महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-176, verse-7

असत्यो विक्रमो नॄणामिति मे निश्चिता मतिः ।
यथेदं मे त्वया नाग बलं प्रतिहतं महत् ॥७॥

7. asatyo vikramo nṝṇāmiti me niścitā matiḥ ,
yathedaṁ me tvayā nāga balaṁ pratihataṁ mahat.

7. asatyah vikramah nṛṇām iti me niścitā matiḥ
yathā idam me tvayā nāga balam pratihatam mahat

7. My firm opinion is that the valor of men is unreliable, seeing how this great strength of mine has been thwarted by you, O serpent.

Words meanings summery:

• असत्यह् (asatyah) - untrue, false, unreal, unreliable

• विक्रमह् (vikramah) - valor, might, courage, heroic stride, strength

• नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of persons, of human beings

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so, indicating a quote or conclusion

• मे (me) - my (opinion) (to me, for me, my)

• निश्चिता (niścitā) - determined, ascertained, firm, certain

• मतिः (matiḥ) - opinion, thought, mind, understanding

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to, since

• इदम् (idam) - this (strength) (this, this thing)

• मे (me) - my (strength) (to me, for me, my)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• नाग (nāga) - O serpent (addressing the serpent) (O serpent, O elephant, O mountain)

• बलम् (balam) - my strength (strength, power, force)

• प्रतिहतम् (pratihatam) - thwarted, repelled, struck against, hindered

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty

Words meanings and morphology

असत्यह् (asatyah) - untrue, false, unreal, unreliable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asatya

asatya - untrue, false, unreal, unreliable, not good

From 'a' (negation) + 'satya' (true)

विक्रमह् (vikramah) - valor, might, courage, heroic stride, strength

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vikrama

vikrama - valor, might, courage, heroic stride, strength, power

From 'vi' + root 'kram' (to stride, proceed)

Prefix: vi

Root: kram (class 1)

नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of persons, of human beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, person, human being

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so, indicating a quote or conclusion

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (opinion) (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

निश्चिता (niścitā) - determined, ascertained, firm, certain

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niścita

niścita - determined, ascertained, firm, certain, resolved

Past Passive Participle

From 'ni' + root 'ci' (to gather, observe, ascertain)

Prefix: ni

Root: ci (class 5)

मतिः (matiḥ) - opinion, thought, mind, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - opinion, thought, mind, understanding, intellect

From root 'man' (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to, since

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (strength) (this, this thing)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

मे (me) - my (strength) (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

नाग (nāga) - O serpent (addressing the serpent) (O serpent, O elephant, O mountain)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nāga

nāga - serpent, snake, elephant, mountain

बलम् (balam) - my strength (strength, power, force)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army

प्रतिहतम् (pratihatam) - thwarted, repelled, struck against, hindered

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratihata

pratihata - thwarted, repelled, struck against, hindered, defeated

Past Passive Participle

From 'prati' + root 'han' (to strike, kill)

Prefix: prati

Root: han (class 2)

महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, extensive

Note: Agrees with 'balam'