महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-13, verse-15

यो मां प्रयतते हन्तुं धृत्या सत्यपराक्रमः ।
भावो भवामि तस्याहं स च मां नावबुध्यते ॥१५॥

15. yo māṁ prayatate hantuṁ dhṛtyā satyaparākramaḥ ,
bhāvo bhavāmi tasyāhaṁ sa ca māṁ nāvabudhyate.

15. yaḥ mām prayatate hantum dhṛtyā satya-parākramaḥ
bhāvaḥ bhavāmi tasya aham saḥ ca mām na avabudhyate

15. yaḥ satya-parākramaḥ dhṛtyā mām hantum prayatate,
aham tasya bhāvaḥ bhavāmi,
ca saḥ mām na avabudhyate .

15. Whoever, whose strength is truth, strives to grasp me through unwavering resolve (dhṛti), I become his essential nature (bhāva). Yet, he does not comprehend me.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever, he who

• माम् (mām) - me

• प्रयतते (prayatate) - strives, attempts, endeavors

• हन्तुम् (hantum) - to grasp, to comprehend (in a spiritual sense of trying to define or limit) (to kill, to strike, to destroy, to overcome, to grasp)

• धृत्या (dhṛtyā) - by firmness, by resolve, by steadfastness

• सत्य-पराक्रमः (satya-parākramaḥ) - whose prowess is truth, whose valor is truth, whose strength is truth

• भावः (bhāvaḥ) - being, state, nature, essence, intrinsic nature

• भवामि (bhavāmi) - I am, I become

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, for him

• अहम् (aham) - I

• सः (saḥ) - he

• च (ca) - and, also

• माम् (mām) - me

• न (na) - not

• अवबुध्यते (avabudhyate) - comprehends, understands, perceives

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - whoever, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

प्रयतते (prayatate) - strives, attempts, endeavors

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of yat

Prefix: pra

Root: yat (class 1)

हन्तुम् (hantum) - to grasp, to comprehend (in a spiritual sense of trying to define or limit) (to kill, to strike, to destroy, to overcome, to grasp)

(verb)

Infinitive

Root: han (class 2)

धृत्या (dhṛtyā) - by firmness, by resolve, by steadfastness

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dhṛti

dhṛti - firmness, steadfastness, resolve, patience, determination

सत्य-पराक्रमः (satya-parākramaḥ) - whose prowess is truth, whose valor is truth, whose strength is truth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satya-parākrama

satya-parākrama - one whose valor/prowess is truth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (satya+parākrama)

• satya – truth, reality, true, real
  noun (neuter)
• parākrama – prowess, valor, strength, courage, might
  noun (masculine)

भावः (bhāvaḥ) - being, state, nature, essence, intrinsic nature

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - being, existence, state, nature, essence, feeling, disposition

भवामि (bhavāmi) - I am, I become

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - of him, for him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अवबुध्यते (avabudhyate) - comprehends, understands, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of budh

Prefix: ava

Root: budh (class 4)