महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-80, verse-15

सा त्वं मयि मृते मातस्तथा गाण्डीवधन्वनि ।
भव प्रीतिमती देवि सत्येनात्मानमालभे ॥१५॥

15. sā tvaṁ mayi mṛte mātastathā gāṇḍīvadhanvani ,
bhava prītimatī devi satyenātmānamālabhe.

15. sā tvam mayi mṛte mātaḥ tathā gāṇḍīva-dhanvani
| bhava prītimatī devi satyena ātmānam ālabhe

15. mātaḥ sā tvam mayi mṛte tathā gāṇḍīva-dhanvani
prītimatī bhava devi satyena ātmānam ālabhe

15. Therefore, O mother, even after I die, you should be affectionate towards the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow. O goddess, I swear by truth (satya) upon my very being (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - you (referring to the mother, linking back to a previous context) (she, that)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• मयि (mayi) - when I am gone, or when I am dead (in me, on me, with respect to me)

• मृते (mṛte) - when I am dead (died, dead)

• मातः (mātaḥ) - O mother

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, also (connecting to previous idea) (so, thus, likewise, similarly)

• गाण्डीव-धन्वनि (gāṇḍīva-dhanvani) - towards Arjuna (the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow) (in the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow)

• भव (bhava) - you should be (be, become)

• प्रीतिमती (prītimatī) - affectionate, loving, endowed with love

• देवि (devi) - O queen (addressed as a goddess) (O goddess, O divine one)

• सत्येन (satyena) - by upholding truth (by truth, by reality)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - my own self (ātman), my being (oneself, the self, one's own being)

• आलभे (ālabhe) - I swear by (I touch, I seize, I take hold of, I swear by)

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - you (referring to the mother, linking back to a previous context) (she, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the mother being addressed.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

मयि (mayi) - when I am gone, or when I am dead (in me, on me, with respect to me)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction: 'when I have died'.

मृते (mṛte) - when I am dead (died, dead)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, died

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of the root `mṛ` (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with `mayi`.

मातः (mātaḥ) - O mother

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

तथा (tathā) - similarly, also (connecting to previous idea) (so, thus, likewise, similarly)

(indeclinable)

गाण्डीव-धन्वनि (gāṇḍīva-dhanvani) - towards Arjuna (the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow) (in the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of gāṇḍīva-dhanvin

gāṇḍīva-dhanvin - wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow (an epithet for Arjuna)

Bahuvrīhi compound 'one whose bow is Gāṇḍīva'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gāṇḍīva+dhanvin)

• gāṇḍīva – name of Arjuna's bow
  proper noun (neuter)
• dhanvin – bowman, archer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from `dhanuḥ` (bow).

Note: Refers to Arjuna. Locative case implies 'towards' or 'with respect to'.

भव (bhava) - you should be (be, become)

(verb)

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

Imperative Mood

Root verb (1st conjugation, P-class) with imperative 2nd person singular ending.

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्रीतिमती (prītimatī) - affectionate, loving, endowed with love

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prītimat

prītimat - endowed with love, loving, affectionate, fond

Possessive suffix -mat applied to `prīti` (love, affection). Feminine form.

Note: Predicate adjective for `tvam`.

देवि (devi) - O queen (addressed as a goddess) (O goddess, O divine one)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine woman, queen

Note: Another vocative address, likely to the same person (the mother/queen).

सत्येन (satyena) - by upholding truth (by truth, by reality)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, sincerity, fidelity

Note: Used to express an oath, 'by truth'.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - my own self (ātman), my being (oneself, the self, one's own being)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, the Supreme Soul (brahman), essence

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Direct object of `ālabhe`.

आलभे (ālabhe) - I swear by (I touch, I seize, I take hold of, I swear by)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ā-labh

Present Tense

Root verb `labh` (1st conjugation, A-class) with prefix `ā`, 1st person singular ending.

Prefix: ā

Root: labh (class 1)