महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-5, verse-25

हिरण्यरेतसोऽम्भः स्यात्परिवर्तेत मेदिनी ।
भासं च न रविः कुर्यान्मत्सत्यं विचलेद्यदि ॥२५॥

25. hiraṇyaretaso'mbhaḥ syātparivarteta medinī ,
bhāsaṁ ca na raviḥ kuryānmatsatyaṁ vicaledyadi.

25. hiraṇyaretasaḥ ambhaḥ syāt parivarteta medinī
bhāsam ca na raviḥ kuryāt mat satyam vicalet yadi

25. If my truth were to waver, then the fiery essence might become water, the earth might be overturned, and the sun would not emit light.

Words meanings summery:

• हिरण्यरेतसः (hiraṇyaretasaḥ) - the fiery essence (referring to Agni/fire) (of Agni (fire-god), of the sun, having golden seed)

• अम्भः (ambhaḥ) - water

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be, would be

• परिवर्तेत (parivarteta) - might be overturned, might turn around

• मेदिनी (medinī) - the earth

• भासम् (bhāsam) - light, luster, splendor

• च (ca) - and, also

• न (na) - not, no

• रविः (raviḥ) - the sun

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - might do, might make, might emit

• मत् (mat) - my, of me

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth

• विचलेत् (vicalet) - might waver, might deviate

• यदि (yadi) - if

Words meanings and morphology

हिरण्यरेतसः (hiraṇyaretasaḥ) - the fiery essence (referring to Agni/fire) (of Agni (fire-god), of the sun, having golden seed)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hiraṇyaretas

hiraṇyaretas - having golden seed, epithet of Agni, the sun, fire

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hiraṇya+retas)

• hiraṇya – gold
  noun (neuter)
• retas – seed, semen, fluid
  noun (neuter)

Note: Nominative singular of hiraṇyaretas.

अम्भः (ambhaḥ) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water

Note: Predicative nominative with syāt.

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative

3rd person singular, active voice, parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

परिवर्तेत (parivarteta) - might be overturned, might turn around

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of parivṛt

Optative

3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛt (class 1)

मेदिनी (medinī) - the earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of medinī

medinī - the earth, soil

Note: Subject of parivarteta.

भासम् (bhāsam) - light, luster, splendor

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhās

bhās - light, luster, splendor

Root: bhās (class 1)

Note: Object of kuryāt.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

रविः (raviḥ) - the sun

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ravi

ravi - the sun, sun-god

Root: ru (class 2)

Note: Subject of kuryāt.

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - might do, might make, might emit

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of kṛ

Optative

3rd person singular, active voice, parasmaipada

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मत् (mat) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Often used as 'from me' or 'my'. Here, it functions as a possessive adjective 'my'.

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true, real

Gerundive (from √as 'to be') or derivative from sat (being)

From `sat` (being, existing, true) + `ya` suffix.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Subject of vicalet.

विचलेत् (vicalet) - might waver, might deviate

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of vical

Optative

3rd person singular, active voice, parasmaipada

Prefix: vi

Root: cal (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)