महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-96, verse-3

मम धर्म्यं बलिं दत्त किं वा मां प्रतिपत्स्यथ ।
ते चेत्तमागतं तत्र वृणुयुः कुशलं भवेत् ॥३॥

3. mama dharmyaṁ baliṁ datta kiṁ vā māṁ pratipatsyatha ,
te cettamāgataṁ tatra vṛṇuyuḥ kuśalaṁ bhavet.

3. mama dharmyam balim datta kim vā mām pratipatsyatha
| te cet tam āgatam tatra vṛṇuyuḥ kuśalam bhavet

3. (sa brūyāt) mama dharmyam balim datta kim vā mām pratipatsyatha? cet te tam āgatam tatra vṛṇuyuḥ,
(tarhi) kuśalam bhavet.

3. ("He might also say:) 'Render me the righteous (dharma) tribute. Otherwise, how will you treat me?' If those people choose the one who has arrived there, then it will be propitious (kuśala)."

Words meanings summery:

• मम (mama) - my, to me

• धर्म्यम् (dharmyam) - righteous tribute, as per natural law (dharma) (righteous, lawful, conforming to natural law (dharma))

• बलिम् (balim) - the lawful tax or tribute due to a king (tribute, offering, tax)

• दत्त (datta) - give (you all)

• किम् (kim) - what (will you do) (what, why)

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• माम् (mām) - me

• प्रतिपत्स्यथ (pratipatsyatha) - how will you deal with me? (you will do, you will treat)

• ते (te) - those people of the kingdom (they, those)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• तम् (tam) - the arriving king (him, that)

• आगतम् (āgatam) - the king who has arrived (arrived, come)

• तत्र (tatra) - in that kingdom (there, in that place)

• वृणुयुः (vṛṇuyuḥ) - might choose, should choose

• कुशलम् (kuśalam) - it will be well, fortunate, auspicious (well-being, welfare, auspicious, propitious)

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

Words meanings and morphology

मम (mama) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

धर्म्यम् (dharmyam) - righteous tribute, as per natural law (dharma) (righteous, lawful, conforming to natural law (dharma))

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dharmya

dharmya - righteous, lawful, just, conforming to natural law (dharma)

Derived from 'dharma'

बलिम् (balim) - the lawful tax or tribute due to a king (tribute, offering, tax)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bali

bali - tribute, offering, tax, sacrifice

दत्त (datta) - give (you all)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of dā

Root: dā (class 3)

किम् (kim) - what (will you do) (what, why)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which; why, how

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

प्रतिपत्स्यथ (pratipatsyatha) - how will you deal with me? (you will do, you will treat)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of pratipad

Prefix: prati

Root: pad (class 4)

ते (te) - those people of the kingdom (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - the arriving king (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आगतम् (āgatam) - the king who has arrived (arrived, come)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'gam' (to go) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - in that kingdom (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

वृणुयुः (vṛṇuyuḥ) - might choose, should choose

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vṛ

Root: vṛ (class 5)

कुशलम् (kuśalam) - it will be well, fortunate, auspicious (well-being, welfare, auspicious, propitious)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kuśala

kuśala - well-being, welfare, prosperity, skilled, clever, auspicious

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

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)