महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-23, verse-22

जहि शाल्वं महाबाहो मैनं जीवय केशव ।
सर्वैः पराक्रमैर्वीर वध्यः शत्रुरमित्रहन् ॥२२॥

22. jahi śālvaṁ mahābāho mainaṁ jīvaya keśava ,
sarvaiḥ parākramairvīra vadhyaḥ śatruramitrahan.

22. jahi śālvam mahābāho mā enam jīvaya keśava
sarvaiḥ parākramaiḥ vīra vadhyaḥ śatruḥ amitrahant

22. O mighty-armed one, kill Śālva! O Keśava, do not let him live. O hero, destroyer of enemies, the foe must be slain by all means of valor (parākrama).

Words meanings summery:

• जहि (jahi) - kill, strike down

• शाल्वम् (śālvam) - King Śālva, the enemy (Śālva)

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O Krishna (O mighty-armed one)

• मा (mā) - do not, not

• एनम् (enam) - Śālva (him)

• जीवय (jīvaya) - cause to live, let live

• केशव (keśava) - O Krishna (O Keśava)

• सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all, by every

• पराक्रमैः (parākramaiḥ) - by valiant deeds, by prowess, by valor

• वीर (vīra) - O Krishna (O hero, O valiant one)

• वध्यः (vadhyaḥ) - to be killed, killable, worthy of death

• शत्रुः (śatruḥ) - enemy, foe

• अमित्रहन्त् (amitrahant) - O Krishna (O destroyer of foes, O killer of enemies)

Words meanings and morphology

जहि (jahi) - kill, strike down

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

शाल्वम् (śālvam) - King Śālva, the enemy (Śālva)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śālva

śālva - name of a king, a country, a people

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O Krishna (O mighty-armed one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - one with mighty arms, mighty-armed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

मा (mā) - do not, not

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - Śālva (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, that

जीवय (jīvaya) - cause to live, let live

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of jīv

causative

Causative form of root 'jīv'

Root: jīv (class 1)

केशव (keśava) - O Krishna (O Keśava)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of keśava

keśava - Keśava (a name of Viṣṇu or Krishna)

सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all, by every

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

पराक्रमैः (parākramaiḥ) - by valiant deeds, by prowess, by valor

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of parākrama

parākrama - valor, prowess, courage, valiant deed

वीर (vīra) - O Krishna (O hero, O valiant one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

वध्यः (vadhyaḥ) - to be killed, killable, worthy of death

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vadhya

vadhya - to be killed, killable, worthy of death

gerundive

Derived from root 'han' (vadh- form in gerundive)

Root: han (class 2)

शत्रुः (śatruḥ) - enemy, foe

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śatru

śatru - enemy, foe, rival

अमित्रहन्त् (amitrahant) - O Krishna (O destroyer of foes, O killer of enemies)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of amitrahantṛ

amitrahantṛ - destroyer of enemies

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (amitra+hantṛ)

• amitra – enemy, foe (lit. 'not a friend')
  noun (masculine)
• hantṛ – killer, destroyer
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root 'han'
  Root: han (class 2)