महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-8, verse-25

अवेक्षस्व यथान्यायं पश्य देवासुरं यथा ।
राजन्किमन्यज्ज्ञातीनां वधादृध्यन्ति देवताः ॥२५॥

25. avekṣasva yathānyāyaṁ paśya devāsuraṁ yathā ,
rājankimanyajjñātīnāṁ vadhādṛdhyanti devatāḥ.

25. avekṣasva yathānyāyaṃ paśya devāsuram yathā
rājan kim anyat jñātīnām vadhāt ṛdhyanti devatāḥ

25. rājan,
yathānyāyaṃ avekṣasva,
yathā devāsuram paśya.
jñātīnām vadhāt anyat kim devatāḥ ṛdhyanti?

25. O King, reflect upon what is righteous, and observe the conduct of the gods and asuras. How else, besides the slaughter of kinsmen, do the deities prosper?

Words meanings summery:

• अवेक्षस्व (avekṣasva) - look, consider, observe, behold

• यथान्यायं (yathānyāyaṁ) - according to justice, properly, justly, righteously

• पश्य (paśya) - see, behold, observe

• देवासुरम् (devāsuram) - gods and asuras, the conflict of gods and asuras, relating to gods and asuras

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• किम् (kim) - what, why, how

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different, anything else

• ज्ञातीनाम् (jñātīnām) - of relatives, of kinsmen

• वधात् (vadhāt) - from killing, by means of killing, due to slaughter

• ऋध्यन्ति (ṛdhyanti) - prosper, flourish, thrive

• देवताः (devatāḥ) - gods, deities

Words meanings and morphology

अवेक्षस्व (avekṣasva) - look, consider, observe, behold

(verb)

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

Present Imperative

Second person singular, middle voice

Prefix: ava

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

यथान्यायं (yathānyāyaṁ) - according to justice, properly, justly, righteously

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound acting as an adverb

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+nyāya)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• nyāya – justice, rule, method, righteousness
  noun (masculine)

पश्य (paśya) - see, behold, observe

(verb)

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

Present Imperative

Second person singular, active voice (from root dṛś)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

देवासुरम् (devāsuram) - gods and asuras, the conflict of gods and asuras, relating to gods and asuras

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of devāsura

devāsura - gods and asuras (demons), divine and demonic, conflict between gods and asuras

Dvanda compound

Compound type : dvandva (deva+asura)

• deva – god, deity, divine
  noun (masculine)
• asura – demon, anti-god
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions adverbially here.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj

किम् (kim) - what, why, how

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, how, why

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, different, anything else

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

ज्ञातीनाम् (jñātīnām) - of relatives, of kinsmen

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jñāti

jñāti - relative, kinsman, clan, family

Root: jñā (class 9)

वधात् (vadhāt) - from killing, by means of killing, due to slaughter

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaughter, striking, injury

Derived from root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

ऋध्यन्ति (ṛdhyanti) - prosper, flourish, thrive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of ṛdh

Present Indicative

Third person plural, active voice

Root: ṛdh (class 4)

देवताः (devatāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - godhead, divinity, a deity, a god

Feminine noun derived from deva