महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-51, verse-7

च्यवन उवाच ।
सहस्रं नाहमर्हामि किं वा त्वं मन्यसे नृप ।
सदृशं दीयतां मूल्यं स्वबुद्ध्या निश्चयं कुरु ॥७॥

7. cyavana uvāca ,
sahasraṁ nāhamarhāmi kiṁ vā tvaṁ manyase nṛpa ,
sadṛśaṁ dīyatāṁ mūlyaṁ svabuddhyā niścayaṁ kuru.

7. cyavana uvāca sahasram na aham arhāmi kim vā tvam manyase
nṛpa sadṛśam dīyatām mūlyam svabuddhyā niścayam kuru

7. cyavana uvāca aham sahasram na arhāmi nṛpa tvam kim vā
manyase sadṛśam mūlyam dīyatām svabuddhyā niścayam kuru

7. Cyavana said: I do not deserve a thousand. What do you think, O king? Let a suitable price be given. Make a firm decision using your own intellect.

Words meanings summery:

• च्यवन (cyavana) - Cyavana (a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अर्हामि (arhāmi) - I deserve, I am worthy of

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• वा (vā) - or, and

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king

• सदृशम् (sadṛśam) - suitable, appropriate, similar

• दीयताम् (dīyatām) - let it be given

• मूल्यम् (mūlyam) - price, worth, compensation

• स्वबुद्ध्या (svabuddhyā) - by one's own intellect, with one's own wisdom

• निश्चयम् (niścayam) - decision, resolution, certainty

• कुरु (kuru) - do, make, perform

Words meanings and morphology

च्यवन (cyavana) - Cyavana (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cyavana

cyavana - Cyavana (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

अर्हामि (arhāmi) - I deserve, I am worthy of

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? who? which?

Note: Used as an interrogative pronoun or adverb.

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

Note: In an interrogative context, can imply 'what then?'

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you consider

(verb)

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

Root: man (class 4)

नृप (nṛpa) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, protector of men

Compound type : tatpurusha (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'pā' (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

सदृशम् (sadṛśam) - suitable, appropriate, similar

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - like, resembling, suitable, appropriate

Note: Modifies 'mūlyam'.

दीयताम् (dīyatām) - let it be given

(verb)

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

Root: dā (class 3)

मूल्यम् (mūlyam) - price, worth, compensation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mūlya

mūlya - price, value, worth, compensation

स्वबुद्ध्या (svabuddhyā) - by one's own intellect, with one's own wisdom

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of svabuddhi

svabuddhi - one's own intellect/understanding/wisdom

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+buddhi)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, reason, wisdom
  noun (feminine)
  Root: budh (class 1)

निश्चयम् (niścayam) - decision, resolution, certainty

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - certainty, ascertainment, decision, resolution

कुरु (kuru) - do, make, perform

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)