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

इति त्वमपि जानीहि राम मा क्षत्रियाञ्जहि ।
तपो घोरमुपातिष्ठ ततः श्रेयोऽभिपत्स्यसे ॥३०॥

30. iti tvamapi jānīhi rāma mā kṣatriyāñjahi ,
tapo ghoramupātiṣṭha tataḥ śreyo'bhipatsyase.

30. iti tvam api jānīhi rāma mā kṣatriyān jahi
tapaḥ ghoram upātiṣṭha tataḥ śreyaḥ abhipatsyase

30. rāma tvam api jānīhi iti mā kṣatriyān jahi
ghoram tapaḥ upātiṣṭha tataḥ śreyaḥ abhipatsyase

30. Therefore, O Rāma, understand this as well: do not kill the kṣatriyas. Undertake severe asceticism (tapas); then you will attain prosperity.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - therefore (thus, in this manner, so)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अपि (api) - as well (also, even, too)

• जानीहि (jānīhi) - understand (know, understand, learn)

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma (vocative)

• मा (mā) - do not, not

• क्षत्रियान् (kṣatriyān) - kṣatriyas, warriors

• जहि (jahi) - kill (kill, abandon, destroy)

• तपः (tapaḥ) - asceticism (tapas) (asceticism, penance, heat)

• घोरम् (ghoram) - severe (terrible, dreadful, severe)

• उपातिष्ठ (upātiṣṭha) - undertake, practice (undertake, approach, stand by, practice)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter (from that, then, thereafter)

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - prosperity, welfare (welfare, prosperity, superior, ultimate good)

• अभिपत्स्यसे (abhipatsyase) - you will attain (you will obtain, you will reach)

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - therefore (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (2nd person pronoun)

अपि (api) - as well (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

जानीहि (jānīhi) - understand (know, understand, learn)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of jñā

imperative

2nd person singular imperative of root jñā (9th class, Parasmaipada)

Root: jñā (class 9)

राम (rāma) - O Rāma (vocative)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of a king, a deity); pleasing, charming

मा (mā) - do not, not

(indeclinable)

Note: Prohibitive particle used with imperative or aorist to express prohibition.

क्षत्रियान् (kṣatriyān) - kṣatriyas, warriors

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - a member of the warrior or ruling class

जहि (jahi) - kill (kill, abandon, destroy)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of han

imperative

2nd person singular imperative of root han (2nd class, Parasmaipada)

Root: han (class 2)

तपः (tapaḥ) - asceticism (tapas) (asceticism, penance, heat)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - heat, warmth; asceticism, penance, religious austerity

Root: tap (class 1)

घोरम् (ghoram) - severe (terrible, dreadful, severe)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, awful, severe

Note: Agrees with 'tapaḥ'.

उपातिष्ठ (upātiṣṭha) - undertake, practice (undertake, approach, stand by, practice)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of sthā

imperative

2nd person singular imperative of root sthā with prefix upa (1st class, Ātmanepada/Parasmaipada)

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter (from that, then, thereafter)

(indeclinable)

ablative of tad

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - prosperity, welfare (welfare, prosperity, superior, ultimate good)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - welfare, prosperity, good fortune; superior, better (comparative of śrī)

अभिपत्स्यसे (abhipatsyase) - you will attain (you will obtain, you will reach)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of pad

future tense

2nd person singular future tense of root pad (4th class, Ātmanepada) with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: pad (class 4)