महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-125, verse-14

ये मदर्थं परीप्सन्ति वसुधां वसुधाधिपाः ।
ते हित्वा वसुधैश्वर्यं वसुधामधिशेरते ॥१४॥

14. ye madarthaṁ parīpsanti vasudhāṁ vasudhādhipāḥ ,
te hitvā vasudhaiśvaryaṁ vasudhāmadhiśerate.

14. ye mat artham parīpsanti vasudhām vasudhā adhipāḥ
te hitvā vasudhā aiśvaryam vasudhām adhiśerate

14. ye vasudhā adhipāḥ mat artham vasudhām parīpsanti
te vasudhā aiśvaryam hitvā vasudhām adhiśerate

14. Those kings, rulers of the earth, who intensely desired the earth for my sake, they, having abandoned their earthly sovereignty, now lie upon the earth (in death).

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• मत् (mat) - my, from me

• अर्थम् (artham) - for the sake of (purpose, meaning, sake)

• परीप्सन्ति (parīpsanti) - they desire, they wish for, they seek intensely

• वसुधाम् (vasudhām) - the earth, land

• वसुधा (vasudhā) - earth, land

• अधिपाः (adhipāḥ) - lords, rulers, kings

• ते (te) - they, those

• हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned, having left

• वसुधा (vasudhā) - earth, land

• ऐश्वर्यम् (aiśvaryam) - sovereignty, dominion, power, prosperity

• वसुधाम् (vasudhām) - the earth, land

• अधिशेरते (adhiśerate) - they lie upon (the earth, in death) (they lie upon, they rest on)

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

मत् (mat) - my, from me

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Used as the first member of a compound, 'mad-artham', effectively meaning 'my' or 'for my sake'.

अर्थम् (artham) - for the sake of (purpose, meaning, sake)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, object, meaning, wealth, sake

Note: Often used adverbially or as a postposition to mean 'for the sake of'.

परीप्सन्ति (parīpsanti) - they desire, they wish for, they seek intensely

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of īps

Desiderative stem

Desiderative form of the root 'āp' (to obtain) with the prefix 'pari'.

Prefix: pari

Root: āp (class 5)

वसुधाम् (vasudhām) - the earth, land

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - the earth, land (literally 'treasure-holding')

वसुधा (vasudhā) - earth, land

(noun)

feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - the earth, land (literally 'treasure-holding')

Note: Part of the compound 'vasudhā-adhipāḥ'.

अधिपाः (adhipāḥ) - lords, rulers, kings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhipa

adhipa - ruler, lord, king, master

From 'adhi' (over) and 'pa' (protector, ruler, from root pā).

Prefix: adhi

Root: pā (class 2)

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned, having left

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root 'hā' (to abandon, to leave) with the suffix '-tvā'.

Root: hā (class 3)

वसुधा (vasudhā) - earth, land

(noun)

feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - the earth, land (literally 'treasure-holding')

Note: Part of the compound 'vasudhā-aiśvaryam'.

ऐश्वर्यम् (aiśvaryam) - sovereignty, dominion, power, prosperity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aiśvarya

aiśvarya - sovereignty, dominion, power, prosperity, divine power

Derived from 'īśvara' (lord, master) with the suffix '-ya' for abstract noun.

वसुधाम् (vasudhām) - the earth, land

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - the earth, land (literally 'treasure-holding')

अधिशेरते (adhiśerate) - they lie upon (the earth, in death) (they lie upon, they rest on)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of śī

Prefix: adhi

Root: śī (class 2)