महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-8, verse-4

अहमप्येतदेव त्वां ब्रवीमि कुरु मे वचः ।
अनुज्ञां लभतां राजा मा वृथेह मरिष्यति ॥४॥

4. ahamapyetadeva tvāṁ bravīmi kuru me vacaḥ ,
anujñāṁ labhatāṁ rājā mā vṛtheha mariṣyati.

4. aham api etat eva tvām bravīmi kuru me vacaḥ
anujñām labhatām rājā mā vṛthā iha mariṣyati

4. aham api etat eva tvām bravīmi me vacaḥ kuru
rājā anujñām labhatām mā iha vṛthā mariṣyati

4. I also say this very thing to you: please heed my words. Let the king obtain permission, so that he may not die here in vain.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• एतत् (etat) - this

• एव (eva) - emphasizes 'this very thing' (only, just, indeed, very)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I say, I tell

• कुरु (kuru) - do, heed (my words) (do, make, perform)

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

• वचः (vacaḥ) - words, command (word, speech, command)

• अनुज्ञाम् (anujñām) - permission, consent

• लभताम् (labhatām) - let him obtain, let him receive

• राजा (rājā) - king

• मा (mā) - prohibitive particle with future tense verb (not, do not)

• वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• मरिष्यति (mariṣyati) - he will die

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

एव (eva) - emphasizes 'this very thing' (only, just, indeed, very)

(indeclinable)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I say, I tell

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

कुरु (kuru) - do, heed (my words) (do, make, perform)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I

Note: Enclitic form, alternative to mama

वचः (vacaḥ) - words, command (word, speech, command)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying, command

Root: vac (class 2)

अनुज्ञाम् (anujñām) - permission, consent

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anujñā

anujñā - permission, consent, sanction

From anu-jñā (to permit, allow)

Prefix: anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Object of 'labhatām'

लभताम् (labhatām) - let him obtain, let him receive

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of labh

Root: labh (class 1)

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

मा (mā) - prohibitive particle with future tense verb (not, do not)

(indeclinable)

वृथा (vṛthā) - in vain, uselessly, fruitlessly

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

मरिष्यति (mariṣyati) - he will die

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of mṛ

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Used with mā for a prohibitive sense in classical Sanskrit, 'let him not die'.