महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-31, verse-23

अलमेव शमायास्मि तथा युद्धाय संजय ।
धर्मार्थयोरलं चाहं मृदवे दारुणाय च ॥२३॥

23. alameva śamāyāsmi tathā yuddhāya saṁjaya ,
dharmārthayoralaṁ cāhaṁ mṛdave dāruṇāya ca.

23. alam eva śamāya asmi tathā yuddhāya saṃjaya
dharma-arthayoḥ alam ca aham mṛdave dāruṇāya ca

23. O Sanjaya, I am indeed capable of both peace and war. And I am capable for righteousness (dharma) and purpose (artha), as well as for both gentleness and harshness.

Words meanings summery:

• अलम् (alam) - capable, sufficient, enough

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• शमाय (śamāya) - for peace, for tranquility

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, and

• युद्धाय (yuddhāya) - for war, for battle

• संजय (saṁjaya) - O Sanjaya

• धर्म-अर्थयोः (dharma-arthayoḥ) - for righteousness (dharma) and purpose (artha)

• अलम् (alam) - capable, sufficient, enough

• च (ca) - and, also

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मृदवे (mṛdave) - for gentleness, for mildness

• दारुणाय (dāruṇāya) - for harshness, for severity

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

अलम् (alam) - capable, sufficient, enough

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

शमाय (śamāya) - for peace, for tranquility

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of śama

śama - peace, tranquility, cessation of passion, self-control

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, and

(indeclinable)

युद्धाय (yuddhāya) - for war, for battle

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - war, battle, fight

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

Derived from root yudh (to fight).

Root: yudh (class 4)

संजय (saṁjaya) - O Sanjaya

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Sanjaya (a name, Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer and advisor)

धर्म-अर्थयोः (dharma-arthayoḥ) - for righteousness (dharma) and purpose (artha)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, dual of dharma-artha

dharma-artha - righteousness and purpose/wealth/meaning (two of the four puruṣārthas)

Compound type : dvandva (dharma+artha)

• dharma – righteousness, duty, natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, prosperity, object, aim
  noun (masculine)

Note: Literally genitive/locative dual, used here with 'alam' in a dative sense ('for').

अलम् (alam) - capable, sufficient, enough

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

मृदवे (mṛdave) - for gentleness, for mildness

(adjective)

Dative, singular of mṛdu

mṛdu - soft, gentle, mild, tender

Note: Used here as a noun in the dative case.

दारुणाय (dāruṇāya) - for harshness, for severity

(adjective)

Dative, singular of dāruṇa

dāruṇa - harsh, dreadful, severe, cruel, fierce

Note: Used here as a noun in the dative case.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)