महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-172, verse-12

न स भीष्मो महाबाहुर्मामिच्छति विशां पते ।
भ्रातृहेतोः समारम्भो भीष्मस्येति श्रुतं मया ॥१२॥

12. na sa bhīṣmo mahābāhurmāmicchati viśāṁ pate ,
bhrātṛhetoḥ samārambho bhīṣmasyeti śrutaṁ mayā.

12. na sa bhīṣmaḥ mahābāhuḥ mām icchati viśām pate
bhrātṛhetoḥ samārambhaḥ bhīṣmasya iti śrutam mayā

12. viśām pate sa bhīṣmaḥ mahābāhuḥ mām na icchati
mayā bhīṣmasya samārambhaḥ bhrātṛhetoḥ iti śrutam

12. O King, that mighty-armed Bhishma does not desire me. I have heard that Bhishma's enterprise was for the sake of his brother.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• स (sa) - that (Bhishma) (he, that (masculine))

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (Bhishma (name))

• महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed (epithet of Bhishma) (mighty-armed, great-armed)

• माम् (mām) - me (Amba) (me)

• इच्छति (icchati) - desires (desires, wishes, seeks)

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

• पते (pate) - O king (O lord, O master)

• भ्रातृहेतोः (bhrātṛhetoḥ) - for the sake of his brother (for the sake of a brother)

• समारम्भः (samārambhaḥ) - enterprise (of capturing women for marriage) (undertaking, enterprise, beginning, effort)

• भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhishma

• इति (iti) - thus, marking the preceding statement as reported speech (thus, so, indicating a quote or intention)

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (heard, listened, revealed)

• मया (mayā) - by me (Amba) (by me)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

स (sa) - that (Bhishma) (he, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (Bhishma (name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, formidable; name of the son of Shantanu and Ganga

Root: bhī (class 3)

महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed (epithet of Bhishma) (mighty-armed, great-armed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - great-armed, strong-armed, mighty-armed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

माम् (mām) - me (Amba) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

इच्छति (icchati) - desires (desires, wishes, seeks)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

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

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, subjects, a house, a community

पते (pate) - O king (O lord, O master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - master, lord, husband, ruler

Note: Used in viśāṃ pate as a compound-like vocative.

भ्रातृहेतोः (bhrātṛhetoḥ) - for the sake of his brother (for the sake of a brother)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrātṛhetu

bhrātṛhetu - reason of a brother, for a brother's sake

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhrātṛ+hetu)

• bhrātṛ – brother
  noun (masculine)
• hetu – cause, reason, motive, instrument
  noun (masculine)

Note: adverbial use of genitive for 'for the sake of'.

समारम्भः (samārambhaḥ) - enterprise (of capturing women for marriage) (undertaking, enterprise, beginning, effort)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samārambha

samārambha - beginning, undertaking, enterprise, effort, preparation

derived from sam-ā-√rabh (to begin, undertake)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhishma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name)

Root: bhī (class 3)

इति (iti) - thus, marking the preceding statement as reported speech (thus, so, indicating a quote or intention)

(indeclinable)

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (heard, listened, revealed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, revealed; Vedic knowledge, sacred tradition

past passive participle

formed from √śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

मया (mayā) - by me (Amba) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, me