महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-190, verse-38

तमब्रवीद्राजा ।
तयास्म्यर्थी ।
सा मे दीयतामिति ॥३८॥

38. tamabravīdrājā ,
tayāsmyarthī ,
sā me dīyatāmiti.

38. tam abravīt rājā tayā asmi
arthī sā me dīyatām iti

38. The king said to him, 'I desire her; let her be given to me.'

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

• राजा (rājā) - the king

• तया (tayā) - with her, by her, for her

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• अर्थी (arthī) - desirous, a suitor, seeker

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• दीयताम् (dīyatām) - let her be given

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

राजा (rājā) - the king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

Root: rāj

तया (tayā) - with her, by her, for her

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used here with 'arthī' to denote the object of desire. Often functions like a dative.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

अर्थी (arthī) - desirous, a suitor, seeker

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arthin

arthin - desirous, a seeker, suitor

from artha (object, purpose) + -in (suffix of possession/relation)

Note: used predicatively with 'asmi'

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: alternately genitive, but dative fits better with 'dīyatām'

दीयताम् (dīyatām) - let her be given

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of dā

root dā, class 3, passive voice

Root: dā (class 3)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

particle

Note: used to indicate the end of a quotation or speech