महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-1, verse-15

अथ नेच्छसि राजानं कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् ।
मेढीभूतः स्वयं राज्यं प्रतिगृह्णीष्व पार्थिव ॥१५॥

15. atha necchasi rājānaṁ kuntīputraṁ yudhiṣṭhiram ,
meḍhībhūtaḥ svayaṁ rājyaṁ pratigṛhṇīṣva pārthiva.

15. atha na icchasi rājānam kuntī-putram yudhiṣṭhiram
meḍhī-bhūtaḥ svayam rājyam pratigṛhṇīṣva pārthiva

15. But if you do not desire Yudhishthira, Kunti's son, as king, then, O ruler (pārthiva), you yourself become the central support and accept the kingdom.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - but if (now, then, moreover, but if)

• न (na) - not

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish

• राजानम् (rājānam) - king (accusative)

• कुन्ती-पुत्रम् (kuntī-putram) - son of Kunti, referring to Yudhishthira (son of Kunti)

• युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhishthira (proper name, accusative)

• मेढी-भूतः (meḍhī-bhūtaḥ) - you, having become the central pillar (of the state) (having become a central pillar, having become the support)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally, by oneself

• राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom, sovereignty

• प्रतिगृह्णीष्व (pratigṛhṇīṣva) - accept (the kingdom) (take, accept, receive)

• पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O ruler (addressing Dhritarashtra) (O ruler, O king, O earth-lord)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - but if (now, then, moreover, but if)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

present tense, active voice

From root iṣ (P. 6th class, A. 'to desire'). 2nd person singular, present, active voice.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

राजानम् (rājānam) - king (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

कुन्ती-पुत्रम् (kuntī-putram) - son of Kunti, referring to Yudhishthira (son of Kunti)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kuntī-putra

kuntī-putra - son of Kunti

Compound type : tatpurusha (kuntī+putra)

• kuntī – Kunti (proper name, mother of Pandavas)
  proper noun (feminine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Yudhishthira

युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhishthira (proper name, accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (proper name, eldest Pandava, 'firm in battle')

मेढी-भूतः (meḍhī-bhūtaḥ) - you, having become the central pillar (of the state) (having become a central pillar, having become the support)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of meḍhī-bhūta

meḍhī-bhūta - become a central pillar or post, become a support

Past Passive Participle (compound)

From meḍhī (pillar) and bhūta (become).

Compound type : tatpurusha (meḍhī+bhūta)

• meḍhī – a central pillar, a sacrificial post
  noun (feminine)
• bhūta – become, being, been
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū (1st class) 'to be, become'.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to the implied 'you' (Dhritarashtra)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally, by oneself

(indeclinable)

राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom, sovereignty

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, sovereignty, rule

Note: Object of 'pratigṛhṇīṣva'

प्रतिगृह्णीष्व (pratigṛhṇīṣva) - accept (the kingdom) (take, accept, receive)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of pratigrah

imperative, middle voice

From root grah (9th class) with prefix prati. 2nd person singular, imperative, middle voice.

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O ruler (addressing Dhritarashtra) (O ruler, O king, O earth-lord)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, royal, king, ruler, prince

Derived from pṛthivī (earth).

Note: Addressing Dhritarashtra