महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-34, verse-18

अथ वा वयमेवैतान्निहत्य भरतर्षभ ।
आददीमहि गां सर्वां तथापि श्रेय एव नः ॥१८॥

18. atha vā vayamevaitānnihatya bharatarṣabha ,
ādadīmahi gāṁ sarvāṁ tathāpi śreya eva naḥ.

18. atha vā vayam eva etān nihatya bharatarṣabha
ādadīmahi gām sarvām tathā api śreyaḥ eva naḥ

18. Or else, O best of Bharatas, if we ourselves kill them, we would seize the entire earth. Even in that case, it would certainly be good for us.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - (introducing an alternative) or (now, then, moreover, or)

• वा (vā) - or

• वयम् (vayam) - we (the Pāṇḍavas) (we (plural))

• एव (eva) - we ourselves, we alone (just, only, indeed, certainly, even)

• एतान् (etān) - these enemies, these Kauravas (these (masculine plural))

• निहत्य (nihatya) - having killed, after killing

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O Arjuna (O bull among Bharatas, O best of Bharatas)

• आददीमहि (ādadīmahi) - we would take control of the earth/kingdom (we would take, we would seize, we would appropriate)

• गाम् (gām) - the earth, the kingdom (the earth, cow)

• सर्वाम् (sarvām) - the whole earth (entire, all, whole)

• तथा (tathā) - even in that case (with api) (thus, so, in that manner)

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

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - beneficial, advantageous (welfare, good, prosperity, better)

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

• नः (naḥ) - for us, to us, our

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - (introducing an alternative) or (now, then, moreover, or)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

वयम् (vayam) - we (the Pāṇḍavas) (we (plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun.

एव (eva) - we ourselves, we alone (just, only, indeed, certainly, even)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

एतान् (etān) - these enemies, these Kauravas (these (masculine plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Object of `nihatya`.

निहत्य (nihatya) - having killed, after killing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root `han` (to strike, kill) with prefix `ni` and `lyap` suffix.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O Arjuna (O bull among Bharatas, O best of Bharatas)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull of the Bharatas, best of the Bharatas

Compound 'Bharata' (name of a lineage) + 'ṛṣabha' (bull, best).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – a descendant of Bharata, a member of the Bharata lineage, a king's name
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – a bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Arjuna.

आददीमहि (ādadīmahi) - we would take control of the earth/kingdom (we would take, we would seize, we would appropriate)

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, optative (liṅ) of dā

Optative mood, first person plural

From root `dā` (to give) with prefix `ā` (which can reverse the meaning to 'to take').

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: The prefix 'ā' with `dā` means 'to take'.

गाम् (gām) - the earth, the kingdom (the earth, cow)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, bull, earth, light, speech

Note: Object of `ādadīmahi`.

सर्वाम् (sarvām) - the whole earth (entire, all, whole)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

तथा (tathā) - even in that case (with api) (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial formation from pronominal base 'tad'.

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

(indeclinable)

Particle.

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - beneficial, advantageous (welfare, good, prosperity, better)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - better, superior, more excellent, welfare, good fortune, prosperity

Comparative degree of 'praśasya' (praiseworthy).

Root: śrī

Note: Predicate nominative.

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

नः (naḥ) - for us, to us, our

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun.