महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-68, verse-17

यथा तुदसि मर्माणि वाक्शरैरिह नो भृशम् ।
तथा स्मारयिता तेऽहं कृन्तन्मर्माणि संयुगे ॥१७॥

17. yathā tudasi marmāṇi vākśarairiha no bhṛśam ,
tathā smārayitā te'haṁ kṛntanmarmāṇi saṁyuge.

17. yathā tudasi marmāṇi vākśaraiḥ iha naḥ bhṛśam |
tathā smārayitā te aham kṛntan marmāṇi saṃyuge

17. "Just as you intensely pierce our vital parts here with your word-arrows, so I will make you remember (this) by cutting your vital parts in battle."

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• तुदसि (tudasi) - you pierce, you torment, you hurt

• मर्माणि (marmāṇi) - vital parts, vulnerable spots

• वाक्शरैः (vākśaraiḥ) - by word-arrows, by arrows of speech

• इह (iha) - here (in this situation) (here, in this world, now)

• नः (naḥ) - our (our, to us)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - intensely (greatly, intensely, excessively)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• स्मारयिता (smārayitā) - I will make you remember (one who will cause to remember, who will remind)

• ते (te) - to you (I will remind) (to you, your)

• अहम् (aham) - Bhīmasena (I)

• कृन्तन् (kṛntan) - cutting, severing

• मर्माणि (marmāṇi) - (your) vital parts (vital parts, vulnerable spots)

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle (in battle, in conflict)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

Note: Corresponds to tathā

तुदसि (tudasi) - you pierce, you torment, you hurt

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of tud

Root: tud (class 6)

मर्माणि (marmāṇi) - vital parts, vulnerable spots

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of marman

marman - vital part, vulnerable spot, secret

वाक्शरैः (vākśaraiḥ) - by word-arrows, by arrows of speech

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vākśara

vākśara - word-arrow, arrow of speech

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vāc+śara)

• vāc – speech, word
  noun (feminine)
• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)

Note: Indicates means

इह (iha) - here (in this situation) (here, in this world, now)

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - our (our, to us)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - we, our

Note: Possessive pronoun, refers to the Pāṇḍavas

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - intensely (greatly, intensely, excessively)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of bhṛśa

Note: Adverb modifying tudasi

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Corresponds to yathā

स्मारयिता (smārayitā) - I will make you remember (one who will cause to remember, who will remind)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smārayitṛ

smārayitṛ - one who causes to remember, a reminder

Agent noun from Causative future

Derived from causative of smṛ (to remember) + tṛc suffix

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Refers to aham

ते (te) - to you (I will remind) (to you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

Note: Indirect object of smārayitā

अहम् (aham) - Bhīmasena (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Refers to Bhīmasena

कृन्तन् (kṛntan) - cutting, severing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛntat

kṛntat - cutting, severing, splitting

Present Active Participle

Derived from root kṛt (to cut)

Root: kṛt (class 6)

Note: Modifies aham (Bhīmasena)

मर्माणि (marmāṇi) - (your) vital parts (vital parts, vulnerable spots)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of marman

marman - vital part, vulnerable spot, secret

Note: Object of the action 'cutting'

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle (in battle, in conflict)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - battle, combat, conflict, union

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Indicates place of action