महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-28, verse-2

यथैव मत्तो मद्येन त्वं तथा न च वा तथा ।
तथाहं त्वां प्रमाद्यन्तं चिकित्सामि सुहृत्तया ॥२॥

2. yathaiva matto madyena tvaṁ tathā na ca vā tathā ,
tathāhaṁ tvāṁ pramādyantaṁ cikitsāmi suhṛttayā.

2. yathā eva mattaḥ madyena tvam tathā na ca vā tathā
tathā aham tvām pramādyantam cikitsāmi suhṛttayā

2. tvam madyena mattaḥ yathā eva vā tathā na ca (asi);
tathā aham suhṛttayā pramādyantam tvām cikitsāmi

2. Just as you are intoxicated by liquor, or perhaps not quite in that manner, so I, out of friendship, treat you who are acting heedlessly.

Words meanings summery:

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

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• मत्तः (mattaḥ) - intoxicated (intoxicated, drunk, mad, deluded)

• मद्येन (madyena) - by liquor, by wine, by intoxicating drink

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

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

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - or (in na ca vā, implies 'and not' or 'not even') (and, also)

• वा (vā) - or, either

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

• तथा (tathā) - in the same way (so, thus, in that way)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• प्रमाद्यन्तम् (pramādyantam) - acting heedlessly (making mistakes, acting carelessly, being heedless, being negligent)

• चिकित्सामि (cikitsāmi) - I treat (I treat, I cure, I attend to)

• सुहृत्तया (suhṛttayā) - out of friendship (with friendship, out of friendliness, through goodwill)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

मत्तः (mattaḥ) - intoxicated (intoxicated, drunk, mad, deluded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of matta

matta - intoxicated, drunk, mad, deluded, proud

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root mad (to be intoxicated, to rejoice)

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with tvam (implied 'you are').

मद्येन (madyena) - by liquor, by wine, by intoxicating drink

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of madya

madya - liquor, wine, intoxicating drink

Note: Denotes the means of intoxication.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (2nd person pronoun)

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

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - or (in na ca vā, implies 'and not' or 'not even') (and, also)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in the phrase na ca vā tathā meaning 'or not so'.

तथा (tathā) - in the same way (so, thus, in that way)

(indeclinable)

Note: This tathā introduces the main clause, corresponding to the initial yathā eva.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (1st person pronoun)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (2nd person pronoun)

Note: Object of the verb cikitsāmi.

प्रमाद्यन्तम् (pramādyantam) - acting heedlessly (making mistakes, acting carelessly, being heedless, being negligent)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pramādyat

pramādyat - being heedless, being negligent, erring, making mistakes

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root mad (to be intoxicated, to err) with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Describes tvām (you) while you are in the act of being heedless.

चिकित्सामि (cikitsāmi) - I treat (I treat, I cure, I attend to)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of cikits

Desiderative

Desiderative formation from root cit (to observe, know) or kit (to heal), meaning 'to wish to know/observe' or 'to wish to heal'. Often used simply as 'to treat'.

Root: kit (class 10)

Note: Refers to the speaker's action of treating or advising.

सुहृत्तया (suhṛttayā) - out of friendship (with friendship, out of friendliness, through goodwill)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of suhṛttā

suhṛttā - friendship, goodwill, amity

Derived from suhṛt (friend) + suffix tā (abstract noun).