महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-51, verse-12

नहुष उवाच ।
अर्धराज्यं समग्रं वा निषादेभ्यः प्रदीयताम् ।
एतन्मूल्यमहं मन्ये किं वान्यन्मन्यसे द्विज ॥१२॥

12. nahuṣa uvāca ,
ardharājyaṁ samagraṁ vā niṣādebhyaḥ pradīyatām ,
etanmūlyamahaṁ manye kiṁ vānyanmanyase dvija.

12. nahuṣaḥ uvāca ardharājyam samagram vā niṣādebhyaḥ pradīyatām
etat mūlyam aham manye kim vā anyat manyase dvija

12. nahuṣaḥ uvāca niṣādebhyaḥ ardharājyam vā samagram pradīyatām.
aham etat mūlyam manye.
dvija,
vā anyat kim manyase?

12. Nahuṣa said: 'Let half the kingdom, or even the whole kingdom, be given to the Niṣādas. I consider this to be the appropriate value. Or what else do you consider, O twice-born (dvija)?'

Words meanings summery:

• नहुषः (nahuṣaḥ) - Nahuṣa (a king's name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अर्धराज्यम् (ardharājyam) - half the kingdom

• समग्रम् (samagram) - the entire (kingdom) (entire, whole)

• वा (vā) - or

• निषादेभ्यः (niṣādebhyaḥ) - to the Niṣādas

• प्रदीयताम् (pradīyatām) - let it be given, let it be granted

• एतत् (etat) - this (half or whole kingdom) (this)

• मूल्यम् (mūlyam) - the price (for Cyavana) (value, price, payment)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

• किम् (kim) - what (else)? (what?)

• वा (vā) - or

• अन्यत् (anyat) - anything else (as a value) (other, another; anything else)

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider, you believe

• द्विज (dvija) - O Cyavana, the brahmin (O twice-born, O brahmin)

Words meanings and morphology

नहुषः (nahuṣaḥ) - Nahuṣa (a king's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nahuṣa

nahuṣa - name of a king

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

3rd singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अर्धराज्यम् (ardharājyam) - half the kingdom

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ardharājya

ardharājya - half of a kingdom

Compound type : tatpurusha (ardha+rājya)

• ardha – half
  adjective
• rājya – kingdom, realm
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of pradīyatām.

समग्रम् (samagram) - the entire (kingdom) (entire, whole)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samagra

samagra - entire, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with the implied 'rājyam'.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

निषादेभ्यः (niṣādebhyaḥ) - to the Niṣādas

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of niṣāda

niṣāda - a specific caste/tribe; a hunter

Note: Recipient of the action of giving.

प्रदीयताम् (pradīyatām) - let it be given, let it be granted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of dā

Imperative 3rd singular passive

From √dā (to give) with upasarga pra- in imperative middle voice (passive meaning)

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

एतत् (etat) - this (half or whole kingdom) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Refers to 'ardharājyam samagram'.

मूल्यम् (mūlyam) - the price (for Cyavana) (value, price, payment)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mūlya

mūlya - price, value, payment

Note: Accusative singular neuter, object of manye.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (lat) of man

Present Indicative 1st singular middle

From √man (to think) in present middle voice

Root: man (class 4)

किम् (kim) - what (else)? (what?)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun, object of manyase.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - anything else (as a value) (other, another; anything else)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another

Note: Accusative singular neuter, agreeing with 'kim' as object of manyase.

मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider, you believe

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of man

Present Indicative 2nd singular middle

From √man (to think) in present middle voice

Root: man (class 4)

द्विज (dvija) - O Cyavana, the brahmin (O twice-born, O brahmin)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya; also a bird, a tooth)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvi+jan)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• jan – to be born, to produce
  verb
  Root for 'born' (as in past participle -ja)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to Cyavana.