महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-2, verse-15

ननु नामाहमश्रौषं वचनं तव पुत्रक ।
भूयसी मम पृथ्वीयं यथा पार्थस्य नो तथा ॥१५॥

15. nanu nāmāhamaśrauṣaṁ vacanaṁ tava putraka ,
bhūyasī mama pṛthvīyaṁ yathā pārthasya no tathā.

15. nanu nāma aham aśrauṣam vacanam tava putrak
bhūyasī mama pṛthvī iyam yathā pārthasya no tathā

15. Indeed, O dear son, I certainly heard your words: 'This earth of mine is more extensive; it is not so for Pārtha (Arjuna).'

Words meanings summery:

• ननु (nanu) - indeed, certainly, surely, is it not?

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, as it is known

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अश्रौषम् (aśrauṣam) - I heard, I listened

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, statement, speech

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• पुत्रक् (putrak) - O dear son, O little son

• भूयसी (bhūyasī) - more, greater, vaster, more abundant

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• पृथ्वी (pṛthvī) - earth, land, ground

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

• पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Pārtha, of Arjuna

• नो (no) - not, nor, but not

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

Words meanings and morphology

ननु (nanu) - indeed, certainly, surely, is it not?

(indeclinable)

नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, as it is known

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

अश्रौषम् (aśrauṣam) - I heard, I listened

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of śru

Aorist Tense

1st person singular aorist active of root śru.

Root: śru (class 5)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, statement, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, statement, saying

Derived from root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

पुत्रक् (putrak) - O dear son, O little son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putraka

putraka - little son, dear son, child

Diminutive form of putra (son) with suffix -ka.

भूयसी (bhūyasī) - more, greater, vaster, more abundant

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūyas

bhūyas - more, greater, very much, abundant (comparative of bahu)

Comparative form of bahu (much, many).

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

पृथ्वी (pṛthvī) - earth, land, ground

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthvī

pṛthvī - earth, land, ground

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Pārtha, of Arjuna

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), Arjuna

Derived from Pṛthā with patronymic suffix aṇ.

नो (no) - not, nor, but not

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)