महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-12

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
एवमेतन्न संदेहो रमेयं ब्राह्मणैः सह ।
न्यूनभावात्तु पश्यामि प्रत्यादेशमिवात्मनः ॥१२॥

12. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
evametanna saṁdeho rameyaṁ brāhmaṇaiḥ saha ,
nyūnabhāvāttu paśyāmi pratyādeśamivātmanaḥ.

12. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca evam etat na saṃdehaḥ rameyam brāhmaṇaiḥ
saha nyūnabhāvāt tu paśyāmi pratyādeśam iva ātmanaḥ

12. Yudhiṣṭhira said: "Indeed, there is no doubt about this; I would be pleased to remain with the Brahmins. But because of my diminished state, I perceive it as a rejection of myself."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, indeed

• एतत् (etat) - this (neuter)

• न (na) - not, no

• संदेहः (saṁdehaḥ) - doubt

• रमेयम् (rameyam) - I would be pleased to remain (I would rejoice, I would delight)

• ब्राह्मणैः (brāhmaṇaiḥ) - with Brahmins

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• न्यूनभावात् (nyūnabhāvāt) - because of my diminished state (from a state of deficiency, because of a lowly state)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

• प्रत्यादेशम् (pratyādeśam) - rejection, refusal, abandonment

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of myself (of oneself, of the self)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper noun, name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)

lit. 'steady in battle'

उवाच (uvāca) - he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active 3rd singular

perfect form from √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, indeed

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (neuter)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

nominative/accusative singular neuter of etad

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

negating particle

संदेहः (saṁdehaḥ) - doubt

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃdeha

saṁdeha - doubt, suspicion

from sam-√dih (to smear, doubt)

Prefix: sam

Root: dih (class 4)

रमेयम् (rameyam) - I would be pleased to remain (I would rejoice, I would delight)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of ram

optative middle 1st singular

optative form from √ram (ātmanepada)

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: ātmanepada

ब्राह्मणैः (brāhmaṇaiḥ) - with Brahmins

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

preposition governing instrumental case

न्यूनभावात् (nyūnabhāvāt) - because of my diminished state (from a state of deficiency, because of a lowly state)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of nyūnabhāva

nyūnabhāva - state of deficiency, lowness, humility

compound of nyūna (deficient) and bhāva (state)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nyūna+bhāva)

• nyūna – deficient, lacking, less, inferior
  adjective
  from √nī (to lead) with suffix ūna
  Root: nī (class 1)
• bhāva – state, condition, existence, nature, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  from √bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

particle of contrast or emphasis

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

(verb)

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

present active 1st singular

present form from √dṛś (irregularly paśya)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

प्रत्यादेशम् (pratyādeśam) - rejection, refusal, abandonment

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pratyādeśa

pratyādeśa - rejection, repudiation, refusal

from prati-ā-√diś (to point out, to refuse)

Prefixes: prati+ā

Root: diś (class 6)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

particle of comparison

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of myself (of oneself, of the self)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, individual soul, supreme soul (ātman)

genitive singular of ātman