महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-11, verse-27

तस्य ते शम एवास्तु पाण्डवैर्भरतर्षभ ।
कुरु मे वचनं राजन्मा मृत्युवशमन्वगाः ॥२७॥

27. tasya te śama evāstu pāṇḍavairbharatarṣabha ,
kuru me vacanaṁ rājanmā mṛtyuvaśamanvagāḥ.

27. tasya te śamaḥ eva astu pāṇḍavaiḥ bharatarṣabha
kuru me vacanam rājan mā mṛtyuvaśam anvagaḥ

27. O best of the Bharatas, let there be only peace for you with the Pāṇḍavas regarding this. O King, heed my words, lest you fall under the sway of death.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - concerning this matter (of conflict) (of that, concerning that)

• ते (te) - your, to you

• शमः (śamaḥ) - reconciliation, ending of conflict (peace, tranquility, cessation, pacification)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - with the Pāṇḍavas, by the Pāṇḍavas

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O best of the Bharatas!)

• कुरु (kuru) - heed, follow (my words) (do, perform, make)

• मे (me) - my, to me

• वचनम् (vacanam) - advice, counsel (word, speech, advice, statement)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king!

• मा (mā) - prohibition (do not)

• मृत्युवशम् (mṛtyuvaśam) - under the sway of death, into the power of death

• अन्वगः (anvagaḥ) - fall under (the sway of), succumb to (followed, went after, reached)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - concerning this matter (of conflict) (of that, concerning that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular or plural, polite)

Note: The enclitic form 'te' can be dative or genitive. Here it functions as dative 'for you'.

शमः (śamaḥ) - reconciliation, ending of conflict (peace, tranquility, cessation, pacification)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śama

śama - peace, tranquility, cessation, quietness, pacification

Root: śam (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (Loṭ) of as

Imperative active

3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - with the Pāṇḍavas, by the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu

Patronymic from Pāṇḍu

Note: Accompaniment or agency.

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O best of the Bharatas!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull of the Bharatas, best of the Bharatas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, name of a king, a member of the Bharata lineage
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, excellent, best
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛṣ

कुरु (kuru) - heed, follow (my words) (do, perform, make)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (Loṭ) of kṛ

Imperative active

2nd person singular

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: The enclitic form 'me' can be dative or genitive. Here it functions as genitive 'my'.

वचनम् (vacanam) - advice, counsel (word, speech, advice, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, advice, statement

Derived from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

राजन् (rājan) - O king!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

मा (mā) - prohibition (do not)

(indeclinable)

मृत्युवशम् (mṛtyuvaśam) - under the sway of death, into the power of death

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛtyuvaśa

mṛtyuvaśa - power of death, sway of death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛtyu+vaśa)

• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root mṛ
  root mṛ with suffix -tyu
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• vaśa – power, control, sway, will
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vaś (class 2)

अन्वगः (anvagaḥ) - fall under (the sway of), succumb to (followed, went after, reached)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, past aorist (Luṅ) of anu-gam

Aorist active

2nd person singular, with prohibitive particle mā

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)