महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-58, verse-25

अस्ति मे बलवानस्मि राजास्मीति युधिष्ठिर ।
ब्राह्मणान्मा स्म पर्यश्नीर्वासोभिरशनेन च ॥२५॥

25. asti me balavānasmi rājāsmīti yudhiṣṭhira ,
brāhmaṇānmā sma paryaśnīrvāsobhiraśanena ca.

25. asti me balavān asmi rājā asmi iti yudhiṣṭhira
brāhmaṇān mā sma pari aśnīḥ vāsobhiḥ aśanena ca

25. “I am powerful; I am a king”—O Yudhiṣṭhira, do not, by force, seize clothes and food from the brahmins (brāhmaṇa).

Words meanings summery:

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• मे (me) - my (power) (my, to me, for me)

• बलवान् (balavān) - powerful, strong, mighty

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of a king)

• ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - brahmins (brāhmaṇa) (brahmins, members of the priestly caste)

• मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive)

• स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly (used with mā for prohibition)

• परि (pari) - around, completely, exceedingly

• अश्नीः (aśnīḥ) - you should not seize/oppress (you should not consume, you should not seize, you should not oppress)

• वासोभिः (vāsobhiḥ) - by clothes, with garments

• अशनेन (aśanena) - by food, with food

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root verb, 2nd class, Parasmaipada (P).

Root: as (class 2)

मे (me) - my (power) (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Possessive, 'my'.

बलवान् (balavān) - powerful, strong, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balavat

balavat - powerful, strong, mighty, possessing strength

Derived from bala (strength) with the possessive suffix -vat.

Note: Predicate adjective, implying 'I am powerful'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root verb, 2nd class, Parasmaipada (P).

Root: as (class 2)

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, monarch, ruler

Note: Predicate noun for 'asmi'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root verb, 2nd class, Parasmaipada (P).

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so saying

(indeclinable)

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle; a proper name, Yudhiṣṭhira, the eldest Pāṇḍava brother

A compound of yudhi (in battle) and sthira (firm). It is an aluk-tatpurusha compound where the case ending of the first member is retained.

Note: Addressed to King Yudhiṣṭhira.

ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - brahmins (brāhmaṇa) (brahmins, members of the priestly caste)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, a member of the priestly class, relating to brahman

Note: Direct object of the prohibitive verb.

मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive)

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly (used with mā for prohibition)

(indeclinable)

परि (pari) - around, completely, exceedingly

(indeclinable)

Prefix to the verb aśnīḥ.

अश्नीः (aśnīḥ) - you should not seize/oppress (you should not consume, you should not seize, you should not oppress)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of aś

Aorist form with prohibitive particle

Root aś (class 9, Parasmaipada), used here in the aorist (luṅ) with prohibitive particles mā sma.

Prefix: pari

Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Prohibitive imperative formed with 'mā sma'.

वासोभिः (vāsobhiḥ) - by clothes, with garments

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of vāsas

vāsas - garment, clothes, apparel

Note: Indicates the means or the object of deprivation/seizure.

अशनेन (aśanena) - by food, with food

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of aśana

aśana - food, eating, meal

Derived from the root aś (to eat).

Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Indicates the means or the object of deprivation/seizure.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunctive particle.