महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-30, verse-16

त्वगुवाच ।
नेमे बाणास्तरिष्यन्ति मामलर्क कथंचन ।
तवैव मर्म भेत्स्यन्ति भिन्नमर्मा मरिष्यसि ॥१६॥

16. tvaguvāca ,
neme bāṇāstariṣyanti māmalarka kathaṁcana ,
tavaiva marma bhetsyanti bhinnamarmā mariṣyasi.

16. tvak uvāca na ime bāṇāḥ tariṣyanti mām alarka kathaṃcana
tava eva marma bhetsyanti bhinnamarmā mariṣyasi

16. tvak uvāca alarka ime bāṇāḥ mām kathaṃcana na tariṣyanti
tava eva marma bhetsyanti tvam bhinnamarmā mariṣyasi

16. The Skin said: 'These arrows, Alarka, will certainly not harm me. They will only pierce your own vital points. With your vital points pierced, you will die.'

Words meanings summery:

• त्वक् (tvak) - The Skin

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not

• इमे (ime) - these

• बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

• तरिष्यन्ति (tariṣyanti) - will cross, will overcome, will harm

• माम् (mām) - me

• अलर्क (alarka) - Alarka (vocative)

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way, somehow

• तव (tava) - your

• एव (eva) - only, just

• मर्म (marma) - vital spot, vulnerable point

• भेत्स्यन्ति (bhetsyanti) - will pierce, will split

• भिन्नमर्मा (bhinnamarmā) - with vital spots pierced, one whose vital parts are pierced

• मरिष्यसि (mariṣyasi) - you will die

Words meanings and morphology

त्वक् (tvak) - The Skin

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tvac

tvac - skin, hide

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (liṭ) form

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not

(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 overcome, will harm

(verb)

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

Root: tṛ (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

अलर्क (alarka) - Alarka (vocative)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of alarka

alarka - Alarka (a king)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way, somehow

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

एव (eva) - only, just

(indeclinable)

मर्म (marma) - vital spot, vulnerable point

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of marman

marman - vital spot, vulnerable point

भेत्स्यन्ति (bhetsyanti) - will pierce, will split

(verb)

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

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: The implicit subject is 'bāṇāḥ' (arrows).

भिन्नमर्मा (bhinnamarmā) - with vital spots pierced, one whose vital parts are pierced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhinnamarmā

bhinnamarmā - one whose vital parts are pierced

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhinna+marman)

• bhinna – pierced, broken, split
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhid
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• marman – vital spot
  noun (neuter)

मरिष्यसि (mariṣyasi) - you will die

(verb)

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

Root: mṛ (class 6)