महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-113, verse-6

वक्तुमिच्छामि तु सखे यथा जानासि मां पुरा ।
न तथा वित्तवानस्मि क्षीणं वित्तं हि मे सखे ॥६॥

6. vaktumicchāmi tu sakhe yathā jānāsi māṁ purā ,
na tathā vittavānasmi kṣīṇaṁ vittaṁ hi me sakhe.

6. vaktum icchāmi tu sakhe yathā jānāsi mām purā na
tathā vittavān asmi kṣīṇam vittam hi me sakhe

6. But, O friend, I wish to tell you that I am no longer as wealthy as you knew me to be before, for my wealth has indeed dwindled, O friend.

Words meanings summery:

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say, to tell

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• सखे (sakhe) - O friend

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• जानासि (jānāsi) - you know

• माम् (mām) - me

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, in the past

• न (na) - not, no

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that way

• वित्तवान् (vittavān) - wealthy, possessing wealth

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• क्षीणम् (kṣīṇam) - diminished, exhausted, wasted

• वित्तम् (vittam) - wealth, property, possession

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• मे (me) - my, to me

• सखे (sakhe) - O friend

Words meanings and morphology

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say, to tell

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Derived from root `vac` with suffix `tumun`.

Root: vac (class 2)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root `iṣ` (icch-class, 6th conj.) present 1st singular.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

सखे (sakhe) - O friend

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sakhi

sakhi - friend, companion

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

जानासि (jānāsi) - you know

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Present Active

Root `jñā` (9th conj.) present 2nd singular.

Root: jñā (class 9)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of mad

mad - I, me, mine

पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, in the past

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, in that way

(indeclinable)

वित्तवान् (vittavān) - wealthy, possessing wealth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vittavat

vittavat - wealthy, rich, possessing wealth, having found

Possessive adjective (from past passive participle)

Derived from `vitta` (past passive participle of `vid` 'to find/possess') with suffix `matup` (possessive).

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Agrees with implied 'I' (asmi).

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root `as` (2nd conj.) present 1st singular.

Root: as (class 2)

क्षीणम् (kṣīṇam) - diminished, exhausted, wasted

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - diminished, wasted, destroyed, exhausted, slender

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `kṣi` (to waste, destroy) with suffix `kta`.

Root: kṣi (class 5)

वित्तम् (vittam) - wealth, property, possession

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vitta

vitta - wealth, property, possession, treasure; found, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `vid` (to find, obtain), suffix `kta`.

Root: vid (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me, mine

सखे (sakhe) - O friend

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sakhi

sakhi - friend, companion