महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-4, verse-10

भवान्पौत्रसमोऽस्माकं यथा दुर्योधनस्तथा ।
तवापि धर्मतः सर्वे यथा तस्य वयं तथा ॥१०॥

10. bhavānpautrasamo'smākaṁ yathā duryodhanastathā ,
tavāpi dharmataḥ sarve yathā tasya vayaṁ tathā.

10. bhavān pautrasamaḥ asmākam yathā duryodhanaḥ tathā
tava api dharmataḥ sarve yathā tasya vayam tathā

10. bhavān yathā duryodhanaḥ tathā asmākam pautrasamaḥ
api dharmataḥ sarve vayam yathā tasya tathā tava

10. You are like a grandson to us, just as Duryodhana is. By natural law (dharma), all of us are to you just as we are to him.

Words meanings summery:

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

• पौत्रसमः (pautrasamaḥ) - like a grandson, equal to a grandson

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - to us, our

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• तव (tava) - to you, your

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• धर्मतः (dharmataḥ) - by right, by natural law (dharma), according to justice

• सर्वे (sarve) - all

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• तस्य (tasya) - to him, his, of him

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

Words meanings and morphology

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you, your honor, esteemed sir (honorific second person pronoun)

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root `bhū` (to be) with present active participle suffix `śatṛ`, used nominally as an honorific pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

पौत्रसमः (pautrasamaḥ) - like a grandson, equal to a grandson

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pautrasama

pautrasama - like a grandson, equal to a grandson

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pautra+sama)

• pautra – grandson, son's son, descendant
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from `putra` (son).
• sama – like, equal, similar, same
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'bhavān'.

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - to us, our

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of vayam

vayam - we (first person plural pronoun)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of duryodhana

duryodhana - Duryodhana (name of the eldest Kaurava prince)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - to you, your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you (singular)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

धर्मतः (dharmataḥ) - by right, by natural law (dharma), according to justice

(indeclinable)

Derived from `dharma` with the suffix `tas` to indicate 'by means of' or 'according to'.

सर्वे (sarve) - all

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'vayam' (plural subject).

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - to him, his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to Duryodhana.

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of vayam

vayam - we (first person plural pronoun)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)