महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-2, verse-9

हतोऽपि लभते स्वर्गं हत्वा च लभते यशः ।
उभयं नो बहुगुणं नास्ति निष्फलता रणे ॥९॥

9. hato'pi labhate svargaṁ hatvā ca labhate yaśaḥ ,
ubhayaṁ no bahuguṇaṁ nāsti niṣphalatā raṇe.

9. hataḥ api labhate svargam hatvā ca labhate yaśaḥ
ubhayam naḥ bahuguṇam na asti niṣphalatā raṇe

9. raṇe hataḥ api svargam labhate ca hatvā yaśaḥ
labhate naḥ ubhayam bahuguṇam asti niṣphalatā na

9. Even if killed, one attains heaven; and by killing, one attains fame. For us, both outcomes are highly meritorious; there is no failure in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• हतः (hataḥ) - killed, slain, struck

• अपि (api) - even, also, too, although

• लभते (labhate) - obtains, gains, receives

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, celestial world

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, after killing

• च (ca) - and, also

• लभते (labhate) - obtains, gains, receives

• यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame, glory, renown

• उभयम् (ubhayam) - both, both ways, both outcomes

• नः (naḥ) - to us, for us

• बहुगुणम् (bahuguṇam) - very meritorious, highly beneficial, possessing many qualities

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• निष्फलता (niṣphalatā) - fruitlessness, failure, uselessness

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in war

Words meanings and morphology

हतः (hataḥ) - killed, slain, struck

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, slain, destroyed, struck

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

अपि (api) - even, also, too, although

(indeclinable)

लभते (labhate) - obtains, gains, receives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of labh

Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice

From root labh (to obtain)

Root: labh (class 1)

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, celestial world

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, abode of the gods, celestial region

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, after killing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root han (to kill) with suffix -tvā

Root: han (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

लभते (labhate) - obtains, gains, receives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of labh

Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice

From root labh (to obtain)

Root: labh (class 1)

यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame, glory, renown

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yaśas

yaśas - fame, glory, renown, splendor

Note: Also nominative singular.

उभयम् (ubhayam) - both, both ways, both outcomes

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ubhaya

ubhaya - both

Note: Also accusative singular.

नः (naḥ) - to us, for us

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Enclitic form of asmad

Note: Here dative, 'to us' or 'for us'.

बहुगुणम् (bahuguṇam) - very meritorious, highly beneficial, possessing many qualities

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bahuguṇa

bahuguṇa - having many virtues, highly meritorious, very beneficial

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+guṇa)

• bahu – many, much, abundant
  adjective
• guṇa – quality, virtue, merit, strand, secondary aspect
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with ubhayam. Also accusative singular.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

From root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

निष्फलता (niṣphalatā) - fruitlessness, failure, uselessness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niṣphalatā

niṣphalatā - fruitlessness, failure, uselessness, unprofitableness

Derived from niṣphala (fruitless) + -tā (abstract noun suffix)

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, conflict, struggle

Root: raṇ (class 1)