महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-46, verse-12

अपि सर्वेश्वरत्वं हि न वाञ्छेरन्पराजिताः ।
वधे नूनं भवेच्छान्तिस्तेषां वा फल्गुनस्य वा ॥१२॥

12. api sarveśvaratvaṁ hi na vāñcheranparājitāḥ ,
vadhe nūnaṁ bhavecchāntisteṣāṁ vā phalgunasya vā.

12. api sarveśvaratvam hi na vāñcheran parājitāḥ
vadhe nūnaṃ bhavet śāntiḥ teṣām vā phālgunasya vā

12. Indeed, even the defeated would not desire universal sovereignty (sarveśvaratvam). Certainly, peace would come from the slaying of either them or Arjuna.

Words meanings summery:

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

• सर्वेश्वरत्वम् (sarveśvaratvam) - sovereignty over all, universal lordship, supremacy

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• न (na) - not, no

• वाञ्छेरन् (vāñcheran) - they would wish, they might desire

• पराजिताः (parājitāḥ) - the defeated ones, vanquished

• वधे (vadhe) - in killing, by means of killing, concerning killing

• नूनं (nūnaṁ) - certainly, surely, indeed

• भवेत् (bhavet) - there would be, it would happen, it might be

• शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace, tranquility, cessation, end

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• फाल्गुनस्य (phālgunasya) - of Arjuna, referring to the Pāṇḍava prince (of Arjuna)

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - even, also, too, moreover

(indeclinable)

सर्वेश्वरत्वम् (sarveśvaratvam) - sovereignty over all, universal lordship, supremacy

(noun)

neuter, singular of sarveśvaratva

sarveśvaratva - sovereignty over all, universal lordship, supremacy

Derived from sarveśvara + -tva (abstract suffix)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+īśvara+tva)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler, god
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)
• tva – the state or condition of being
  suffix (neuter)
  Abstract noun suffix

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वाञ्छेरन् (vāñcheran) - they would wish, they might desire

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of vāñch

Optative mood, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural

Root vāñch, Class 1

Root: vāñch (class 1)

पराजिताः (parājitāḥ) - the defeated ones, vanquished

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parājita

parājita - defeated, vanquished, overcome

Past Passive Participle

From prefix parā + root √ji (to conquer)

Prefix: parā

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Used here as a substantive: 'the defeated ones'.

वधे (vadhe) - in killing, by means of killing, concerning killing

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaughter, slaying, murder

From root √vadh/√han (to strike, to kill)

Root: han (class 2)

नूनं (nūnaṁ) - certainly, surely, indeed

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - there would be, it would happen, it might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Optative mood, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

Root bhū, Class 1

Root: bhū (class 1)

शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace, tranquility, cessation, end

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śānti

śānti - peace, tranquility, rest, cessation, absence of passion

From root √śam (to be calm, to cease)

Root: śam (class 4)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those (pronoun)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

फाल्गुनस्य (phālgunasya) - of Arjuna, referring to the Pāṇḍava prince (of Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of phālguna

phālguna - Arjuna (name of a month, also a name for Arjuna, born under Phalguni star)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)