महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-62, verse-8

मानुषं लोकमातिष्ठ वासुदेव इति श्रुतः ।
असुराणां वधार्थाय संभवस्व महीतले ॥८॥

8. mānuṣaṁ lokamātiṣṭha vāsudeva iti śrutaḥ ,
asurāṇāṁ vadhārthāya saṁbhavasva mahītale.

8. mānuṣam lokam ātiṣṭha vāsudeva iti śrutaḥ
asurāṇām vadhārthāya saṃbhavasva mahītale

8. vāsudeva iti śrutaḥ (tvaṃ),
mānuṣam lokam ātiṣṭha asurāṇām vadhārthāya mahītale saṃbhavasva

8. Assume a human existence (lokam), becoming known as Vāsudeva. Be born on the earth for the purpose of slaying the asuras.

Words meanings summery:

• मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - human (human, pertaining to humans)

• लोकम् (lokam) - existence, realm (world, realm, state, people)

• आतिष्ठ (ātiṣṭha) - assume, take up (an existence) (assume, take up, stand on, inhabit)

• वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Vāsudeva (proper noun) (Vāsudeva (Krishna), son of Vasudeva)

• इति (iti) - thus, as (known by this name) (thus, so, in this manner, as)

• श्रुतः (śrutaḥ) - known (as) (heard, known, famous)

• असुराणाम् (asurāṇām) - of the asuras (of the asuras, of the demons)

• वधार्थाय (vadhārthāya) - for the purpose of slaying (for the purpose of killing, for slaughter)

• संभवस्व (saṁbhavasva) - be born (be born, arise, come into being)

• महीतले (mahītale) - on the earth (on the surface of the earth, on earth)

Words meanings and morphology

मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - human (human, pertaining to humans)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, belonging to man, human being

Derived from manu (man).

Note: Qualifies 'lokam'.

लोकम् (lokam) - existence, realm (world, realm, state, people)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, space, community

Root: lok (class 1)

Note: Often neuter in compounds, but here masculine accusative.

आतिष्ठ (ātiṣṭha) - assume, take up (an existence) (assume, take up, stand on, inhabit)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of sthā

Imperative

Root sthā with upasarga ā. Second person singular middle voice imperative.

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Vāsudeva (proper noun) (Vāsudeva (Krishna), son of Vasudeva)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - Vāsudeva, Krishna (son of Vasudeva)

Derived from Vasudeva (father's name) with vṛddhi.

Note: Used predicatively with 'iti śrutaḥ'.

इति (iti) - thus, as (known by this name) (thus, so, in this manner, as)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the name 'Vāsudeva'.

श्रुतः (śrutaḥ) - known (as) (heard, known, famous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, learned, known, famous

Past Passive Participle

From root śru (to hear).

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject 'you'.

असुराणाम् (asurāṇām) - of the asuras (of the asuras, of the demons)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of asura

asura - asura, demon, anti-god

Note: Possessive for 'vadhārthāya'.

वधार्थाय (vadhārthāya) - for the purpose of slaying (for the purpose of killing, for slaughter)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of vadhārtha

vadhārtha - for the purpose of killing, for slaughter, for destruction

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vadha+artha)

• vadha – slaying, killing, striking
  noun (masculine)
  From root han (to strike, kill).
  Root: han (class 2)
• artha – purpose, aim
  noun (masculine)

संभवस्व (saṁbhavasva) - be born (be born, arise, come into being)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Imperative

Root bhū with upasarga sam. Second person singular middle voice imperative.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

महीतले (mahītale) - on the earth (on the surface of the earth, on earth)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - earth's surface, on the ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, flat ground
  noun (neuter)