महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-52, verse-8

किमङ्ग पुनरेकेन फल्गुनेन जिघांसता ।
न त्रायेयुर्भवन्तो मां समस्ताः पतयः क्षितेः ॥८॥

8. kimaṅga punarekena phalgunena jighāṁsatā ,
na trāyeyurbhavanto māṁ samastāḥ patayaḥ kṣiteḥ.

8. kim aṅga punaḥ ekena phalgunena jighāṁsatā na
trāyeyuḥ bhavantaḥ mām samastāḥ patayaḥ kṣiteḥ

8. kim aṅga punaḥ ekena jighāṁsatā phalgunena (api)?
samastāḥ kṣiteḥ patayaḥ bhavantaḥ mām na trāyeyuḥ?

8. What then to say about a single Arjuna (Phalguna) who desires to kill? Will all of you, lords of the earth, not protect me?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - What (used with `aṅga` to introduce an emphatic rhetorical question) (what, how, why, whether)

• अङ्ग (aṅga) - How much more / What to say (used with `kim` for rhetorical emphasis) (O, indeed, how much more, what to say of)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - then, moreover (connects to the previous thought about greater threats) (again, moreover, but, on the other hand)

• एकेन (ekena) - by a single (Arjuna) (by one, by a single)

• फल्गुनेन (phalgunena) - by Arjuna (Phalguna)

• जिघांसता (jighāṁsatā) - by (Arjuna) who desires to kill (by one desiring to kill, by one wishing to strike)

• न (na) - not (introduces a rhetorical question implying expectation) (not, no)

• त्रायेयुः (trāyeyuḥ) - they (you all) should protect (they should protect, they would protect)

• भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (plural, addressing the assembled warriors) (you (plural, respectful), being, existing)

• माम् (mām) - me (me (accusative of I))

• समस्ताः (samastāḥ) - all (of you) (all, entire, united, combined)

• पतयः (patayaḥ) - lords (of the earth) (lords, masters, protectors)

• क्षितेः (kṣiteḥ) - of the earth (of the earth, of the ground)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - What (used with `aṅga` to introduce an emphatic rhetorical question) (what, how, why, whether)

(indeclinable)

अङ्ग (aṅga) - How much more / What to say (used with `kim` for rhetorical emphasis) (O, indeed, how much more, what to say of)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - then, moreover (connects to the previous thought about greater threats) (again, moreover, but, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

एकेन (ekena) - by a single (Arjuna) (by one, by a single)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone, unique

Note: Agrees with 'phalgunena'.

फल्गुनेन (phalgunena) - by Arjuna (Phalguna)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of phalguna

phalguna - Arjuna (name of one of the Pāṇḍavas), a month name, a tree name

जिघांसता (jighāṁsatā) - by (Arjuna) who desires to kill (by one desiring to kill, by one wishing to strike)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of jighāṁsat

jighāṁsat - desiring to kill, wishing to strike

Desiderative Present Active Participle

derived from root han (to kill) with desiderative suffix -sa and present participle suffix -at

Root: han (class 2)

न (na) - not (introduces a rhetorical question implying expectation) (not, no)

(indeclinable)

negation particle

त्रायेयुः (trāyeyuḥ) - they (you all) should protect (they should protect, they would protect)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of trā

root verb, third person plural optative active

Root: trā (class 2)

भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (plural, addressing the assembled warriors) (you (plural, respectful), being, existing)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - you, your honor (respectful second person pronoun), being, existing

Present Active Participle

derived from root bhū (to be), used as a second person respectful pronoun

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Grammatically 2nd person, but inflected like a 3rd person noun/participle.

माम् (mām) - me (me (accusative of I))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

first person pronoun

समस्ताः (samastāḥ) - all (of you) (all, entire, united, combined)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samasta

samasta - all, entire, whole, combined, united

derived from sam + as (to be)

Prefix: sam

Root: as (class 2)

पतयः (patayaḥ) - lords (of the earth) (lords, masters, protectors)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pati

pati - lord, master, husband, protector, owner

क्षितेः (kṣiteḥ) - of the earth (of the earth, of the ground)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of kṣiti

kṣiti - earth, ground, land, abode

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Governed by 'patayaḥ'.