महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-46, verse-20

तस्मिन्हि पुरुषव्याघ्रे कर्मभिः स्वैर्दिवं गते ।
भविष्यति मही पार्थ नष्टचन्द्रेव शर्वरी ॥२०॥

20. tasminhi puruṣavyāghre karmabhiḥ svairdivaṁ gate ,
bhaviṣyati mahī pārtha naṣṭacandreva śarvarī.

20. tasmin hi puruṣavyāghre karmabhiḥ svaiḥ divam gate
bhaviṣyati mahī pārtha naṣṭacandrā iva śarvarī

20. pārtha,
hi tasmin puruṣavyāghre svaiḥ karmabhiḥ divam gate (sati),
mahī naṣṭacandrā śarvarī iva bhaviṣyati.

20. Indeed, O Pārtha, when that tiger among men has ascended to heaven by his own deeds (karma), the earth will be like a night without a moon.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (person) (in that, in him)

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, certainly

• पुरुषव्याघ्रे (puruṣavyāghre) - in the tiger among men, in the best of men

• कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by deeds, by actions

• स्वैः (svaiḥ) - by one's own

• दिवम् (divam) - to heaven, to the sky

• गते (gate) - having gone, departed

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will become

• मही (mahī) - earth

• पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (O son of Pṛthā)

• नष्टचन्द्रा (naṣṭacandrā) - moonless, having lost its moon

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• शर्वरी (śarvarī) - night

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (person) (in that, in him)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Forms part of the locative absolute construction 'tasmin puruṣavyāghre...gate'.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, certainly

(indeclinable)

पुरुषव्याघ्रे (puruṣavyāghre) - in the tiger among men, in the best of men

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person, male, human being, the cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger, best, foremost
  noun (masculine)

Note: Forms part of the locative absolute construction 'tasmin puruṣavyāghre...gate'.

कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by deeds, by actions

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate (karma)

From √kṛ (to do, make).

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

Note: Means by which one 'goes to heaven'.

स्वैः (svaiḥ) - by one's own

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of sva

sva - own, one's own, self

Note: Modifies karmabhiḥ.

दिवम् (divam) - to heaven, to the sky

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of div

div - heaven, sky, day

Note: Directional accusative, object of gate.

गते (gate) - having gone, departed

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, departed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √gam (to go).

Root: √gam (class 1)

Note: Forms part of the locative absolute construction 'tasmin puruṣavyāghre...gate', meaning 'when he has gone'.

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will become

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: √bhū (class 1)

मही (mahī) - earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

Note: Subject of bhaviṣyati.

पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (O son of Pṛthā)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), a name for Arjuna

Taddhita (patronymic) derivation from Pṛthā.

नष्टचन्द्रा (naṣṭacandrā) - moonless, having lost its moon

(compound adjective)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (naṣṭa+candra)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, perished
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √naś (to perish, be lost).
  Root: √naś (class 4)
• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies śarvarī, forming the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

शर्वरी (śarvarī) - night

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śarvarī

śarvarī - night

Note: Predicate nominative, part of the simile with mahī.