महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-2, verse-4

यदा शूरं च भीरुं च यमः कर्षति भारत ।
तत्किं न योत्स्यन्ति हि ते क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रियर्षभ ॥४॥

4. yadā śūraṁ ca bhīruṁ ca yamaḥ karṣati bhārata ,
tatkiṁ na yotsyanti hi te kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyarṣabha.

4. yadā śūram ca bhīrum ca yamaḥ karṣati bhārata tat
kim na yotsyanti hi te kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyarṣabha

4. bhārata kṣatriyarṣabha yadā yamaḥ śūram ca bhīrum
ca karṣati tat kim te kṣatriyāḥ hi na yotsyanti

4. O Bhārata, when Yama seizes both the brave and the timid, why then, O foremost of kṣatriyas, should these warriors (kṣatriya) not indeed fight?

Words meanings summery:

• यदा (yadā) - when

• शूरम् (śūram) - a brave man, a hero

• च (ca) - and

• भीरुम् (bhīrum) - a timid man, a coward

• च (ca) - and

• यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama, the god of death (Yama)

• कर्षति (karṣati) - drags, pulls, seizes

• भारत (bhārata) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O descendant of Bharata)

• तत् (tat) - then, therefore

• किम् (kim) - why, what?

• न (na) - not

• योत्स्यन्ति (yotsyanti) - will they fight?

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly

• ते (te) - referring to the warriors/kṣatriyas (those)

• क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - warriors, kṣatriyas (kṣatriya)

• क्षत्रियर्षभ (kṣatriyarṣabha) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O best among kṣatriyas (puruṣa), O foremost kṣatriya (kṣatriya))

Words meanings and morphology

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

शूरम् (śūram) - a brave man, a hero

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - brave, valiant; a hero, warrior

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भीरुम् (bhīrum) - a timid man, a coward

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīru

bhīru - timid, fearful, a coward

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama, the god of death (Yama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yama

yama - Yama, the god of death and justice; a restraint, control

कर्षति (karṣati) - drags, pulls, seizes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛṣ

Present tense 3rd person singular

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

भारत (bhārata) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata; an epithet for kings and important figures in the Mahābhārata

Patronymic from Bharata

तत् (tat) - then, therefore

(indeclinable)

Adverbial usage of the pronoun tad

किम् (kim) - why, what?

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

योत्स्यन्ति (yotsyanti) - will they fight?

(verb)

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

Future tense 3rd person plural

Root: yudh (class 4)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - referring to the warriors/kṣatriyas (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - warriors, kṣatriyas (kṣatriya)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - warrior, member of the warrior/ruling class (kṣatriya)

क्षत्रियर्षभ (kṣatriyarṣabha) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O best among kṣatriyas (puruṣa), O foremost kṣatriya (kṣatriya))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kṣatriyarṣabha

kṣatriyarṣabha - foremost of kṣatriyas, bull among kṣatriyas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣatriya+ṛṣabha)

• kṣatriya – warrior, member of the warrior/ruling class (kṣatriya)
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull; excellent, best, chief
  noun (masculine)