महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-211, verse-23

स त्वमर्जुन कल्याणीं प्रसह्य भगिनीं मम ।
हर स्वयंवरे ह्यस्याः को वै वेद चिकीर्षितम् ॥२३॥

23. sa tvamarjuna kalyāṇīṁ prasahya bhaginīṁ mama ,
hara svayaṁvare hyasyāḥ ko vai veda cikīrṣitam.

23. saḥ tvam arjuna kalyāṇīm prasahya bhaginīm mama
hara svayaṃvare hi asyāḥ kaḥ vai veda cikirṣitam

23. Therefore, Arjuna, you should forcibly abduct my auspicious sister during her self-choice ceremony (svayaṃvara); for who, indeed, knows her true desire?

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - therefore (referring to the previous verse's statement) (he, that, therefore)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Arjuna) (you)

• अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna (vocative) (Arjuna (proper noun))

• कल्याणीम् (kalyāṇīm) - auspicious, beautiful (describing the sister) (auspicious, beautiful, excellent)

• प्रसह्य (prasahya) - forcibly, by force (having overcome, having seized, forcibly)

• भगिनीम् (bhaginīm) - my sister (sister)

• मम (mama) - my (Krishna's sister) (my, of me)

• हर (hara) - abduct (take, carry, seize, abduct)

• स्वयंवरे (svayaṁvare) - during her self-choice ceremony (svayaṃvara) (in a self-choice ceremony)

• हि (hi) - for, indeed (indeed, for, because)

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her (the sister) (of her, from her)

• कः (kaḥ) - who (interrogative pronoun) (who, which)

• वै (vai) - indeed, truly (emphatic particle) (indeed, verily, truly)

• वेद (veda) - knows (he knows, she knows, it knows)

• चिकिर्षितम् (cikirṣitam) - her true desire/intention (wished to be done, desired, intention)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - therefore (referring to the previous verse's statement) (he, that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used here to connect with the previous verse, implying 'thus, in that manner' or 'therefore'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Arjuna) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of the imperative hara.

अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna (vocative) (Arjuna (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna, white, clear, silver

कल्याणीम् (kalyāṇīm) - auspicious, beautiful (describing the sister) (auspicious, beautiful, excellent)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kalyāṇī

kalyāṇī - auspicious, beautiful, good, excellent

Feminine form of kalyāṇa.

Note: Qualifies bhaginīm.

प्रसह्य (prasahya) - forcibly, by force (having overcome, having seized, forcibly)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Derived from root sah with upasarga pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: sah (class 1)

भगिनीम् (bhaginīm) - my sister (sister)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhaginī

bhaginī - sister

Note: Object of the verb hara.

मम (mama) - my (Krishna's sister) (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Possessive adjective for bhaginīm.

हर (hara) - abduct (take, carry, seize, abduct)

(verb)

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

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: An instruction/command to Arjuna.

स्वयंवरे (svayaṁvare) - during her self-choice ceremony (svayaṃvara) (in a self-choice ceremony)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svayaṃvara

svayaṁvara - self-choice (of a husband by a princess), a public assembly where a princess chooses her husband

Compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svayam+vara)

• svayam – self, personally, by oneself
  indeclinable
• vara – choice, choosing, husband, boon
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root vṛ.
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Denotes the place/occasion of the abduction.

हि (hi) - for, indeed (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a reason or explanation.

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her (the sister) (of her, from her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, she, it

Feminine genitive singular of idam.

Note: Possessive for cikirṣitam.

कः (kaḥ) - who (interrogative pronoun) (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Masculine nominative singular of kim.

Note: Subject of veda.

वै (vai) - indeed, truly (emphatic particle) (indeed, verily, truly)

(indeclinable)

वेद (veda) - knows (he knows, she knows, it knows)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (liṭ) of vid

Perfect tense (liṭ) used with present meaning, or a special present tense formation for root vid.

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Used as a present tense.

चिकिर्षितम् (cikirṣitam) - her true desire/intention (wished to be done, desired, intention)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cikirṣita

cikirṣita - wished to be done, intended, desired, intention

Past Passive Participle (from desiderative stem)

From the desiderative stem of root kṛ (cikirṣa), forming a PPP.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of the verb veda.