महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-2, verse-6

न त्वेतान्युध्यमानान्वै हनिष्यामि कथंचन ।
तथैतान्पातयिष्यामि यथा यास्यन्ति न क्षयम् ॥६॥

6. na tvetānyudhyamānānvai haniṣyāmi kathaṁcana ,
tathaitānpātayiṣyāmi yathā yāsyanti na kṣayam.

6. na tu etān yudhyamānān vai haniṣyāmi kathaṃcana
tathā etān pātayiṣyāmi yathā yāsyanti na kṣayam

6. Indeed, I will certainly not kill these combatants by any means. Instead, I will bring them down in such a way that they will not meet utter destruction.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• एतान् (etān) - these (combatants/fighters) (these (masculine))

• युध्यमानान् (yudhyamānān) - the warriors who are fighting (the fighting ones, combatants)

• वै (vai) - certainly (indeed, verily, surely)

• हनिष्यामि (haniṣyāmi) - I will kill (them) (I will kill, I will strike)

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means (by any means, in any way, somehow)

• तथा (tathā) - instead, similarly (thus, so, in that manner)

• एतान् (etān) - these (combatants/fighters) (these (masculine))

• पातयिष्यामि (pātayiṣyāmi) - I will bring them down, I will fell them (I will cause to fall, I will bring down, I will fell)

• यथा (yathā) - in such a way that (as, so that, in such a way that)

• यास्यन्ति (yāsyanti) - they will meet (their end) (they will go, they will proceed)

• न (na) - not, no

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - utter destruction, annihilation (destruction, decay, loss, end)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

एतान् (etān) - these (combatants/fighters) (these (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

युध्यमानान् (yudhyamānān) - the warriors who are fighting (the fighting ones, combatants)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yudhyamāna

yudhyamāna - fighting, engaged in battle

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root yudh (class 4) with Śānac suffix, used in passive or middle sense. Declines like a noun.

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Functions as a substantive here.

वै (vai) - certainly (indeed, verily, surely)

(indeclinable)

Note: An emphatic particle.

हनिष्यामि (haniṣyāmi) - I will kill (them) (I will kill, I will strike)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means (by any means, in any way, somehow)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - instead, similarly (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

एतान् (etān) - these (combatants/fighters) (these (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

पातयिष्यामि (pātayiṣyāmi) - I will bring them down, I will fell them (I will cause to fall, I will bring down, I will fell)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of pātay

Causative

Causative stem from root pat (to fall) with suffix -ay

Root: pat (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - in such a way that (as, so that, in such a way that)

(indeclinable)

यास्यन्ति (yāsyanti) - they will meet (their end) (they will go, they will proceed)

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - utter destruction, annihilation (destruction, decay, loss, end)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, decay, loss, decrease, end

From root kṣi (to waste away)

Root: kṣi (class 1)