महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-137, verse-23

अथ वा त्वां महीपाल शमयिष्यन्ति वै द्विजाः ।
निरसिष्यन्ति वा राष्ट्राद्धतोत्साहं महाबलाः ॥२३॥

23. atha vā tvāṁ mahīpāla śamayiṣyanti vai dvijāḥ ,
nirasiṣyanti vā rāṣṭrāddhatotsāhaṁ mahābalāḥ.

23. atha vā tvām mahīpāla śamayiṣyanti vai dvijāḥ
nirasiṣyanti vā rāṣṭrāt hata-utsāham mahābalāḥ

23. mahīpāla,
atha vā dvijāḥ mahābalāḥ vai tvām śamayiṣyanti,
vā hata-utsāham tvām rāṣṭrāt nirasiṣyanti.

23. Or else, O king, the greatly powerful Brahmins will indeed subdue you, or they will expel you from the kingdom, your enthusiasm (utsāha) utterly destroyed.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - or else (then, now, thereupon, moreover, or)

• वा (vā) - or else (or, either...or)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (the king) (you (accusative))

• महीपाल (mahīpāla) - O king (king, protector of the earth)

• शमयिष्यन्ति (śamayiṣyanti) - will subdue (will pacify, will calm, will subdue)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, verily, surely)

• द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - Brahmins (Brahmins, twice-born)

• निरसिष्यन्ति (nirasiṣyanti) - will expel (will expel, will remove, will cast out)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• राष्ट्रात् (rāṣṭrāt) - from the kingdom (from the kingdom, from the country)

• हत-उत्साहम् (hata-utsāham) - your enthusiasm (utsāha) utterly destroyed (having destroyed enthusiasm, whose enthusiasm is destroyed)

• महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - greatly powerful (very powerful, mighty)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - or else (then, now, thereupon, moreover, or)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'vā' to mean 'or else'.

वा (vā) - or else (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

Note: Paired with 'atha' for 'or else', and repeated later to connect alternative actions.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (the king) (you (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Object of 'śamayiṣyanti' and 'nirasiṣyanti'.

महीपाल (mahīpāla) - O king (king, protector of the earth)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahīpāla

mahīpāla - king, ruler, protector of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pāla)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pāla – protector, guardian, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  from root pā (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Addressed to the king.

शमयिष्यन्ति (śamayiṣyanti) - will subdue (will pacify, will calm, will subdue)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of śam

causative future

Causative of root śam, future tense

Root: śam (class 4)

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, verily, surely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - Brahmins (Brahmins, twice-born)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvija

dvija - twice-born, Brahmin, bird, tooth

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'śamayiṣyanti' and 'nirasiṣyanti'.

निरसिष्यन्ति (nirasiṣyanti) - will expel (will expel, will remove, will cast out)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of nir-as

root verb, future tense

Prefix: nir

Root: as (class 4)

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects two alternative actions.

राष्ट्रात् (rāṣṭrāt) - from the kingdom (from the kingdom, from the country)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of rāṣṭra

rāṣṭra - kingdom, country, dominion, nation

Note: Source of expulsion.

हत-उत्साहम् (hata-utsāham) - your enthusiasm (utsāha) utterly destroyed (having destroyed enthusiasm, whose enthusiasm is destroyed)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hata-utsāha

hata-utsāha - one whose enthusiasm is destroyed, disheartened, vigorless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+utsāha)

• hata – struck, killed, destroyed, harmed
  participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)
• utsāha – energy, enthusiasm, vigor, effort
  noun (masculine)
  from root sah (to be able), with prefix ud
  Prefix: ud
  Root: sah (class 13)

Note: Qualifies 'tvām'.

महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - greatly powerful (very powerful, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahābala

mahābala - greatly strong, mighty, powerful

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'dvijāḥ'.