महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-262, verse-8

तमुवाचाथ सक्रोधो रावणः परिभर्त्सयन् ।
अकुर्वतोऽस्मद्वचनं स्यान्मृत्युरपि ते ध्रुवम् ॥८॥

8. tamuvācātha sakrodho rāvaṇaḥ paribhartsayan ,
akurvato'smadvacanaṁ syānmṛtyurapi te dhruvam.

8. tam uvāca atha sa-krodhaḥ rāvaṇaḥ paribhartsayan
akurvataḥ asmat vacanam syāt mṛtyuḥ api te dhruvam

8. Then Rāvaṇa, full of anger, rebuking him, said: 'If you do not follow our word, even death will certainly befall you.'

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (Mārīca, accusative object) (him, that)

• उवाच (uvāca) - (Rāvaṇa) said (he said)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

• स-क्रोधः (sa-krodhaḥ) - full of anger (angry, with anger)

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa (subject of 'said') (Rāvaṇa (proper name))

• परिभर्त्सयन् (paribhartsayan) - rebuking him (Mārīca) (rebuking, threatening, scolding)

• अकुर्वतः (akurvataḥ) - if you are one not doing/following (my word) (of one not doing, of one not acting)

• अस्मत् (asmat) - our (referring to Rāvaṇa's command, implying 'my') (our, of us)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - instruction, command (word, speech, command, saying)

• स्यात् (syāt) - will certainly be (may be, would be, should be)

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• अपि (api) - even, too (also, even, too)

• ते (te) - yours (genitive) (to you, your, for you)

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly (adverbial) (certain, fixed, indeed, certainly)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (Mārīca, accusative object) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उवाच (uvāca) - (Rāvaṇa) said (he said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

स-क्रोधः (sa-krodhaḥ) - full of anger (angry, with anger)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sakrodha

sakrodha - angry, furious, accompanied by anger

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+krodha)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  A prefix meaning 'with'.
• krodha – anger, wrath, rage
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root √kudh (to be angry).
  Root: kudh (class 4)

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa (subject of 'said') (Rāvaṇa (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (the name of the Rakshasa king of Lankā)

परिभर्त्सयन् (paribhartsayan) - rebuking him (Mārīca) (rebuking, threatening, scolding)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paribhartsayat

paribhartsayat - rebuking, threatening, scolding

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root √bharts (to threaten) with prefix pari, forming a present active participle.

Prefix: pari

Root: bharts (class 10)

अकुर्वतः (akurvataḥ) - if you are one not doing/following (my word) (of one not doing, of one not acting)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of akurvat

akurvat - not doing, not acting, not performing

Present Active Participle (Negative)

Derived from the root √kṛ (to do) with negative prefix 'a' and the śatṛ suffix, forming a present active participle.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kurvat)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• kurvat – doing, making, performing
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from the root √kṛ (to do) with the śatṛ suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used in a conditional sense (genitive absolute).

अस्मत् (asmat) - our (referring to Rāvaṇa's command, implying 'my') (our, of us)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

वचनम् (vacanam) - instruction, command (word, speech, command, saying)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, command

verbal noun

Derived from the root √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

स्यात् (syāt) - will certainly be (may be, would be, should be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, dying, the god of death (Yama)

Derived from the root √mṛ (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

अपि (api) - even, too (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - yours (genitive) (to you, your, for you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly (adverbial) (certain, fixed, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Root: dhru (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially (accusative singular neuter of adjective).