महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-103, verse-88

नाहं तातस्तव पितुस्तातोऽस्मि तव भारत ।
इति मामब्रवीद्बाल्ये यः स वध्यः कथं मया ॥८८॥

88. nāhaṁ tātastava pitustāto'smi tava bhārata ,
iti māmabravīdbālye yaḥ sa vadhyaḥ kathaṁ mayā.

88. na aham tāta tava pituḥ tātaḥ asmi tava bhārata
iti mām abravīt bālye yaḥ saḥ vadhyaḥ katham mayā

88. bhārata! na aham tāta tava pituḥ tātaḥ asmi tava iti yaḥ mām bālye abravīt,
saḥ katham mayā vadhyaḥ

88. "O Bhārata, I am not your father, nor the father of your father," he who spoke these words to me in my childhood, how can he possibly be slain by me?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तात (tāta) - Used as a term of address for a father or elder figure (father, dear one)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

• तातः (tātaḥ) - father

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• भारत (bhārata) - Addressed to Arjuna (O descendant of Bharata)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, saying

• माम् (mām) - me

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

• बाल्ये (bālye) - in childhood

• यः (yaḥ) - Referring to Bhīṣma (who, he who)

• सः (saḥ) - Referring to Bhīṣma (he)

• वध्यः (vadhyaḥ) - fit to be slain, killable

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

तात (tāta) - Used as a term of address for a father or elder figure (father, dear one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, sir

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular, plural)

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

तातः (tātaḥ) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, sir

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular, plural)

भारत (bhārata) - Addressed to Arjuna (O descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, Indian

इति (iti) - thus, so, saying

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

बाल्ये (bālye) - in childhood

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bālya

bālya - childhood, infancy

यः (yaḥ) - Referring to Bhīṣma (who, he who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

सः (saḥ) - Referring to Bhīṣma (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वध्यः (vadhyaḥ) - fit to be slain, killable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vadhya

vadhya - to be killed, killable, victim

Gerundive

Derived from root 'vadh' (to strike, kill)

Root: vadh (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we