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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-96, verse-15

अगस्त्य उवाच ।
वित्तकामानिह प्राप्तान्विद्धि नः पृथिवीपते ।
यथाशक्त्यविहिंस्यान्यान्संविभागं प्रयच्छ नः ॥१५॥
15. agastya uvāca ,
vittakāmāniha prāptānviddhi naḥ pṛthivīpate ,
yathāśaktyavihiṁsyānyānsaṁvibhāgaṁ prayaccha naḥ.
15. agastyaḥ uvāca vittakāmān iha prāptān viddhi naḥ pṛthivīpate
yathāśaktyavihimsyānyān saṃvibhāgam prayaccha naḥ
15. Agastya said: "O ruler of the earth, know that we have arrived here desiring wealth. Please give us a share (saṃvibhāgam) that is within your capacity and does not harm anyone else."

Words meanings summery:

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  • अगस्त्यः (agastyaḥ) - The sage Agastya (name of a great sage)
  • उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)
  • वित्तकामान् (vittakāmān) - those who desire wealth (those desirous of wealth)
  • इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)
  • प्राप्तान् (prāptān) - those who have arrived (those who have arrived, obtained)
  • विद्धि (viddhi) - know! (know! (imperative))
  • नः (naḥ) - us (accusative) (us, to us, our)
  • पृथिवीपते (pṛthivīpate) - O ruler of the earth (O lord of the earth)
  • यथाशक्त्यविहिम्स्यान्यान् (yathāśaktyavihimsyānyān) - which is within [your] capacity and does not harm anyone else (according to capacity, without harming others)
  • संविभागम् (saṁvibhāgam) - a share (share, portion, distribution)
  • प्रयच्छ (prayaccha) - give (give, grant (imperative))
  • नः (naḥ) - to us (dative) (to us, us, our)

Words meanings and morphology

अगस्त्यः (agastyaḥ) - The sage Agastya (name of a great sage)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of agastya
agastya - name of a Vedic sage
उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac
perfect active
3rd person singular perfect active of √vac (to speak)
Root: vac (class 2)
वित्तकामान् (vittakāmān) - those who desire wealth (those desirous of wealth)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of vittakāma
vittakāma - desirous of wealth
Compound: vitta (wealth) + kāma (desire)
Compound type : tatpurusha (vitta+kāma)
  • vitta – wealth, property, acquired
    noun (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    Past Passive Participle from √vid
    Root: vid (class 6)
  • kāma – desire, wish, love
    noun (masculine)
    Root: kam (class 1)
इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)
(indeclinable)
प्राप्तान् (prāptān) - those who have arrived (those who have arrived, obtained)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of prāpta
prāpta - arrived, attained, obtained
Past Passive Participle
Past Passive Participle of √āp with pra
Prefix: pra
Root: āp (class 5)
विद्धि (viddhi) - know! (know! (imperative))
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of vid
imperative active
2nd person singular imperative active of √vid (to know) - a reduplicated root with irregular imperative form
Root: vid (class 2)
नः (naḥ) - us (accusative) (us, to us, our)
(pronoun)
Accusative, plural of asmad
asmad - we, us, our
Note: Also functions as dative or genitive plural of asmad.
पृथिवीपते (pṛthivīpate) - O ruler of the earth (O lord of the earth)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of pṛthivīpati
pṛthivīpati - lord of the earth, king
Compound: pṛthivī (earth) + pati (lord)
Compound type : tatpurusha (pṛthivī+pati)
  • pṛthivī – earth, ground
    noun (feminine)
  • pati – lord, master, husband
    noun (masculine)
यथाशक्त्यविहिम्स्यान्यान् (yathāśaktyavihimsyānyān) - which is within [your] capacity and does not harm anyone else (according to capacity, without harming others)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of yathāśaktyavihimsyānya
yathāśaktyavihimsyānya - according to strength, harmless to others
Compound of yathāśakti (indeclinable), avihimsya (gerundive), and anya (pronoun/adjective). Functions as an adjective describing the share.
Compound type : bahuvrihi (yathāśakti+avihimsya+anya)
  • yathāśakti – according to power, as far as possible
    indeclinable
    Avyayībhāva compound (yathā + śakti)
  • avihimsya – not to be harmed, harmless
    adjective (masculine)
    Gerundive
    Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya) from √hiṃs with 'a' negative prefix and 'vi' prefix
    Prefix: vi
    Root: hiṃs (class 10)
  • anya – other, another, different
    pronoun (masculine)
Note: Compound adjective qualifying 'saṃvibhāgam'.
संविभागम् (saṁvibhāgam) - a share (share, portion, distribution)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvibhāga
saṁvibhāga - share, portion, distribution, division
From √bhaj with sam and vi prefixes
Prefixes: sam+vi
Root: bhaj (class 1)
प्रयच्छ (prayaccha) - give (give, grant (imperative))
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of yam
imperative active
2nd person singular imperative active of √yam (to give/control) with pra prefix. Root √yam in 1st class becomes yacchati in present.
Prefix: pra
Root: yam (class 1)
नः (naḥ) - to us (dative) (to us, us, our)
(pronoun)
Dative, plural of asmad
asmad - we, us, our
Note: Also functions as accusative or genitive plural of asmad.