महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-8, verse-16

प्रियं सर्वे चिकीर्षामो राज्ञः किंकरपाणयः ।
न चास्य शक्नुमः सर्वे प्रिये स्थातुमतन्द्रिताः ॥१६॥

16. priyaṁ sarve cikīrṣāmo rājñaḥ kiṁkarapāṇayaḥ ,
na cāsya śaknumaḥ sarve priye sthātumatandritāḥ.

16. priyam sarve cikīrṣāmaḥ rājñaḥ kiṅkarapāṇayaḥ na
ca asya śaknumaḥ sarve priye sthātum atandritāḥ

16. All of us, with our hands ready to serve as his attendants (kiṅkarapāṇayaḥ), desire to do what is pleasing to the king. Yet, all of us are not able to remain diligent in [promoting] his welfare.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रियम् (priyam) - what is pleasing, welfare (dear, pleasing; a pleasing thing, welfare)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all of us (all, everyone)

• चिकीर्षामः (cikīrṣāmaḥ) - we desire to do, we wish to perform

• राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king

• किङ्करपाणयः (kiṅkarapāṇayaḥ) - with hands ready to serve as his attendants (having hands ready to serve, servant-handed, with hands like those of an attendant)

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - yet (and, also)

• अस्य (asya) - his (of him, his)

• शक्नुमः (śaknumaḥ) - we are able, we can

• सर्वे (sarve) - all of us (all, everyone)

• प्रिये (priye) - in [promoting] his welfare (in the dear one, in the pleasing thing, in welfare)

• स्थातुम् (sthātum) - to remain (to stand, to remain, to exist)

• अतन्द्रिताः (atandritāḥ) - diligent, not lazy, attentive

Words meanings and morphology

प्रियम् (priyam) - what is pleasing, welfare (dear, pleasing; a pleasing thing, welfare)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable; a dear thing, welfare, favor

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Used here as a noun.

सर्वे (sarve) - all of us (all, everyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

चिकीर्षामः (cikīrṣāmaḥ) - we desire to do, we wish to perform

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of cikīrṣati

Desiderative Active

Desiderative stem of the root 'kṛ', in present tense (laṭ-lakāra), 1st person plural.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

किङ्करपाणयः (kiṅkarapāṇayaḥ) - with hands ready to serve as his attendants (having hands ready to serve, servant-handed, with hands like those of an attendant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kiṅkarapāṇi

kiṅkarapāṇi - having hands like those of a servant/attendant, servant-handed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kiṅkara+pāṇi)

• kiṅkara – servant, attendant, slave
  noun (masculine)
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'sarve'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - yet (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - his (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the king.

शक्नुमः (śaknumaḥ) - we are able, we can

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of śak

Present Active

Root 'śak' in present tense (laṭ-lakāra), 1st person plural.

Root: śak (class 5)

सर्वे (sarve) - all of us (all, everyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

प्रिये (priye) - in [promoting] his welfare (in the dear one, in the pleasing thing, in welfare)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable; a dear thing, welfare, favor

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Used here as a noun.

स्थातुम् (sthātum) - to remain (to stand, to remain, to exist)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root 'sthā'.

Root: sthā (class 1)

अतन्द्रिताः (atandritāḥ) - diligent, not lazy, attentive

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of atandrita

atandrita - not lazy, diligent, attentive, vigilant

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+tandrita)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
• tandrita – lazy, drowsy, fatigued
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'tandr' with the suffix '-ita'.
  Root: tandr (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'sarve'.