महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-16, verse-9

अथ चेत्तं निहत्याजौ शेषेणाभिसमागताः ।
प्राप्नुयाम ततः स्वर्गं ज्ञातित्राणपरायणाः ॥९॥

9. atha cettaṁ nihatyājau śeṣeṇābhisamāgatāḥ ,
prāpnuyāma tataḥ svargaṁ jñātitrāṇaparāyaṇāḥ.

9. atha cet tam nihatya ājau śeṣeṇa abhisamāgatāḥ
prāpnuyāma tataḥ svargam jñātitrāṇaparāyaṇāḥ

9. And if, intent on saving our kinsmen, we were to kill him in battle and unite with the remaining (allies), we would then attain heaven.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - and if, then (then, now, thus, thereupon)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• तम् (tam) - him (referring to the enemy, Jarāsandha, from context) (him, that)

• निहत्य (nihatya) - having killed, having struck down

• आजौ (ājau) - in battle, in conflict

• शेषेण (śeṣeṇa) - with the remaining (allies/forces) (by the remainder, with the rest, with the remaining)

• अभिसमागताः (abhisamāgatāḥ) - united, assembled, having come together

• प्राप्नुयाम (prāpnuyāma) - we would attain, we would obtain

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that (act), then (then, from that, therefore)

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, paradise

• ज्ञातित्राणपरायणाः (jñātitrāṇaparāyaṇāḥ) - devoted to saving/protecting kinsmen, having the protection of kinsmen as supreme goal

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - and if, then (then, now, thus, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - him (referring to the enemy, Jarāsandha, from context) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

निहत्य (nihatya) - having killed, having struck down

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'han' with prefix 'ni' and suffix '-tvā' (which becomes '-tya' after a prefix)

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

आजौ (ājau) - in battle, in conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āja

āja - battle, fight, conflict, contest

शेषेण (śeṣeṇa) - with the remaining (allies/forces) (by the remainder, with the rest, with the remaining)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śeṣa

śeṣa - remainder, rest, remnant, residual

अभिसमागताः (abhisamāgatāḥ) - united, assembled, having come together

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abhisamāgata

gam - to go, to move

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'gam' with prefixes 'abhi', 'sam', 'ā'

Prefixes: abhi+sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

प्राप्नुयाम (prāpnuyāma) - we would attain, we would obtain

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of prāp

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

ततः (tataḥ) - from that (act), then (then, from that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, paradise

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, abode of the gods, paradise

ज्ञातित्राणपरायणाः (jñātitrāṇaparāyaṇāḥ) - devoted to saving/protecting kinsmen, having the protection of kinsmen as supreme goal

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jñātitrāṇaparāyaṇa

jñātitrāṇaparāyaṇa - devoted to saving/protecting kinsmen, having the protection of kinsmen as supreme goal

Compound type : tatpurusha (jñāti+trāṇa+parāyaṇa)

• jñāti – kinsman, relative, family
  noun (masculine)
• trāṇa – protection, saving, rescuing
  noun (neuter)
  Root: trā (class 2)
• parāyaṇa – devoted to, intent on, having as a chief object, highest resort
  adjective (masculine)