महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-37, verse-14

अवश्यं राजपिण्डस्तैर्निर्वेश्य इति मे मतिः ।
तस्मात्त्यक्ष्यन्ति संग्रामे प्राणानपि सुदुस्त्यजान् ॥१४॥

14. avaśyaṁ rājapiṇḍastairnirveśya iti me matiḥ ,
tasmāttyakṣyanti saṁgrāme prāṇānapi sudustyajān.

14. avaśyam rājapiṇḍaḥ taiḥ nirveśyaḥ iti me matiḥ
tasmāt tyakṣyanti saṃgrāme prāṇān api sudustyajān

14. My conviction is that they must certainly repay the king's favor. Therefore, in battle, they will sacrifice even their lives, which are very difficult to abandon.

Words meanings summery:

• अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - certainly (certainly, necessarily, inevitably)

• राजपिण्डः (rājapiṇḍaḥ) - royal favor or sustenance from the king (king's food, royal sustenance, royal favor)

• तैः (taiḥ) - by them (Bhishma, Drona, Kripa) (by them, with them)

• निर्वेश्यः (nirveśyaḥ) - to be repaid (the royal favor) (to be repaid, to be discharged, to be paid back)

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of a thought or quote) (thus, in this way, so)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

• मतिः (matiḥ) - opinion, conviction (mind, thought, opinion, intention)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, for that reason)

• त्यक्ष्यन्ति (tyakṣyanti) - they will sacrifice (they will abandon, they will forsake, they will sacrifice)

• संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in battle (in battle, in combat, in war)

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives (lives, vital breaths, life forces)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• सुदुस्त्यजान् (sudustyajān) - very difficult to abandon (very difficult to abandon, extremely hard to give up)

Words meanings and morphology

अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - certainly (certainly, necessarily, inevitably)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often functions as an adverb.

राजपिण्डः (rājapiṇḍaḥ) - royal favor or sustenance from the king (king's food, royal sustenance, royal favor)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājapiṇḍa

rājapiṇḍa - king's food, royal sustenance, royal favor, patronage

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (rājan+piṇḍa)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• piṇḍa – lump of food, oblation, sustenance, livelihood
  noun (masculine)

तैः (taiḥ) - by them (Bhishma, Drona, Kripa) (by them, with them)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

Note: Refers to the warriors mentioned in the previous verse.

निर्वेश्यः (nirveśyaḥ) - to be repaid (the royal favor) (to be repaid, to be discharged, to be paid back)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirveśya

nirveśya - to be repaid, to be discharged, to be paid, to be compensated

Gerundive

Formed from root viś with prefix nir, meaning 'to settle, to pay'.

Prefix: nir

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Used with a passive sense, 'must be repaid'.

इति (iti) - (marks the end of a thought or quote) (thus, in this way, so)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form of the first person pronoun.

मतिः (matiḥ) - opinion, conviction (mind, thought, opinion, intention)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, thought, intelligence, opinion, belief, intention, conviction

Root: man (class 4)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, for that reason)

(indeclinable)

Note: Ablative singular of 'tad' used as an adverb.

त्यक्ष्यन्ति (tyakṣyanti) - they will sacrifice (they will abandon, they will forsake, they will sacrifice)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of tyaj

Future tense, parasmaipada.

Root: tyaj (class 1)

संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in battle (in battle, in combat, in war)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃgrāma

saṁgrāma - battle, combat, war, conflict

Prefix: sam

Root: gram

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives (lives, vital breaths, life forces)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, life force, spirit

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

सुदुस्त्यजान् (sudustyajān) - very difficult to abandon (very difficult to abandon, extremely hard to give up)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sudustyaja

sudustyaja - very difficult to abandon or give up, extremely hard to forsake

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+dustyaja)

• su – good, well, excellent, very, easily
  indeclinable
• dustyaja – difficult to abandon, hard to give up
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  Formed from root tyaj 'to abandon' with prefix dus 'difficult'.
  Prefix: dus
  Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Modifies prāṇān.