महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-164, verse-26

अर्जुन उवाच ।
ततोऽहमब्रुवं नाहं दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि शत्रुहन् ।
मानुषेषु प्रयोक्ष्यामि विनास्त्रप्रतिघातनम् ॥२६॥

26. arjuna uvāca ,
tato'hamabruvaṁ nāhaṁ divyānyastrāṇi śatruhan ,
mānuṣeṣu prayokṣyāmi vināstrapratighātanam.

26. arjunaḥ uvāca tataḥ aham abruvam na aham divyāni astrāṇi
śatruhan mānuṣeṣu prayokṣyāmi vinā astrapratighātanam

26. Arjuna said, "Then, O destroyer of enemies, I declared, 'I will not deploy these divine weapons against humans, unless it is for the purpose of countering (their) weapons.'"

Words meanings summery:

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna, son of Pṛthā

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards

• अहम् (aham) - Arjuna (speaker) (I)

• अब्रुवम् (abruvam) - I spoke, I said

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - Arjuna (speaker) (I)

• दिव्यानि (divyāni) - divine, heavenly

• अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons, missiles

• शत्रुहन् (śatruhan) - Indra (slayer of foes, destroyer of enemies)

• मानुषेषु (mānuṣeṣu) - among humans, against humans

• प्रयोक्ष्यामि (prayokṣyāmi) - I will use, I will apply, I will deploy

• विना (vinā) - without, except

• अस्त्रप्रतिघातनम् (astrapratighātanam) - counteracting a weapon, a counter-weapon

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna, son of Pṛthā

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (a name of one of the Pāṇḍavas), white, clear

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active

root vac, perfect 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - Arjuna (speaker) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

अब्रुवम् (abruvam) - I spoke, I said

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

imperfect active

root brū, imperfect 1st person singular

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Augment 'a-' indicates past tense.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - Arjuna (speaker) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

दिव्यानि (divyāni) - divine, heavenly

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of divya

divya - divine, heavenly, celestial, wondrous

Note: Qualifies 'astrāṇi'.

अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons, missiles

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of astra

astra - weapon, missile, projectile

शत्रुहन् (śatruhan) - Indra (slayer of foes, destroyer of enemies)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śatruhan

śatruhan - slayer of foes, destroyer of enemies

compound of śatru (enemy) and han (killer/slayer)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śatru+han)

• śatru – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• han – slayer, killer, striker
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root han (to strike/kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

मानुषेषु (mānuṣeṣu) - among humans, against humans

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, relating to humans, mankind

Note: Indicates the target of the action.

प्रयोक्ष्यामि (prayokṣyāmi) - I will use, I will apply, I will deploy

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of yuj

future active

root yuj, with upasarga pra, future 1st person singular

Prefix: pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

विना (vinā) - without, except

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs 'astrapratighātanam' in accusative.

अस्त्रप्रतिघातनम् (astrapratighātanam) - counteracting a weapon, a counter-weapon

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of astrapratighātana

astrapratighātana - counteracting a weapon, repelling a weapon, a counter-weapon

compound of astra (weapon) and pratighātana (counteraction/repelling)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (astra+pratighātana)

• astra – weapon, missile
  noun (neuter)
• pratighātana – striking back, repelling, counteracting, resisting
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root han with upasargas prati and ghā
  Prefix: prati
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Object of 'vinā'.