महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-205, verse-29

अर्जुन उवाच ।
न व्याजेन चरेद्धर्ममिति मे भवतः श्रुतम् ।
न सत्याद्विचलिष्यामि सत्येनायुधमालभे ॥२९॥

29. arjuna uvāca ,
na vyājena careddharmamiti me bhavataḥ śrutam ,
na satyādvicaliṣyāmi satyenāyudhamālabhe.

29. arjunaḥ uvāca | na vyājena caret dharmam iti me bhavataḥ
śrutam | na satyāt vicaliṣyāmi satyena āyudham ālabhe

29. Arjuna said: 'I have heard from you that one should not perform their duty (dharma) through deception. I will not deviate from truth, and by truth, I will take up my weapon.'

Words meanings summery:

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna (name of a hero)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• व्याजेन (vyājena) - by deceit, by trickery, by pretext

• चरेत् (caret) - one should perform (one should move, one should act, one should practice)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - duty (dharma) (duty, righteousness, natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• मे (me) - by me (as agent in passive construction) (by me, to me, my)

• भवतः (bhavataḥ) - from you (from you, of your honor)

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, listened, revealed

• न (na) - not, no

• सत्यात् (satyāt) - from truth, from reality

• विचलिष्यामि (vicaliṣyāmi) - I will deviate, I will swerve

• सत्येन (satyena) - by truth, by reality

• आयुधम् (āyudham) - weapon, implement, instrument of war

• आलभे (ālabhe) - I take, I take up, I seize

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna (name of a hero)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (name of a Pāṇḍava prince), white, clear

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

व्याजेन (vyājena) - by deceit, by trickery, by pretext

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vyāja

vyāja - deceit, trick, pretext, disguise

चरेत् (caret) - one should perform (one should move, one should act, one should practice)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of car

Root: car (class 1)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - duty (dharma) (duty, righteousness, natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - duty, righteousness, natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, virtue

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - by me (as agent in passive construction) (by me, to me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Can also be dative singular. Here implies the agent in a passive construction.

भवतः (bhavataḥ) - from you (from you, of your honor)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bhavant

bhavant - you, your honor, being

Present Active Participle used as a pronoun

Derived from root bhū (to be), used respectfully as 'your honor'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard, listened, revealed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, revealed, traditional knowledge

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root śru (to hear).

Root: śru (class 5)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

सत्यात् (satyāt) - from truth, from reality

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, sincerity, honesty

विचलिष्यामि (vicaliṣyāmi) - I will deviate, I will swerve

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vical

Prefix: vi

Root: cal (class 1)

सत्येन (satyena) - by truth, by reality

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, sincerity, honesty

आयुधम् (āyudham) - weapon, implement, instrument of war

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āyudha

āyudha - weapon, implement, instrument of war

आलभे (ālabhe) - I take, I take up, I seize

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ālabh

Prefix: ā

Root: labh (class 1)