महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-53, verse-35

श्रमो मम यथा न स्यात्तथा मे छन्दचारिणौ ।
सुखं चैवास्मि वोढव्यो जनः सर्वश्च पश्यतु ॥३५॥

35. śramo mama yathā na syāttathā me chandacāriṇau ,
sukhaṁ caivāsmi voḍhavyo janaḥ sarvaśca paśyatu.

35. śramaḥ mama yathā na syāt tathā me chandacāriṇau |
sukham ca eva asmi voḍhavyaḥ janaḥ sarvaḥ ca paśyatu

35. yathā mama śramaḥ na syāt tathā me chandacāriṇau
sukham eva asmi voḍhavyaḥ ca sarvaḥ janaḥ paśyatu

35. So that I do not become tired, let me be carried comfortably by my two free-moving bearers. And let everyone witness this.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रमः (śramaḥ) - fatigue, exertion, effort

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that, as

• न (na) - not

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, exists

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• मे (me) - by me, for me

• छन्दचारिणौ (chandacāriṇau) - Two bearers who move freely (without feeling burdened). (two free-moving persons, two who move as they wish)

• सुखम् (sukham) - comfortably, happily, easily

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• वोढव्यः (voḍhavyaḥ) - to be carried, to be borne

• जनः (janaḥ) - person, people, folk

• सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all, every, whole

• च (ca) - and, also

• पश्यतु (paśyatu) - may see, let him see

Words meanings and morphology

श्रमः (śramaḥ) - fatigue, exertion, effort

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrama

śrama - fatigue, weariness, exertion, labor

Note: Subject of 'syāt'.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Possessive, referring to the speaker.

यथा (yathā) - so that, in order that, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a purpose clause.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, root as

Root: as (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative to 'yathā'.

मे (me) - by me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Used here in a dative sense, meaning "for me" or "by me" (agent of the passive 'voḍhavyaḥ').

छन्दचारिणौ (chandacāriṇau) - Two bearers who move freely (without feeling burdened). (two free-moving persons, two who move as they wish)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of chandacārin

chandacārin - moving at will, acting freely, independent

Compound: chanda (will, desire) + cārin (moving, acting)

Compound type : tatpurusha (chanda+cārin)

• chanda – will, desire, pleasure, wish
  noun (neuter)
• cārin – moving, walking, acting, going
  adjective (masculine)
  From root car (to move) + ṇin suffix
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Refers to two implied bearers.

सुखम् (sukham) - comfortably, happily, easily

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connective.

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Present Active

Present tense, 1st person singular, root as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used with passive participle 'voḍhavyaḥ' to form a passive construction.

वोढव्यः (voḍhavyaḥ) - to be carried, to be borne

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of voḍhavya

voḍhavya - to be carried, to be borne, fit to be carried

Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya)

From root vah- (to carry) + tavya suffix. The 'h' changes to 'ḍh' due to sandhi rules.

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for the implicit subject 'I'.

जनः (janaḥ) - person, people, folk

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, man, people, folk

Note: Subject of 'paśyatu'.

सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all, every, whole

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Qualifies 'janaḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connective.

पश्यतु (paśyatu) - may see, let him see

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

Imperative Active

Imperative mood, 3rd person singular, root dṛś (takes paśya- stem in present system)

Root: dṛś (class 1)