महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-30, verse-5

अलर्क उवाच ।
मनसो मे बलं जातं मनो जित्वा ध्रुवो जयः ।
अन्यत्र बाणानस्यामि शत्रुभिः परिवारितः ॥५॥

5. alarka uvāca ,
manaso me balaṁ jātaṁ mano jitvā dhruvo jayaḥ ,
anyatra bāṇānasyāmi śatrubhiḥ parivāritaḥ.

5. alarkaḥ uvāca manasaḥ me balam jātam manaḥ jitvā
dhruvaḥ jayaḥ anyatra bāṇān asyāmi śatrubhiḥ parivāritaḥ

5. alarkaḥ uvāca (yat) me manasaḥ balam jātam.
manaḥ jitvā jayaḥ dhruvaḥ (bhavati).
anyatra (aham) śatrubhiḥ parivāritaḥ bāṇān asyāmi.

5. Alarka said: 'Strength has arisen in my mind. By conquering the mind (manas), victory is certain. Otherwise, if surrounded by enemies, I would be discharging arrows.'

Words meanings summery:

• अलर्कः (alarkaḥ) - Alarka (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• मनसः (manasaḥ) - of the mind, from the mind

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

• जातम् (jātam) - arisen, born, produced

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

• जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered, by conquering

• ध्रुवः (dhruvaḥ) - certain, constant, firm

• जयः (jayaḥ) - victory, triumph

• अन्यत्र (anyatra) - in another situation, if things were different (elsewhere, otherwise)

• बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

• अस्यामि (asyāmi) - I throw, I shoot, I cast

• शत्रुभिः (śatrubhiḥ) - by enemies, with enemies

• परिवारितः (parivāritaḥ) - surrounded, encompassed

Words meanings and morphology

अलर्कः (alarkaḥ) - Alarka (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of alarka

alarka - name of a king, a species of plant

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense, active voice

third person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

मनसः (manasaḥ) - of the mind, from the mind

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, consciousness, heart

Root: man (class 4)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my (first person pronoun)

बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, might

जातम् (jātam) - arisen, born, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, arisen, produced, become

Past Passive Participle

derived from root 'jan'

Root: jan (class 4)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, consciousness, heart

Root: man (class 4)

जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered, by conquering

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed from root 'ji'

Root: ji (class 1)

ध्रुवः (dhruvaḥ) - certain, constant, firm

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhruva

dhruva - fixed, firm, certain, constant, permanent

जयः (jayaḥ) - victory, triumph

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest

Root: ji (class 1)

अन्यत्र (anyatra) - in another situation, if things were different (elsewhere, otherwise)

(indeclinable)

बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

अस्यामि (asyāmi) - I throw, I shoot, I cast

(verb)

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

present tense, active voice

first person singular

Root: as (class 4)

शत्रुभिः (śatrubhiḥ) - by enemies, with enemies

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śatru

śatru - enemy, foe, rival

परिवारितः (parivāritaḥ) - surrounded, encompassed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parivārita

parivārita - surrounded, encompassed, covered

Past Passive Participle

derived from root 'vṛ' with prefix 'pari'

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛ (class 5)