महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-177, verse-22

एते वेत्स्यन्ति विक्रान्तास्त्वदर्थं लक्ष्यमुत्तमम् ।
विध्येत य इमं लक्ष्यं वरयेथाः शुभेऽद्य तम् ॥२२॥

22. ete vetsyanti vikrāntāstvadarthaṁ lakṣyamuttamam ,
vidhyeta ya imaṁ lakṣyaṁ varayethāḥ śubhe'dya tam.

22. ete vetsyanti vikrāntāḥ tvadartham lakṣyam uttamam |
vidhyeta yaḥ imam lakṣyam varayethāḥ śubhe adya tam

22. These valiant warriors will understand the excellent target set for your sake. O beautiful one, you should choose him today who hits this target.

Words meanings summery:

• एते (ete) - these

• वेत्स्यन्ति (vetsyanti) - they will know, they will understand

• विक्रान्ताः (vikrāntāḥ) - valiant warriors (valiant, mighty, courageous)

• त्वदर्थम् (tvadartham) - for your sake, for your purpose

• लक्ष्यम् (lakṣyam) - target, aim, mark

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, highest

• विध्येत (vidhyeta) - may pierce, may hit

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• इमम् (imam) - this

• लक्ष्यम् (lakṣyam) - target, aim, mark

• वरयेथाः (varayethāḥ) - you should choose, you should select

• शुभे (śubhe) - O beautiful one, O auspicious one

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• तम् (tam) - him, that

Words meanings and morphology

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

वेत्स्यन्ति (vetsyanti) - they will know, they will understand

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of vid

Future tense, from root vid (class 2).

Root: vid (class 2)

विक्रान्ताः (vikrāntāḥ) - valiant warriors (valiant, mighty, courageous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vikrānta

vikrānta - valiant, mighty, courageous, powerful, overcome

Past Passive Participle

From root kram (to step, to stride) with prefix vi (apart, thoroughly).

Prefix: vi

Root: kram (class 1)

त्वदर्थम् (tvadartham) - for your sake, for your purpose

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (tvat+artha)

• tvat – you (ablative/genitive singular of 'you')
  pronoun
• artha – purpose, meaning, for the sake of
  noun (masculine)

लक्ष्यम् (lakṣyam) - target, aim, mark

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lakṣya

lakṣya - target, mark, aim, object, characteristic

Gerundive

From root lakṣ (to mark, perceive).

Root: lakṣ (class 1)

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, highest

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, principal, chief

विध्येत (vidhyeta) - may pierce, may hit

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of vyadh

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice. Root: vyadh (class 4).

Root: vyadh (class 4)

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

इमम् (imam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

लक्ष्यम् (lakṣyam) - target, aim, mark

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lakṣya

lakṣya - target, mark, aim, object, characteristic

Gerundive

From root lakṣ (to mark, perceive).

Root: lakṣ (class 1)

वरयेथाः (varayethāḥ) - you should choose, you should select

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of vṛ

Optative mood, 2nd person singular, middle voice. Root vṛ (class 9, 10). Here used in its causative/denom. form 'varaya'.

Root: vṛ (class 9)

शुभे (śubhe) - O beautiful one, O auspicious one

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of śubhā

śubhā - beautiful, auspicious, shining (feminine)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it