महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-30, verse-19

श्रोत्र उवाच ।
नेमे बाणास्तरिष्यन्ति मामलर्क कथंचन ।
तवैव मर्म भेत्स्यन्ति ततो हास्यसि जीवितम् ॥१९॥

19. śrotra uvāca ,
neme bāṇāstariṣyanti māmalarka kathaṁcana ,
tavaiva marma bhetsyanti tato hāsyasi jīvitam.

19. śrotra uvāca | na ime bāṇāḥ tariṣyanti mām alarka kathaṃcana
| tava eva marma bhetsyanti tataḥ hāsyasi jīvitam

19. śrotra uvāca alarka,
ime bāṇāḥ mām kathaṃcana na tariṣyanti te tava eva marma bhetsyanti tataḥ tvam jīvitam hāsyasi

19. The Ear said: "These arrows, Alarka, will by no means overcome me. They will pierce your very vital spots, and then you will lose your life."

Words meanings summery:

• श्रोत्र (śrotra) - The sense organ of hearing, speaking as a person. (The Ear (personified))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• इमे (ime) - these

• बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

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

• माम् (mām) - me

• अलर्क (alarka) - O Alarka!

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, by no means (when used with 'na')

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• एव (eva) - only, alone, indeed

• मर्म (marma) - vital spot, vulnerable point

• भेत्स्यन्ति (bhetsyanti) - they will pierce, they will cleave

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom

• हास्यसि (hāsyasi) - you will lose, you will abandon

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

Words meanings and morphology

श्रोत्र (śrotra) - The sense organ of hearing, speaking as a person. (The Ear (personified))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrotra

śrotra - ear, organ of hearing

Note: Personified and speaking, hence treated as a masculine noun in the nominative case. The visible form 'śrotra' without visarga is used as in the source text.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense form

From root vac (class 2), perfect tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Agrees with 'bāṇāḥ'.

बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

तरिष्यन्ति (tariṣyanti) - they will cross, they will overcome

(verb)

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

future tense form

From root tṛ (class 1), future tense, 3rd person plural.

Root: tṛ (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अलर्क (alarka) - O Alarka!

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of alarka

alarka - a proper name, Alarka

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, by no means (when used with 'na')

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

एव (eva) - only, alone, indeed

(indeclinable)

मर्म (marma) - vital spot, vulnerable point

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of marman

marman - a vital spot, vulnerable part of the body

Note: Stem is 'marman'.

भेत्स्यन्ति (bhetsyanti) - they will pierce, they will cleave

(verb)

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

future tense form

From root bhid (class 7), future tense, 3rd person plural.

Root: bhid (class 7)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom

(indeclinable)

हास्यसि (hāsyasi) - you will lose, you will abandon

(verb)

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

future tense form

From root hā (class 3), future tense, 2nd person singular.

Root: hā (class 3)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, existence

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

Substantivized past passive participle of jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)