महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-1, verse-29

युधिष्ठिरेण संधिं च यदि कुर्यां मते तव ।
भीतो रणे श्वेतवाहादिति मां मंस्यते जनः ॥२९॥

29. yudhiṣṭhireṇa saṁdhiṁ ca yadi kuryāṁ mate tava ,
bhīto raṇe śvetavāhāditi māṁ maṁsyate janaḥ.

29. yudhiṣṭhireṇa sandhim ca yadi kuryām mate tava
bhītaḥ raṇe śvetavāhāt iti mām maṃsyate janaḥ

29. yadi tava mate yudhiṣṭhireṇa sandhim ca kuryām
janaḥ mām raṇe śvetavāhāt bhītaḥ iti maṃsyate

29. If I were to make a treaty with Yudhishthira, following your advice, people would think of me as one who is afraid of Arjuna (śvetavāha) in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरेण (yudhiṣṭhireṇa) - by Yudhishthira, with Yudhishthira

• सन्धिम् (sandhim) - treaty, peace, union

• च (ca) - and

• यदि (yadi) - if

• कुर्याम् (kuryām) - I would do, I would make

• मते (mate) - in the opinion, in the counsel, according to the view

• तव (tava) - your

• भीतः (bhītaḥ) - afraid, fearful, frightened

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in war

• श्वेतवाहात् (śvetavāhāt) - from Arjuna (śvetavāha) (from Arjuna, from the one with white steeds)

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• माम् (mām) - me

• मंस्यते (maṁsyate) - will think, will believe

• जनः (janaḥ) - people, person, man

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरेण (yudhiṣṭhireṇa) - by Yudhishthira, with Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (eldest Pandava brother)

Compound type : tatpurusha (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle, in war
  noun (feminine)
  Locative singular of yudh (battle)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  From root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

सन्धिम् (sandhim) - treaty, peace, union

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sandhi

sandhi - union, junction, treaty, peace, agreement

Prefix: sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

कुर्याम् (kuryām) - I would do, I would make

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of kṛ

Optative Mood

Root kṛ, Optative Active, 1st Person Singular

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मते (mate) - in the opinion, in the counsel, according to the view

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mata

mata - opinion, view, counsel, doctrine

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root man (to think), used as a noun

Root: man (class 4)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you (second person pronoun)

भीतः (bhītaḥ) - afraid, fearful, frightened

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīta

bhīta - afraid, frightened, fearful

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root bhī

Root: bhī (class 3)

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, combat

श्वेतवाहात् (śvetavāhāt) - from Arjuna (śvetavāha) (from Arjuna, from the one with white steeds)

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śvetavāha

śvetavāha - one whose vehicle is white, having white steeds (an epithet of Arjuna)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śveta+vāha)

• śveta – white, bright
  adjective (masculine)
• vāha – steed, vehicle, carrier
  noun (masculine)
  From root vah (to carry)
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Used here in the sense of 'fear from someone'

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of mad

mad - I, me (first person pronoun)

मंस्यते (maṁsyate) - will think, will believe

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of man

Future Tense

Root man, Future Middle Indicative, 3rd Person Singular

Root: man (class 4)

जनः (janaḥ) - people, person, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, man, people, folk