महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-95, verse-27

प्रीताः स्म तव वाक्येन न त्विच्छामस्तपोव्ययम् ।
स्वैरेव यज्ञैस्तुष्टाः स्मो न्यायेनेच्छामहे वयम् ॥२७॥

27. prītāḥ sma tava vākyena na tvicchāmastapovyayam ,
svaireva yajñaistuṣṭāḥ smo nyāyenecchāmahe vayam.

27. prītāḥ sma tava vākyena na tu icchāmaḥ tapovyayam
svaiḥ eva yajñaiḥ tuṣṭāḥ smaḥ nyāyena icchāmahe vayam

27. vayam tava vākyena prītāḥ sma tu tapovyayam na icchāmaḥ
vayam svaiḥ eva yajñaiḥ tuṣṭāḥ smaḥ nyāyena icchāmahe

27. We are pleased by your words, but we do not desire a waste of ascetic power (tapas). We are satisfied by our own Vedic rituals (yajña) and we desire things justly.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रीताः (prītāḥ) - pleased (pleased, delighted)

• स्म (sma) - we are (we are (auxiliary for present tense))

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• वाक्येन (vākyena) - by your words (by words, by speech)

• न (na) - not

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, moreover)

• इच्छामः (icchāmaḥ) - we desire (we desire, we wish)

• तपोव्ययम् (tapovyayam) - a waste of ascetic power (tapas) (waste of ascetic power, expenditure of austerity)

• स्वैः (svaiḥ) - by our own (by one's own, by our own)

• एव (eva) - by our very own (indeed, only, just)

• यज्ञैः (yajñaiḥ) - by Vedic rituals (yajña) (by Vedic rituals, by sacrifices)

• तुष्टाः (tuṣṭāḥ) - satisfied (satisfied, pleased)

• स्मः (smaḥ) - we are

• न्यायेन (nyāyena) - justly (by justice, by right method, justly)

• इच्छामहे (icchāmahe) - we desire (we desire, we wish)

• वयम् (vayam) - we

Words meanings and morphology

प्रीताः (prītāḥ) - pleased (pleased, delighted)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prīta

prīta - pleased, satisfied, beloved

Past Passive Participle

From `√prī` (to please, satisfy)

Root: prī (class 9)

स्म (sma) - we are (we are (auxiliary for present tense))

(verb)

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

present indicative

1st person plural, present tense

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used here as an auxiliary with `prītāḥ`.

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

वाक्येन (vākyena) - by your words (by words, by speech)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence

From `√vac` (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Instrument of being pleased.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, moreover)

(indeclinable)

इच्छामः (icchāmaḥ) - we desire (we desire, we wish)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

present indicative

1st person plural, present tense

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Subject is implied `vayam`.

तपोव्ययम् (tapovyayam) - a waste of ascetic power (tapas) (waste of ascetic power, expenditure of austerity)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tapovyaya

tapovyaya - waste of asceticism, loss of austerity

Compound of `tapas` (asceticism) and `vyaya` (expenditure, waste)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tapas+vyaya)

• tapas – asceticism, austerity, heat
  noun (neuter)
  From `√tap` (to heat, to perform austerities)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• vyaya – expenditure, waste, loss
  noun (masculine)
  From `vi` + `i` (to go) + `a` suffix
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Object of `icchāmaḥ`.

स्वैः (svaiḥ) - by our own (by one's own, by our own)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sva

sva - one's own, self

Note: Refers to the sages' own actions.

एव (eva) - by our very own (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

यज्ञैः (yajñaiḥ) - by Vedic rituals (yajña) (by Vedic rituals, by sacrifices)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, worship, sacrifice

From `√yaj` (to worship, sacrifice)

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Instrument of satisfaction.

तुष्टाः (tuṣṭāḥ) - satisfied (satisfied, pleased)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tuṣṭa

tuṣṭa - satisfied, contented, pleased

Past Passive Participle

From `√tuṣ` (to be pleased, satisfied)

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

स्मः (smaḥ) - we are

(verb)

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

present indicative

1st person plural, present tense

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Auxiliary verb.

न्यायेन (nyāyena) - justly (by justice, by right method, justly)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nyāya

nyāya - justice, right method, rule

From `ni` + `ā` + `√i` (to go) + `ghañ` suffix

Prefixes: ni+ā

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Manner adverbially.

इच्छामहे (icchāmahe) - we desire (we desire, we wish)

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of iṣ

present indicative

1st person plural, present tense, ātmanepada

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Subject is implied `vayam`.

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Explicit subject for `icchāmahe`.