महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-139, verse-16

मुहूर्तमिव तृप्तिश्च भवेद्भ्रातुर्ममैव च ।
हतैरेतैरहत्वा तु मोदिष्ये शाश्वतीः समाः ॥१६॥

16. muhūrtamiva tṛptiśca bhavedbhrāturmamaiva ca ,
hatairetairahatvā tu modiṣye śāśvatīḥ samāḥ.

16. muhūrtam iva tṛptiḥ ca bhavet bhrātuḥ mama eva
ca hataiḥ etaiḥ ahatvā tu modiṣye śāśvatīḥ samāḥ

16. Even for a moment, there would be satisfaction for my brother and me if these were slain. But if I do not kill these (people), I shall indeed rejoice for eternal years.

Words meanings summery:

• मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment, for an instant

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as, even

• तृप्तिः (tṛptiḥ) - satisfaction, contentment, gratification

• च (ca) - and, also

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, it would be, should be

• भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the brother, for the brother

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• च (ca) - and, also

• हतैः (hataiḥ) - by those slain, by the killed ones

• एतैः (etaiḥ) - by these

• अहत्वा (ahatvā) - without killing, not having killed

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• मोदिष्ये (modiṣye) - I shall rejoice, I will be glad

• शाश्वतीः (śāśvatīḥ) - eternal, perpetual, everlasting

• समाः (samāḥ) - years

Words meanings and morphology

मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment, for an instant

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - moment, instant, a specific division of time (48 minutes)

Note: Used adverbially to denote duration.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as, even

(indeclinable)

तृप्तिः (tṛptiḥ) - satisfaction, contentment, gratification

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛpti

tṛpti - satisfaction, contentment, gratification

From root tṛp (to be satisfied) + suffix -ti

Root: tṛp (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, it would be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the brother, for the brother

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Has a dative sense ('for the brother') in this context.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

हतैः (hataiḥ) - by those slain, by the killed ones

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hata

hata - slain, killed, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Functions substantively as 'by the slain ones'.

एतैः (etaiḥ) - by these

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of etat

etat - this, these

Note: Refers to masculine 'people' or 'enemies'.

अहत्वा (ahatvā) - without killing, not having killed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from negative prefix 'a-' + root 'han' + suffix '-tvā'

Root: han (class 2)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

मोदिष्ये (modiṣye) - I shall rejoice, I will be glad

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of mud

Root: mud (class 1)

शाश्वतीः (śāśvatīḥ) - eternal, perpetual, everlasting

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, everlasting, constant

Note: Agrees with 'samāḥ'.

समाः (samāḥ) - years

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of samā

samā - year, season