महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-112, verse-19

तीक्ष्णा वयमिति ख्याता भवतो ज्ञापयामहे ।
मृदुपूर्वं घातिनस्ते श्रेयश्चाधिगमिष्यति ॥१९॥

19. tīkṣṇā vayamiti khyātā bhavato jñāpayāmahe ,
mṛdupūrvaṁ ghātinaste śreyaścādhigamiṣyati.

19. tīkṣṇāḥ vayam iti khyātāḥ bhavataḥ jñāpayāmahe |
mṛdu-pūrvam ghātinaḥ te śreyaḥ ca adhigamiṣyati

19. vayam tīkṣṇāḥ iti khyātāḥ bhavataḥ jñāpayāmahe
ghātinaḥ te mṛdu-pūrvam śreyaḥ ca adhigamiṣyati

19. We are renowned as fierce; thus, we make this known to you. Prosperity will certainly come to you, O slayer, if you act gently first.

Words meanings summery:

• तीक्ष्णाः (tīkṣṇāḥ) - fierce (sharp, keen, fierce, strong, intense)

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this way, indeed, what is called)

• ख्याताः (khyātāḥ) - renowned (known, celebrated, famous, renowned)

• भवतः (bhavataḥ) - to you (in the sense of communicating) (of you, from you)

• ज्ञापयामहे (jñāpayāmahe) - we inform (we make known, we inform)

• मृदु-पूर्वम् (mṛdu-pūrvam) - gently first (gently at first, preceded by gentleness)

• घातिनः (ghātinaḥ) - O slayer (vocative addressing the recipient of advice) (slayer, killer, destroyer)

• ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, by you)

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - prosperity (welfare, prosperity, good fortune, excellence, liberation)

• च (ca) - certainly (and, also, moreover)

• अधिगमिष्यति (adhigamiṣyati) - will come to (will attain, will reach, will come to, will acquire)

Words meanings and morphology

तीक्ष्णाः (tīkṣṇāḥ) - fierce (sharp, keen, fierce, strong, intense)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, keen, fierce, strong, hot, intense

Note: Agrees with 'vayam'.

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this way, indeed, what is called)

(indeclinable)

ख्याताः (khyātāḥ) - renowned (known, celebrated, famous, renowned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of khyāta

khyāta - known, celebrated, famous, renowned

Past Passive Participle

from root 'khyā' (to be known, to tell)

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'vayam'.

भवतः (bhavataḥ) - to you (in the sense of communicating) (of you, from you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (polite address)

present active participle of 'bhū' used as a polite pronoun

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used here in a dative sense (to you, for you).

ज्ञापयामहे (jñāpayāmahe) - we inform (we make known, we inform)

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of jñā

causative

causative stem 'jñāpay' (to make known)

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: 'āmahe' ending for 1st person plural middle voice.

मृदु-पूर्वम् (mṛdu-pūrvam) - gently first (gently at first, preceded by gentleness)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mṛdu+pūrva)

• mṛdu – soft, gentle, mild
  adjective (masculine)
• pūrva – prior, former, first
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Adverbial usage.

घातिनः (ghātinaḥ) - O slayer (vocative addressing the recipient of advice) (slayer, killer, destroyer)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ghātin

ghātin - killer, slayer

agent noun

from root 'han' (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Could also be nominative plural or genitive singular, but vocative singular fits the context of addressing someone.

ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, by you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Enclitic form of dative singular.

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - prosperity (welfare, prosperity, good fortune, excellence, liberation)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - welfare, prosperity, good fortune, excellence, liberation

comparative degree of 'praśasya' (to be praised)

च (ca) - certainly (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often implies "and then" or an emphatic "indeed" / "certainly" in such contexts.

अधिगमिष्यति (adhigamiṣyati) - will come to (will attain, will reach, will come to, will acquire)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of adhi-gam

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'śreyaḥ' (prosperity).