महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-145, verse-38

मयि जीवति राज्यं कः संप्रशासेत्पुमानिह ।
मावमंस्था वचो मह्यं शममिच्छामि वः सदा ॥३८॥

38. mayi jīvati rājyaṁ kaḥ saṁpraśāsetpumāniha ,
māvamaṁsthā vaco mahyaṁ śamamicchāmi vaḥ sadā.

38. mayi jīvati rājyam kaḥ sampraśāset pumān iha mā
avamaṃsthāḥ vacaḥ mahyam śamam icchāmi vaḥ sadā

38. mayi jīvati,
iha kaḥ pumān rājyam sampraśāset? mahyam vacaḥ mā avamaṃsthāḥ.
vaḥ sadā śamam icchāmi.

38. While I am alive, what man (puruṣa) here could properly govern the kingdom? Do not disregard my advice. I always desire peace for you all.

Words meanings summery:

• मयि (mayi) - in me, on me, while I am

• जीवति (jīvati) - living, being alive

• राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom, sovereignty

• कः (kaḥ) - who

• सम्प्रशासेत् (sampraśāset) - would govern, would rule

• पुमान् (pumān) - man, person (puruṣa)

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• मा (mā) - do not

• अवमम्स्थाः (avamamsthāḥ) - you should disrespect, you should disregard

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, advice

• मह्यम् (mahyam) - my (words) (to me, for me)

• शमम् (śamam) - peace, tranquility, quietude

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• वः (vaḥ) - for you (plural), to you (plural), your (plural)

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

Words meanings and morphology

मयि (mayi) - in me, on me, while I am

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my, our

Note: Part of locative absolute construction 'mayi jīvati'.

जीवति (jīvati) - living, being alive

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive, existing

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root jīv- (to live) with the present active participle suffix.

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Part of locative absolute construction 'mayi jīvati'.

राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom, sovereignty

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, realm, sovereignty, reign

कः (kaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

सम्प्रशासेत् (sampraśāset) - would govern, would rule

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of śās

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: śās (class 2)

पुमान् (pumān) - man, person (puruṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pums

pums - man, male, person (puruṣa)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

मा (mā) - do not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with aorist injunctive for prohibition.

अवमम्स्थाः (avamamsthāḥ) - you should disrespect, you should disregard

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, aorist injunctive (luṅ) of man

Prefix: ava

Root: man (class 4)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, advice

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying, advice

मह्यम् (mahyam) - my (words) (to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my, our

Note: Although dative 'to me', contextually functions possessively as 'my' referring to 'my advice'.

शमम् (śamam) - peace, tranquility, quietude

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śama

śama - peace, tranquility, quietude, cessation, calm

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

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

Root: iṣ (class 6)

वः (vaḥ) - for you (plural), to you (plural), your (plural)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural), your

Note: Can also be genitive or accusative.

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)