महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-142, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
भीमसेन यमौ चोभौ पाञ्चालि च निबोधत ।
नास्ति भूतस्य नाशो वै पश्यतास्मान्वनेचरान् ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
bhīmasena yamau cobhau pāñcāli ca nibodhata ,
nāsti bhūtasya nāśo vai paśyatāsmānvanecarān.

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca bhīmasena yamau ca ubhau pāñcāli ca
nibodhata na asti bhūtasya nāśaḥ vai paśyata asmān vanacarān

1. Yudhishthira said: Bhimasena, both the twins, and Draupadi, listen! Indeed, there is no destruction for any living being. Just look at us, living as wanderers in the forest.

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - The eldest Pandava brother, the speaker of these verses (Yudhishthira)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Yudhishthira said (said, spoke)

• भीमसेन (bhīmasena) - One of the Pandava brothers (Bhimasena)

• यमौ (yamau) - Nakula and Sahadeva, the twin Pandava brothers (the two Yamas, the twins)

• च (ca) - and

• उभौ (ubhau) - both (referring to the twins) (both (masculine dual))

• पाञ्चालि (pāñcāli) - Draupadi, the wife of the Pandavas (Draupadi (daughter of Panchala))

• च (ca) - and

• निबोधत (nibodhata) - listen (imperative, plural) (understand, perceive, listen)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, there is (is, exists)

• भूतस्य (bhūtasya) - of any living being (of a being, of an entity, of a creature)

• नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction (destruction, loss)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, verily, surely)

• पश्यत (paśyata) - behold, look at (imperative, plural) (behold, see)

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us (the Pandavas and Draupadi) (us)

• वनचरान् (vanacarān) - those who wander in the forest (referring to the Pandavas and Draupadi) (forest-dwellers, wanderers in the forest)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - The eldest Pandava brother, the speaker of these verses (Yudhishthira)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira; firm in battle

Compound type : aluk-tatpurusha (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  indeclinable
  locative of yudh
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – firm, steady
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - Yudhishthira said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

3rd singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

भीमसेन (bhīmasena) - One of the Pandava brothers (Bhimasena)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhimasena; lit. 'having a terrible army'

यमौ (yamau) - Nakula and Sahadeva, the twin Pandava brothers (the two Yamas, the twins)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, dual of yama

yama - twin; controller, lord (Yama, the god of death)

Root: yam (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

उभौ (ubhau) - both (referring to the twins) (both (masculine dual))

(pronoun)

Vocative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

Note: Agrees with yamau

पाञ्चालि (pāñcāli) - Draupadi, the wife of the Pandavas (Draupadi (daughter of Panchala))

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of pāñcālī

pāñcālī - princess of Panchala; Draupadi

Note: Feminine vocative singular ending in -i

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

निबोधत (nibodhata) - listen (imperative, plural) (understand, perceive, listen)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of budh

Imperative Active

2nd plural imperative active of √budh with upasarga ni

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists, there is (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

3rd singular present active of √as

Root: as (class 2)

भूतस्य (bhūtasya) - of any living being (of a being, of an entity, of a creature)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √bhū (to be, to become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to any created entity or living being

नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction (destruction, loss)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, loss, ruin, disappearance

Derived from √naś (to perish)

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'asti'

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, verily, surely)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

पश्यत (paśyata) - behold, look at (imperative, plural) (behold, see)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

Imperative Active

2nd plural imperative active of √dṛś (irregular root in present system, uses paśya-)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अस्मान् (asmān) - us (the Pandavas and Draupadi) (us)

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Object of 'paśyata'

वनचरान् (vanacarān) - those who wander in the forest (referring to the Pandavas and Draupadi) (forest-dwellers, wanderers in the forest)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vanacara

vanacara - forest-dweller, ranger, animal, savage

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+cara)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, wandering, going; a wanderer
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  Derived from √car
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with asmān