महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-50, verse-55

किं पुनर्योऽहमासक्तस्तत्र तत्र सहस्रधा ।
पुत्रेषु राज्यदारेषु पौत्रेष्वपि च बन्धुषु ॥५५॥

55. kiṁ punaryo'hamāsaktastatra tatra sahasradhā ,
putreṣu rājyadāreṣu pautreṣvapi ca bandhuṣu.

55. kim punaḥ yaḥ aham āsaktaḥ tatra tatra sahasradhā
| putreṣu rājyadāreṣu pautreṣu api ca bandhuṣu

55. How much more so for me, who am attached in a thousand ways, in various aspects, to sons, to the kingdom and wives, to grandsons, and also to relatives?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - "how much more" (rhetorical) (what, how much)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - "moreover", "then" (in kim punaḥ) (again, moreover, but, on the other hand)

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• अहम् (aham) - I

• आसक्तः (āsaktaḥ) - attached, devoted, clinging

• तत्र (tatra) - "in various aspects" (repeated tatra tatra) (there, in that place, in that matter)

• तत्र (tatra) - "in various aspects" (repeated tatra tatra) (there, in that place, in that matter)

• सहस्रधा (sahasradhā) - in a thousand ways, manifoldly

• पुत्रेषु (putreṣu) - in sons, towards sons

• राज्यदारेषु (rājyadāreṣu) - in the kingdom and wives, towards the kingdom and wives

• पौत्रेषु (pautreṣu) - in grandsons, towards grandsons

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• च (ca) - and

• बन्धुषु (bandhuṣu) - in relatives, towards relatives

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - "how much more" (rhetorical) (what, how much)

(indeclinable)

Neuter Nominative/Accusative singular or indeclinable adverbial usage.

Note: Used as an interrogative adverb.

पुनः (punaḥ) - "moreover", "then" (in kim punaḥ) (again, moreover, but, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

Relative pronoun

Note: Refers to the speaker (aham).

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I

1st person singular pronoun

आसक्तः (āsaktaḥ) - attached, devoted, clinging

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āsakta

āsakta - attached, devoted, clinging, intent on

Past Passive Participle

From ā + √sañj (to cling, be attached)

Prefix: ā

Root: sañj (class 1)

Note: Acts as an adjective for aham.

तत्र (tatra) - "in various aspects" (repeated tatra tatra) (there, in that place, in that matter)

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from tad.

तत्र (tatra) - "in various aspects" (repeated tatra tatra) (there, in that place, in that matter)

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from tad.

सहस्रधा (sahasradhā) - in a thousand ways, manifoldly

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -dhā meaning "in ways".

पुत्रेषु (putreṣu) - in sons, towards sons

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Indicates the object of attachment.

राज्यदारेषु (rājyadāreṣu) - in the kingdom and wives, towards the kingdom and wives

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of rājyadāra

rājyadāra - kingdom and wives

dvandva compound of rājya and dāra.

Compound type : dvandva (rājya+dāra)

• rājya – kingdom, realm, sovereignty, government
  noun (neuter)
• dāra – wife, wives
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound expressing attachment to both kingdom and wives.

पौत्रेषु (pautreṣu) - in grandsons, towards grandsons

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of pautra

pautra - grandson

Derived from putra (son).

Note: Indicates the object of attachment.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

Note: Connects pautreṣu and bandhuṣu.

बन्धुषु (bandhuṣu) - in relatives, towards relatives

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of bandhu

bandhu - relative, kinsman, friend

From √bandh (to bind)

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Indicates the object of attachment.