महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-194, verse-12

अस्मत्पक्षो महान्यावद्यावत्पाञ्चालको लघुः ।
तावत्प्रहरणं तेषां क्रियतां मा विचारय ॥१२॥

12. asmatpakṣo mahānyāvadyāvatpāñcālako laghuḥ ,
tāvatpraharaṇaṁ teṣāṁ kriyatāṁ mā vicāraya.

12. asmatpakṣaḥ mahān yāvat yāvat pāñcālakaḥ laghuḥ
tāvat praharaṇam teṣām kriyatām mā vicāraya

12. As long as our side is strong and the Pāñcālas are weak, let an attack be made upon them. Do not hesitate!

Words meanings summery:

• अस्मत्पक्षः (asmatpakṣaḥ) - our side, our party, our faction

• महान् (mahān) - great, mighty, large, powerful

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as

• पाञ्चालकः (pāñcālakaḥ) - the Pāñcāla king/people

• लघुः (laghuḥ) - small, light, weak, insignificant

• तावत् (tāvat) - then, so long, until that time

• प्रहरणम् (praharaṇam) - an attack, a strike, a blow

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, to them

• क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done, let it be made

• मा (mā) - do not

• विचारय (vicāraya) - ponder, deliberate, consider, hesitate

Words meanings and morphology

अस्मत्पक्षः (asmatpakṣaḥ) - our side, our party, our faction

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asmatpakṣa

asmatpakṣa - our side, our party, our faction

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asmad+pakṣa)

• asmad – I, we
  pronoun
• pakṣa – side, wing, party, faction
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

महान् (mahān) - great, mighty, large, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

Note: Agrees with 'asmatpakṣaḥ'.

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as

(indeclinable)

Note: Sets the condition for the action.

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as

(indeclinable)

Note: Used again for the second clause, indicating parallelism or emphasis.

पाञ्चालकः (pāñcālakaḥ) - the Pāñcāla king/people

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāñcālaka

pāñcālaka - belonging to the Pāñcālas, a Pāñcāla (man or king)

derivative suffix -ka

Note: Refers to the king or representative of the Pāñcālas.

लघुः (laghuḥ) - small, light, weak, insignificant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of laghu

laghu - small, light, weak, insignificant

Note: Agrees with 'pāñcālakaḥ'.

तावत् (tāvat) - then, so long, until that time

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative to 'yāvat'.

प्रहरणम् (praharaṇam) - an attack, a strike, a blow

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of praharaṇa

praharaṇa - striking, attacking, a weapon, a blow

action noun

from root hṛ + pra (prefix) + ana suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'kriyatām'.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, to them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

Note: Refers to the Pāñcālas.

क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done, let it be made

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Lōṭ 3rd person singular Ātmanepada passive

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject is 'praharaṇam'.

मा (mā) - do not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with injunctive for prohibition.

विचारय (vicāraya) - ponder, deliberate, consider, hesitate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vicār

Lōṭ 2nd person singular Parasmaipada, causative of cār (move) with vi

Prefix: vi

Root: cār (class 10)

Note: Addressed to the listener (likely Duryodhana).