixes: sam+pari

Root: grah (class 9)

विश्वलोपः (viśvalopaḥ) - universal destruction, disappearance of the world

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśvalopa

viśvalopa - universal destruction, world's disappearance

Compound of viśva (all, universal) and lopa (destruction, disappearance)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viśva+lopa)

• viśva – all, universal, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• lopa – loss, disappearance, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  From √lup (to cut, destroy)
  Root: lup (class 6)

प्रवर्तेत (pravarteta) - it would ensue, prevail (it would proceed, it would occur, it would prevail)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vṛt

Root class 1, Ātmanepada, with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Potential/Optative mood, 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada.

यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

(indeclinable)

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

पालयेत् (pālayet) - he would protect, he might protect

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pāl

Causative from √pā (to protect), class 10 conjugation

Root: pā (class 10)

Note: Potential/Optative mood, 3rd person singular.