महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-30, verse-13

जिह्वोवाच ।
नेमे बाणास्तरिष्यन्ति मामलर्क कथंचन ।
तवैव मर्म भेत्स्यन्ति भिन्नमर्मा मरिष्यसि ॥१३॥

13. jihvovāca ,
neme bāṇāstariṣyanti māmalarka kathaṁcana ,
tavaiva marma bhetsyanti bhinnamarmā mariṣyasi.

13. jihvā uvāca | na ime bāṇāḥ tariṣyanti mām alarka kathaṃcana
| tava eva marma bhetsyanti bhinnamarmā mariṣyasi

13. The Tongue said: 'These arrows, Alarka, will certainly not penetrate me. Rather, they will pierce your own vital points, and with your vital points thus wounded, you will die.'

Words meanings summery:

• जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• इमे (ime) - these

• बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

• तरिष्यन्ति (tariṣyanti) - will cross, will pass through, will penetrate

• माम् (mām) - me

• अलर्क (alarka) - Alarka

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way, somehow, certainly not (when used with 'na')

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• मर्म (marma) - vital spot, vulnerable point

• भेत्स्यन्ति (bhetsyanti) - will pierce, will cleave

• भिन्नमर्मा (bhinnamarmā) - one whose vital spots are pierced/wounded

• मरिष्यसि (mariṣyasi) - you will die

Words meanings and morphology

जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jihvā

jihvā - tongue

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (lit) of vac

Perfect

3rd person singular perfect active

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

तरिष्यन्ति (tariṣyanti) - will cross, will pass through, will penetrate

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, simple future (lṛṭ) of tṛ

Future

3rd person plural simple future active

Root: tṛ (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

अलर्क (alarka) - Alarka

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of alarka

alarka - Alarka (a king's name)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way, somehow, certainly not (when used with 'na')

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

मर्म (marma) - vital spot, vulnerable point

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of marman

marman - vital spot, vulnerable point

भेत्स्यन्ति (bhetsyanti) - will pierce, will cleave

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, simple future (lṛṭ) of bhid

Future

3rd person plural simple future active

Root: bhid (class 7)

भिन्नमर्मा (bhinnamarmā) - one whose vital spots are pierced/wounded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhinnamārman

bhinnamārman - one whose vital spots are pierced

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhinna+marman)

• bhinna – pierced, broken, split
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from bhid (to cleave, break)
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• marman – vital spot, vulnerable point
  noun (neuter)

मरिष्यसि (mariṣyasi) - you will die

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, simple future (lṛṭ) of mṛ

Future

2nd person singular simple future active

Root: mṛ (class 6)