महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-10, verse-30

वध्यो भवेयं विप्रेन्द्राः शक्रस्य सह दैवतैः ।
एवं मे रोचते संधिः शक्रेण सह नित्यदा ॥३०॥

30. vadhyo bhaveyaṁ viprendrāḥ śakrasya saha daivataiḥ ,
evaṁ me rocate saṁdhiḥ śakreṇa saha nityadā.

30. vadhyaḥ bhaveyam vipra-indrāḥ śakrasya saha daivataiḥ
| evam me rocate sandhiḥ śakreṇa saha nityadā

30. O foremost Brahmins (vipra), I desire to be vulnerable to death (vadhya) by Śakra along with the other deities. Such a pact (sandhi) with Śakra is always agreeable to me.

30. (בכל אלה) אל לי להיות בר הריגה בידי שַׁקְרַה והאלים, הו דגולי הבְּרַהְמִינים. כך מוצא חן בעיניי הסכם עם שַׁקְרַה לעולמים.

Words meanings summery:

• वध्यः (vadhyaḥ) - subject to being killed, vulnerable (to be killed, killable, vulnerable to death)

• भवेयम् (bhaveyam) - I desire to be (optative mood expressing wish) (I might be, I should be, I would be)

• विप्र-इन्द्राः (vipra-indrāḥ) - O foremost Brahmins (vipra) (O chief of Brahmins, O best of the wise)

• शक्रस्य (śakrasya) - by Śakra (here a possessive is used to denote agency, meaning Śakra is the one who kills) (of Śakra, by Śakra)

• सह (saha) - along with (with, along with)

• दैवतैः (daivataiḥ) - along with the other deities (by the gods, with the gods)

• एवम् (evam) - such (a way), this is how (thus, so, in this manner)

• मे (me) - to me, for me (dative of interest) (to me, for me, my)

• रोचते (rocate) - it is agreeable (it shines, it pleases, it is agreeable)

• सन्धिः (sandhiḥ) - a pact, agreement (union, conjunction, peace, pact, treaty)

• शक्रेण (śakreṇa) - with Śakra (by Śakra, with Śakra)

• सह (saha) - with (with, along with)

• नित्यदा (nityadā) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)

Words meanings and morphology

वध्यः (vadhyaḥ) - subject to being killed, vulnerable (to be killed, killable, vulnerable to death)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vadhya

vadhya - to be killed, killable, punishable by death, vulnerable

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From root 'vadh' (to strike, kill) + suffix '-ya'.

Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective for the implicit subject 'I'.

भवेयम् (bhaveyam) - I desire to be (optative mood expressing wish) (I might be, I should be, I would be)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative Active Indicative

1st person singular, parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: The subject 'aham' is implicit.

विप्र-इन्द्राः (vipra-indrāḥ) - O foremost Brahmins (vipra) (O chief of Brahmins, O best of the wise)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of vipra-indra

vipra-indra - chief of Brahmins, foremost of the wise

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vipra+indra)

• vipra – inspired, wise, Brahmin, priest
  noun (masculine)
• indra – Indra (name of a deity), chief, lord, best
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressed to a group of Brahmins.

शक्रस्य (śakrasya) - by Śakra (here a possessive is used to denote agency, meaning Śakra is the one who kills) (of Śakra, by Śakra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - capable, mighty, powerful (an epithet of Indra)

Note: The genitive 'śakrasya' can indicate agent of a passive action (e.g., killed by X).

सह (saha) - along with (with, along with)

(indeclinable)

दैवतैः (daivataiḥ) - along with the other deities (by the gods, with the gods)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of daivata

daivata - divine, belonging to a deity, deity, god

Derived from 'deva' (god).

Note: Plural form of 'daivata' agreeing with 'saha'.

एवम् (evam) - such (a way), this is how (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying 'rocate'.

मे (me) - to me, for me (dative of interest) (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

1st person singular dative/genitive (enclitic form)

Note: Dative of experience with 'rocate'.

रोचते (rocate) - it is agreeable (it shines, it pleases, it is agreeable)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ruc

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular, ātmanepada, root class (6th conjugation).

Root: ruc (class 6)

सन्धिः (sandhiḥ) - a pact, agreement (union, conjunction, peace, pact, treaty)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sandhi

sandhi - union, conjunction, peace, pact, treaty, phonetic combination

From 'sam' (together) + root 'dhā' (to place) + suffix 'i'.

Prefix: sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Subject of 'rocate'.

शक्रेण (śakreṇa) - with Śakra (by Śakra, with Śakra)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - capable, mighty, powerful (an epithet of Indra)

Note: Expresses association, goes with 'saha'.

सह (saha) - with (with, along with)

(indeclinable)

नित्यदा (nityadā) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

From 'nitya' (constant) + suffix '-dā' (indicating time).

Note: Adverb of time.

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