महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-2, verse-8

आत्मानमात्मना रक्षंश्चरिष्यामि विशां पते ।
इत्येतत्प्रतिजानामि विहरिष्याम्यहं यथा ॥८॥

8. ātmānamātmanā rakṣaṁścariṣyāmi viśāṁ pate ,
ityetatpratijānāmi vihariṣyāmyahaṁ yathā.

8. ātmānam ātmanā rakṣan cariṣyāmi viśām pate
iti etat pratijānāmi vihariṣyāmi aham yathā

8. O ruler of the people, I will sustain myself (ātman) by my own (ātman) efforts. This I declare: I will live in this manner.

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - myself (self, soul, spirit, oneself (ātman))

• आत्मना (ātmanā) - by my own efforts (by the self, by oneself, by one's own efforts (ātman))

• रक्षन् (rakṣan) - protecting (myself) (protecting)

• चरिष्यामि (cariṣyāmi) - I will live (my life) (I will wander, I will move about, I will live)

• विशाम् (viśām) - of the people, of the subjects

• पते (pate) - O ruler (of the people) (O lord, O master, O ruler)

• इति (iti) - This (is what I declare) (thus, so, saying this)

• एतत् (etat) - this (declaration) (this)

• प्रतिजानामि (pratijānāmi) - I declare (I promise, I declare, I vow)

• विहरिष्यामि (vihariṣyāmi) - I will live (in this manner) (I will wander, I will roam, I will live)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• यथा (yathā) - in this manner (as, so that, in such a way that)

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - myself (self, soul, spirit, oneself (ātman))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, life, oneself

आत्मना (ātmanā) - by my own efforts (by the self, by oneself, by one's own efforts (ātman))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, life, oneself

रक्षन् (rakṣan) - protecting (myself) (protecting)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rakṣat

rakṣat - protecting, guarding, preserving

Present Active Participle

Derived from root rakṣ (class 1) with śatṛ suffix.

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with an implied 'I' (aham).

चरिष्यामि (cariṣyāmi) - I will live (my life) (I will wander, I will move about, I will live)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of car

Root: car (class 1)

विशाम् (viśām) - of the people, of the subjects

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, subjects, clan, community

पते (pate) - O ruler (of the people) (O lord, O master, O ruler)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, ruler, husband

Note: Vocative form of pati.

इति (iti) - This (is what I declare) (thus, so, saying this)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (declaration) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to the statement made.

प्रतिजानामि (pratijānāmi) - I declare (I promise, I declare, I vow)

(verb)

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

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: From root jñā with prefix prati.

विहरिष्यामि (vihariṣyāmi) - I will live (in this manner) (I will wander, I will roam, I will live)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vihṛ

Prefix: vi

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: From root hṛ with prefix vi.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

यथा (yathā) - in this manner (as, so that, in such a way that)

(indeclinable)