महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-66, verse-5

अश्वत्थामा यथा तात रक्षणीयस्तवानघ ।
तथाहमपि ते रक्ष्यः सदैव द्विजसत्तम ॥५॥

5. aśvatthāmā yathā tāta rakṣaṇīyastavānagha ,
tathāhamapi te rakṣyaḥ sadaiva dvijasattama.

5. aśvatthāmā yathā tāta rakṣaṇīyaḥ tava anagha |
tathā aham api te rakṣyaḥ sadā eva dvijasattama

5. tāta anagha yathā aśvatthāmā tava rakṣaṇīyaḥ
tathā aham api te sadaiva dvijasattama rakṣaṇīyaḥ

5. “Just as Aśvatthāmā, O dear father, is to be protected by you, O sinless one, similarly I too am always to be protected by you, O best among the twice-born.”

Words meanings summery:

• अश्वत्थामा (aśvatthāmā) - Aśvatthāmā (Droṇa's son) (Aśvatthāmā (proper name))

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

• तात (tāta) - O dear father (O father, O dear one)

• रक्षणीयः (rakṣaṇīyaḥ) - is to be protected (to be protected, protectable)

• तव (tava) - by you (acting as agent in a passive construction) (your, by you)

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one (referring to Droṇa) (O sinless one, O faultless one)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too (thus, so, similarly)

• अहम् (aham) - I (Arjuna) (I)

• अपि (api) - too (also, even, too)

• ते (te) - by you (acting as agent) (by you, your)

• रक्ष्यः (rakṣyaḥ) - am to be protected (to be protected, protectable)

• सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever)

• एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, just)

• द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best among the twice-born (Brahmins) (O best of the twice-born (Brahmins))

Words meanings and morphology

अश्वत्थामा (aśvatthāmā) - Aśvatthāmā (Droṇa's son) (Aśvatthāmā (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aśvatthāman

aśvatthāman - Aśvatthāmā (a proper name, son of Droṇa)

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

(indeclinable)

तात (tāta) - O dear father (O father, O dear one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one (term of endearment, often used by younger to elder or by elder to younger)

रक्षणीयः (rakṣaṇīyaḥ) - is to be protected (to be protected, protectable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rakṣaṇīya

rakṣaṇīya - to be protected, protectable, deserving protection

Gerundive

gerundive from root rakṣ (to protect)

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

तव (tava) - by you (acting as agent in a passive construction) (your, by you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Genitive often indicates agent with gerundives.

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one (referring to Droṇa) (O sinless one, O faultless one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+nagha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• nagha – sin, fault
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I (Arjuna) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अपि (api) - too (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - by you (acting as agent) (by you, your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Genitive often indicates agent with gerundives.

रक्ष्यः (rakṣyaḥ) - am to be protected (to be protected, protectable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rakṣya

rakṣya - to be protected, protectable, deserving protection

Gerundive

gerundive from root rakṣ (to protect)

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best among the twice-born (Brahmins) (O best of the twice-born (Brahmins))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijasattama

dvijasattama - best among the twice-born (Brahmins)

compound of dvija and sattama (superlative of sat)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+sattama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya); bird; tooth
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative of sat (good)