महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-73, verse-6

अब्रवीच्च ततो जिष्णुः प्रहसन्निव भारत ।
निवर्तध्वमधर्मज्ञाः श्रेयो जीवितमेव वः ॥६॥

6. abravīcca tato jiṣṇuḥ prahasanniva bhārata ,
nivartadhvamadharmajñāḥ śreyo jīvitameva vaḥ.

6. abravīt ca tataḥ jiṣṇuḥ prahasan iva bhārata
nivartadhvam adharma-jñāḥ śreyaḥ jīvitam eva vaḥ

6. bhārata tataḥ jiṣṇuḥ prahasan iva ca abravīt
adharma-jñāḥ nivartadhvam vaḥ jīvitam eva śreyaḥ

6. And then Arjuna (Jiṣṇu), as if laughing, said, 'O Bhārata, turn back, you who are ignorant of natural law (dharma)! It is better for you to preserve your life.'

Words meanings summery:

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

• च (ca) - and, also

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

• जिष्णुः (jiṣṇuḥ) - Arjuna (victorious)

• प्रहसन् (prahasan) - laughing, smiling

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• भारत (bhārata) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (common address in the Mahābhārata) (O descendant of Bharata)

• निवर्तध्वम् (nivartadhvam) - turn back, retreat

• अधर्म-ज्ञाः (adharma-jñāḥ) - O you who act against natural law (dharma) (knowers of unrighteousness, ignorant of natural law)

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - better, beneficial, welfare

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• वः (vaḥ) - for you, your

Words meanings and morphology

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: brū (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

जिष्णुः (jiṣṇuḥ) - Arjuna (victorious)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jiṣṇu

jiṣṇu - victorious, conqueror; an epithet of Arjuna

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: An epithet of Arjuna.

प्रहसन् (prahasan) - laughing, smiling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prahasant

prahasant - laughing, smiling

Present Active Participle

Derived from verb root has 'to laugh' with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'Jiṣṇuḥ'.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (common address in the Mahābhārata) (O descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to India

निवर्तध्वम् (nivartadhvam) - turn back, retreat

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of vṛt

Imperative mood, 2nd person plural, middle voice. Root with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

अधर्म-ज्ञाः (adharma-jñāḥ) - O you who act against natural law (dharma) (knowers of unrighteousness, ignorant of natural law)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, plural of adharma-jña

adharma-jña - knowing unrighteousness, ignorant of natural law

Compound type : tatpurusha (adharma+jña)

• adharma – unrighteousness, injustice, what is contrary to natural law (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
  Negative prefix a + dharma.
  Prefix: a
• jña – knower, understanding
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root jñā 'to know'.
  Root: jñā (class 9)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - better, beneficial, welfare

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - better, superior, good fortune, welfare

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, state of being alive

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root jīv 'to live'.

Root: jīv (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

वः (vaḥ) - for you, your

(pronoun)

plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you