महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-16, verse-16

स्मर्तुमर्हसि कौरव्य दिष्टं तु बलवत्तरम् ।
अथ वा ते स्वभावोऽयं येन पार्थिव कृष्यसे ॥१६॥

16. smartumarhasi kauravya diṣṭaṁ tu balavattaram ,
atha vā te svabhāvo'yaṁ yena pārthiva kṛṣyase.

16. smartum arhasi kauravya diṣṭam tu balavattaram
atha vā te svabhāvaḥ ayam yena pārthiva kṛṣyase

16. kauravya diṣṭam tu balavattaram smartum arhasi
atha vā pārthiva ayam te svabhāvaḥ yena kṛṣyase

16. O descendant of Kuru, you should remember that destiny is indeed more powerful. Or perhaps, O king, this is your intrinsic nature (svabhāva) by which you are being drawn.

Words meanings summery:

• स्मर्तुम् (smartum) - to remember, to recall

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought to, you should (you ought, you deserve, you are able)

• कौरव्य (kauravya) - O descendant of Kuru (vocative address) (O descendant of Kuru)

• दिष्टम् (diṣṭam) - what is destined, fate (destiny, fate, ordained)

• तु (tu) - indeed, emphasizing the contrast or certainty (but, indeed, however)

• बलवत्तरम् (balavattaram) - more powerful, stronger

• अथ (atha) - or, implying an alternative explanation (then, now, moreover, or)

• वा (vā) - or

• ते (te) - your (genitive/dative of yuṣmad) (your, to you)

• स्वभावः (svabhāvaḥ) - your intrinsic nature (svabhāva) (one's own nature, inherent disposition, essence)

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• येन (yena) - by which means (by which, whereby, because of which)

• पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king (vocative address) (O king, O prince, earthly)

• कृष्यसे (kṛṣyase) - you are being drawn or compelled (you are drawn, you are attracted, you are pulled)

Words meanings and morphology

स्मर्तुम् (smartum) - to remember, to recall

(infinitive)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought to, you should (you ought, you deserve, you are able)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Present Tense, Active Voice, 2nd Person Singular

From root arh (to be worthy), Pāṇinian Class 1.

Root: arh (class 1)

कौरव्य (kauravya) - O descendant of Kuru (vocative address) (O descendant of Kuru)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kauravya

kauravya - descendant of Kuru, a Kaurava

Patronymic from Kuru

दिष्टम् (diṣṭam) - what is destined, fate (destiny, fate, ordained)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of diṣṭa

diṣṭa - destiny, fate, command, appointed, indicated

Past Passive Participle

From root diś (to point, ordain) + suffix kta

Root: diś (class 6)

तु (tu) - indeed, emphasizing the contrast or certainty (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

बलवत्तरम् (balavattaram) - more powerful, stronger

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of balavattara

balavattara - more powerful, stronger

Comparative degree of balavat (powerful) + suffix tarap

Note: Comparative adjective, agreeing with diṣṭam.

अथ (atha) - or, implying an alternative explanation (then, now, moreover, or)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here in conjunction with vā for 'or'.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your (genitive/dative of yuṣmad) (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive pronoun 'your'.

स्वभावः (svabhāvaḥ) - your intrinsic nature (svabhāva) (one's own nature, inherent disposition, essence)

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+bhāva)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• bhāva – being, existence, state, nature, disposition, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Referring to 'this nature'.

येन (yena) - by which means (by which, whereby, because of which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Refers to svabhāvaḥ.

पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king (vocative address) (O king, O prince, earthly)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, royal, a king, prince

Derived from pṛthivī (earth) + suffix aṇ

कृष्यसे (kṛṣyase) - you are being drawn or compelled (you are drawn, you are attracted, you are pulled)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kṛṣ

Present Tense, Passive Voice, 2nd Person Singular

From root kṛṣ (to pull, draw), passive form (yak infix) + se ending.

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)