महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-18, chapter-2, verse-12

किं मे भ्रातृविहीनस्य स्वर्गेण सुरसत्तमाः ।
यत्र ते स मम स्वर्गो नायं स्वर्गो मतो मम ॥१२॥

12. kiṁ me bhrātṛvihīnasya svargeṇa surasattamāḥ ,
yatra te sa mama svargo nāyaṁ svargo mato mama.

12. kim me bhrātṛ-vihīnasya svargena sura-sattamāḥ
yatra te sa mama svargaḥ na ayam svargaḥ mataḥ mama

12. sura-sattamāḥ bhrātṛ-vihīnasya me svargena kim
yatra te sa mama svargaḥ ayam svargaḥ mama na mataḥ

12. What use is heaven to me, deprived of my brothers, O best among the gods? Where they reside, that is my heaven; this [place] is not considered heaven by me.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what, what for, why

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• भ्रातृ-विहीनस्य (bhrātṛ-vihīnasya) - to me, who is without brothers (of one deprived of brothers, without brothers)

• स्वर्गेन (svargena) - by heaven, with heaven

• सुर-सत्तमाः (sura-sattamāḥ) - O best among gods, O supreme gods

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• ते (te) - my brothers (plural masculine) (they)

• स (sa) - that, he

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• स्वर्गः (svargaḥ) - heaven

• न (na) - not

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• मतः (mataḥ) - considered, thought, opined

• मम (mama) - my, of me

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what, what for, why

(indeclinable)

Note: Expresses rhetorical question 'What use?'.

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

भ्रातृ-विहीनस्य (bhrātṛ-vihīnasya) - to me, who is without brothers (of one deprived of brothers, without brothers)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ-vihīna

bhrātṛ-vihīna - deprived of brothers, without brothers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhrātṛ+vihīna)

• bhrātṛ – brother
  noun (masculine)
• vihīna – deprived of, without, destitute of
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From vi- + √hā (to abandon)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (Yudhiṣṭhira, masc. sg. gen.).

स्वर्गेन (svargena) - by heaven, with heaven

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, celestial abode

Note: Used with 'kim' to express 'what use is X (instrumental) to Y (dative/genitive)'.

सुर-सत्तमाः (sura-sattamāḥ) - O best among gods, O supreme gods

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of sura-sattama

sura-sattama - best among gods, supreme god

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sura+sattama)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative suffix -tama
  Root: sat

Note: Address to the gods.

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - my brothers (plural masculine) (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira's brothers.

स (sa) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to `svargaḥ` (heaven).

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

स्वर्गः (svargaḥ) - heaven

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, celestial abode

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to the current heaven where Yudhiṣṭhira is.

मतः (mataḥ) - considered, thought, opined

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mata

mata - thought, considered, believed, intended

past passive participle

From √man (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we