महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-96, verse-9

अगस्त्य उवाच ।
वित्तकामाविह प्राप्तौ विद्ध्यावां पृथिवीपते ।
यथाशक्त्यविहिंस्यान्यान्संविभागं प्रयच्छ नौ ॥९॥

9. agastya uvāca ,
vittakāmāviha prāptau viddhyāvāṁ pṛthivīpate ,
yathāśaktyavihiṁsyānyānsaṁvibhāgaṁ prayaccha nau.

9. agastya uvāca vittakāmau iha prāptau viddhi āvām pṛthivīpate
yathāśakti avihimsyān anyān saṃvibhāgam prayaccha nau

9. Agastya said: 'O king (pṛthivīpati), know that we two have arrived here desiring wealth. Please grant us a share, to the best of your ability (yathāśakti), without harming others.'

Words meanings summery:

• अगस्त्य (agastya) - Agastya (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• वित्तकामौ (vittakāmau) - desirous of wealth, wealth-seeking

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• प्राप्तौ (prāptau) - arrived, attained, obtained

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

• आवाम् (āvām) - us two

• पृथिवीपते (pṛthivīpate) - O lord of the earth, O king

• यथाशक्ति (yathāśakti) - according to power, as much as possible, to the best of one's ability

• अविहिम्स्यान् (avihimsyān) - without harming (others) (not to be harmed, without harming)

• अन्यान् (anyān) - others

• संविभागम् (saṁvibhāgam) - share, portion, distribution

• प्रयच्छ (prayaccha) - give, offer

• नौ (nau) - to us two

Words meanings and morphology

अगस्त्य (agastya) - Agastya (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agastya

agastya - name of a celebrated sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

वित्तकामौ (vittakāmau) - desirous of wealth, wealth-seeking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vittakāma

vittakāma - desiring wealth, fond of property

Compound type : tatpurusha (vitta+kāma)

• vitta – wealth, property, found
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root vid (to find/get)
  Root: vid (class 6)
• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Agastya and Śrutarvāṇa.

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

प्राप्तौ (prāptau) - arrived, attained, obtained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prāpta

prāpta - reached, arrived, obtained

Past Passive Participle

from root āp (to obtain) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Refers to Agastya and Śrutarvāṇa.

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

आवाम् (āvām) - us two

(pronoun)

Accusative, dual of asmad

asmad - I, we

पृथिवीपते (pṛthivīpate) - O lord of the earth, O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pṛthivīpati

pṛthivīpati - lord of the earth, king

Compound type : tatpurusha (pṛthivī+pati)

• pṛthivī – earth, world
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

यथाशक्ति (yathāśakti) - according to power, as much as possible, to the best of one's ability

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+śakti)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• śakti – power, ability, energy (śakti)
  noun (feminine)

अविहिम्स्यान् (avihimsyān) - without harming (others) (not to be harmed, without harming)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of avihimsya

avihimsya - not to be injured, harmless

Gerundive (negative)

negative particle a + gerundive from root hiṃs (to injure)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hiṃsya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• hiṃsya – to be injured, causing injury
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  gerundive from root hiṃs
  Root: hiṃs (class 7)

Note: Often refers to others who should not be harmed when giving dāna (charity).

अन्यान् (anyān) - others

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

संविभागम् (saṁvibhāgam) - share, portion, distribution

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvibhāga

saṁvibhāga - share, partition, distribution

प्रयच्छ (prayaccha) - give, offer

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of prayaccha

from root yam (to restrain/give) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: yam (class 1)

नौ (nau) - to us two

(pronoun)

Dative, dual of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Alternate form for dative/genitive/accusative dual of asmad.