महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-73, verse-9

ऐल उवाच ।
द्विजस्य क्षत्रबन्धोर्वा कस्येयं पृथिवी भवेत् ।
धर्मतः सह वित्तेन सम्यग्वायो प्रचक्ष्व मे ॥९॥

9. aila uvāca ,
dvijasya kṣatrabandhorvā kasyeyaṁ pṛthivī bhavet ,
dharmataḥ saha vittena samyagvāyo pracakṣva me.

9. ailaḥ uvāca dvijasya kṣatrabandhoḥ vā kasya iyam pṛthivī
bhavet dharmataḥ saha vittena samyak vāyo pracakṣva me

9. vāyo,
me samyak pracakṣva,
dharmataḥ vittena saha iyam pṛthivī dvijasya vā kṣatrabandhoḥ kasya bhavet?

9. Aila said: "O Vayu, please explain to me properly, in accordance with natural law (dharma), to whom this earth, along with its wealth, rightfully belongs – to a Brahmin (dvija) or to a Kṣatriya?"

Words meanings summery:

• ऐलः (ailaḥ) - Aila (a king, Purūravas's father)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• द्विजस्य (dvijasya) - of a Brahmin, of a twice-born

• क्षत्रबन्धोः (kṣatrabandhoḥ) - of a Kṣatriya (in this context, potentially implying one who is not ideal, as 'bandhu' can suggest a relative but not a true member of the varna) (of a Kṣatriya's kinsman, of an unworthy Kṣatriya)

• वा (vā) - or

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, to whom

• इयम् (iyam) - this, this one

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth, ground

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, might be, may be

• धर्मतः (dharmataḥ) - according to natural law, by right, justly

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• वित्तेन (vittena) - with wealth, with property

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, truly, completely

• वायो (vāyo) - O Vayu (god of wind)

• प्रचक्ष्व (pracakṣva) - explain, tell, declare

• मे (me) - to me, my

Words meanings and morphology

ऐलः (ailaḥ) - Aila (a king, Purūravas's father)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aila

aila - belonging to Ila, son of Ila (Purūravas)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Irregular perfect form of the root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

द्विजस्य (dvijasya) - of a Brahmin, of a twice-born

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya); a bird; a tooth

From dvi (two) + ja (born)

Root: jan (class 4)

क्षत्रबन्धोः (kṣatrabandhoḥ) - of a Kṣatriya (in this context, potentially implying one who is not ideal, as 'bandhu' can suggest a relative but not a true member of the varna) (of a Kṣatriya's kinsman, of an unworthy Kṣatriya)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṣatrabandhu

kṣatrabandhu - a Kṣatriya's kinsman, one who is only a Kṣatriya by birth, but not by conduct; a degraded Kṣatriya

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣatra+bandhu)

• kṣatra – rule, power, dominion; the Kṣatriya class
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• bandhu – kinsman, relative, friend
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bandh (class 9)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

कस्य (kasya) - whose, to whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

इयम् (iyam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth, ground

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - the earth, soil, ground

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, might be, may be

(verb)

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

Optative Mood

Root: bhū (class 1)

धर्मतः (dharmataḥ) - according to natural law, by right, justly

(indeclinable)

Tasil suffix indicating 'from' or 'according to'

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

वित्तेन (vittena) - with wealth, with property

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vitta

vitta - wealth, property, possession; found, known

Past Passive Participle (from vid, to find/know), used as a noun

Root: vid (class 2)

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, truly, completely

(indeclinable)

वायो (vāyo) - O Vayu (god of wind)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air; the god of wind

Root: vā (class 2)

प्रचक्ष्व (pracakṣva) - explain, tell, declare

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (lot) of pracakṣ

Imperative Mood, Middle Voice

Prefix: pra

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, me