महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-94, verse-33

गण्डोवाच ।
उग्रादितो भयाद्यस्माद्बिभ्यतीमे ममेश्वराः ।
बलीयांसो दुर्बलवद्बिभेम्यहमतः परम् ॥३३॥

33. gaṇḍovāca ,
ugrādito bhayādyasmādbibhyatīme mameśvarāḥ ,
balīyāṁso durbalavadbibhemyahamataḥ param.

33. gaṇḍaḥ uvāca ugrāt itaḥ bhayāt yasmāt bibhyati ime mama
īśvarāḥ balīyāṃsaḥ durbala-vat bibhemi aham ataḥ param

33. Gaṇḍa said: Since my powerful lords fear this terrible danger, I am even more afraid than them, like a weak person.

Words meanings summery:

• गण्डः (gaṇḍaḥ) - Gaṇḍa (the speaker) (Gaṇḍa (a name), cheek, boil)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• उग्रात् (ugrāt) - from that terrible (danger) (from the terrible, from the fierce, from the mighty)

• इतः (itaḥ) - from this (terrible danger) (from this, hence, then)

• भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear, because of fear, from danger

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - since (introducing a causal clause) (since, because, from whom/which)

• बिभ्यति (bibhyati) - they fear, they are afraid

• इमे (ime) - these

• मम (mama) - my, mine, of me

• ईश्वराः (īśvarāḥ) - lords, masters, rulers

• बलीयांसः (balīyāṁsaḥ) - more powerful, stronger, very strong

• दुर्बल-वत् (durbala-vat) - like a weak person, like a weakling

• बिभेमि (bibhemi) - I fear, I am afraid

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अतः (ataḥ) - moreover, furthermore (therefore, hence, from this)

• परम् (param) - even more (further, more, beyond, supreme)

Words meanings and morphology

गण्डः (gaṇḍaḥ) - Gaṇḍa (the speaker) (Gaṇḍa (a name), cheek, boil)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gaṇḍa

gaṇḍa - cheek, boil, knot, a personal name

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root 'vac' (2nd class), perfect third person singular, active voice. Reduplication of the root.

Root: vac (class 2)

उग्रात् (ugrāt) - from that terrible (danger) (from the terrible, from the fierce, from the mighty)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ugra

ugra - terrible, fierce, mighty, violent

Note: Agrees with 'bhayāt'.

इतः (itaḥ) - from this (terrible danger) (from this, hence, then)

(indeclinable)

भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear, because of fear, from danger

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, terror, danger

Root: bhī (class 3)

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - since (introducing a causal clause) (since, because, from whom/which)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Used here adverbially to mean 'since' or 'because'.

बिभ्यति (bibhyati) - they fear, they are afraid

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of bhī

Present Active

Root 'bhī' (3rd class), present third person plural, active voice. Reduplication of the root.

Root: bhī (class 3)

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, agrees with 'īśvarāḥ'.

मम (mama) - my, mine, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

ईश्वराः (īśvarāḥ) - lords, masters, rulers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, ruler, god

Root: īś (class 2)

बलीयांसः (balīyāṁsaḥ) - more powerful, stronger, very strong

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balīyas

balīyas - stronger, very strong, powerful

Comparative degree of 'balin' (strong, powerful)

दुर्बल-वत् (durbala-vat) - like a weak person, like a weakling

(indeclinable)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (adverbial suffix) (durbala+vat)

• durbala – weak, feeble, powerless
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'dus-' (bad, difficult) + 'bala' (strength)
  Prefix: dus
• vat – like, as if
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating similarity.

Note: Used as an adverbial suffix.

बिभेमि (bibhemi) - I fear, I am afraid

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhī

Present Active

Root 'bhī' (3rd class), present first person singular, active voice. Reduplication of the root.

Root: bhī (class 3)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

अतः (ataḥ) - moreover, furthermore (therefore, hence, from this)

(indeclinable)

Note: Can indicate cause or progression of thought.

परम् (param) - even more (further, more, beyond, supreme)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here to mean 'more' or 'further'.