महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-146, verse-17

तां चेदहं न दित्सेयं त्वद्गुणैरुपबृंहिताम् ।
प्रमथ्यैनां हरेयुस्ते हविर्ध्वाङ्क्षा इवाध्वरात् ॥१७॥

17. tāṁ cedahaṁ na ditseyaṁ tvadguṇairupabṛṁhitām ,
pramathyaināṁ hareyuste havirdhvāṅkṣā ivādhvarāt.

17. tām cet aham na ditseyam tvadguṇaiḥ upabṛṃhitām
pramathya enām hareyuḥ te havirdhvāṅkṣāḥ iva adhvarāt

17. If I do not give her, endowed with your excellent qualities, they would forcefully seize her, just as crows snatch the offering from a sacred fire (yajña).

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - her, that one (feminine)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• अहम् (aham) - I, myself

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• दित्सेयम् (ditseyam) - I would like to give, I would give

• त्वद्गुणैः (tvadguṇaiḥ) - by your qualities, by your virtues

• उपबृंहिताम् (upabṛṁhitām) - endowed with excellent qualities (enhanced, augmented, glorified, adorned)

• प्रमथ्य (pramathya) - having crushed, having overpowered, having vanquished

• एनाम् (enām) - her, this one

• हरेयुः (hareyuḥ) - they would take, they would carry away

• ते (te) - undesirable people (they, those)

• हविर्ध्वाङ्क्षाः (havirdhvāṅkṣāḥ) - crows of oblation, crows that eat offerings

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अध्वरात् (adhvarāt) - from a sacred fire (yajña) (from the sacrifice, from the ritual)

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - her, that one (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I, myself

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

दित्सेयम् (ditseyam) - I would like to give, I would give

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of dits

Desiderative (ditsā) in optative mood

Root dā + san suffix + optative ending

Root: dā (class 3)

त्वद्गुणैः (tvadguṇaiḥ) - by your qualities, by your virtues

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tvadguṇa

tvadguṇa - your qualities, virtues

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tvad+guṇa)

• tvad – you (in compounds for genitive or ablative)
  pronoun
• guṇa – quality, virtue, excellence
  noun (masculine)

उपबृंहिताम् (upabṛṁhitām) - endowed with excellent qualities (enhanced, augmented, glorified, adorned)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of upabṛṃhita

upabṛṁhita - enhanced, augmented, glorified

Past Passive Participle

Prefix upa + root bṛṃh + kta suffix

Prefix: upa

Root: bṛṃh (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'tām' (her).

प्रमथ्य (pramathya) - having crushed, having overpowered, having vanquished

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Prefix pra + root math + lyap suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: math (class 1)

एनाम् (enām) - her, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of enam

enam - this, her, it

Note: Refers to the daughter.

हरेयुः (hareyuḥ) - they would take, they would carry away

(verb)

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

Optative mood, 3rd plural

Root hṛ + optative ending

Root: hṛ (class 1)

ते (te) - undesirable people (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, it

हविर्ध्वाङ्क्षाः (havirdhvāṅkṣāḥ) - crows of oblation, crows that eat offerings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of havirdhvāṅkṣa

havirdhvāṅkṣa - crow that eats oblation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (havis+dhvāṅkṣa)

• havis – oblation, offering
  noun (neuter)
• dhvāṅkṣa – crow
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अध्वरात् (adhvarāt) - from a sacred fire (yajña) (from the sacrifice, from the ritual)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of adhvara

adhvara - sacrifice, ritual, yajña