महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-139, verse-9

सोऽस्मदर्थे व्रतं साधु चर त्वं ब्रह्महिंसनम् ।
समर्थो ह्यहमेकाकी कर्म कर्तुमिदं मुने ॥९॥

9. so'smadarthe vrataṁ sādhu cara tvaṁ brahmahiṁsanam ,
samartho hyahamekākī karma kartumidaṁ mune.

9. saḥ asmadarthe vratam sādhu cara tvam brahmahiṃsanam
samarthaḥ hi aham ekākī karma kartum idam mune

9. Therefore, O sage, for our sake, you should properly undertake the vow (vrata) related to the killing of a Brahmin. For I alone am capable of performing this ritual (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, therefore

• अस्मदर्थे (asmadarthe) - for our sake, for us

• व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, sacred observance

• साधु (sādhu) - properly, well, correctly

• चर (cara) - perform, practice, undertake

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• ब्रह्महिंसनम् (brahmahiṁsanam) - (vow concerning) the killing of a Brahmin

• समर्थः (samarthaḥ) - capable, able

• हि (hi) - for, indeed

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एकाकी (ekākī) - alone, solitary

• कर्म (karma) - ritual, deed

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to perform

• इदम् (idam) - this

• मुने (mune) - O sage

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, therefore

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Often used as a correlative or simply 'therefore'/'and'.

अस्मदर्थे (asmadarthe) - for our sake, for us

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of asmadartha

asmadartha - for our purpose, for our sake

Compound type : tatpurusha (asmad+artha)

• asmad – we, us
  pronoun
• artha – purpose, meaning, sake, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Locative for 'for the sake of'.

व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, sacred observance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vrata

vrata - vow, religious observance, sacred duty

Note: Object of 'cara'.

साधु (sādhu) - properly, well, correctly

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies 'cara'.

चर (cara) - perform, practice, undertake

(verb)

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

Root: car (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

ब्रह्महिंसनम् (brahmahiṁsanam) - (vow concerning) the killing of a Brahmin

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahmahiṃsana

brahmahiṁsana - killing of a Brahmin, injury to a Brahmin

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+hiṃsana)

• brahman – Brahmin, Supreme Reality (brahman)
  noun (masculine)
• hiṃsana – killing, harming, injuring
  noun (neuter)
  Agent Noun / Verbal Noun
  Derived from root hiṃs (to harm, kill)
  Root: hiṃs (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'vratam' (object of 'cara').

समर्थः (samarthaḥ) - capable, able

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samartha

samartha - capable, able, strong

Prefix: sam

Root: arth

Note: Agrees with 'aham'.

हि (hi) - for, indeed

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (pronoun)

एकाकी (ekākī) - alone, solitary

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekākin

ekākin - alone, solitary, single

Note: Agrees with 'aham'.

कर्म (karma) - ritual, deed

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate (karma)

Note: Object of 'kartum'.

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to perform

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Infinitives are indeclinable.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Agrees with 'karma'.

मुने (mune) - O sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic

Note: Addressing Parāvasu.