महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-21, verse-32

सत्यं भ्रातॄंश्च धर्मं च पुरस्कृत्य ब्रवीमि ते ।
कीचकं निहनिष्यामि वृत्रं देवपतिर्यथा ॥३२॥

32. satyaṁ bhrātṝṁśca dharmaṁ ca puraskṛtya bravīmi te ,
kīcakaṁ nihaniṣyāmi vṛtraṁ devapatiryathā.

32. satyaṃ bhrātṝn ca dharmaṃ ca puraskṛtya bravīmi
te kīcakaṃ nihaniṣyāmi vṛtraṃ devapatiḥ yathā

32. I declare to you, holding truth, my brothers, and (natural law) dharma as paramount: I will kill Kīcaka, just as the lord of the gods (Indra) killed Vṛtra.

Words meanings summery:

• सत्यं (satyaṁ) - truth (truth, reality)

• भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

• च (ca) - and

• धर्मं (dharmaṁ) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness)

• च (ca) - and

• पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - holding as paramount (having put in front, having honored, having made foremost)

• ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I declare (I speak, I say)

• ते (te) - to you (to you, your)

• कीचकं (kīcakaṁ) - Kīcaka

• निहनिष्यामि (nihaniṣyāmi) - I will kill (I will kill, I will strike down)

• वृत्रं (vṛtraṁ) - Vṛtra (the demon)

• देवपतिः (devapatiḥ) - the lord of the gods (Indra) (lord of the gods)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as)

Words meanings and morphology

सत्यं (satyaṁ) - truth (truth, reality)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, real, right, sincere

Note: Can also be used adverbially to mean 'truly'.

भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

धर्मं (dharmaṁ) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - holding as paramount (having put in front, having honored, having made foremost)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund) with prefix

from puras-kṛ (to place in front, honor)

Prefix: puras

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I declare (I speak, I say)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

ते (te) - to you (to you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Alternate forms: genitive singular.

कीचकं (kīcakaṁ) - Kīcaka

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kīcaka

kīcaka - Kīcaka (a character in the Mahabharata)

निहनिष्यामि (nihaniṣyāmi) - I will kill (I will kill, I will strike down)

(verb)

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

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

वृत्रं (vṛtraṁ) - Vṛtra (the demon)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛtra

vṛtra - Vṛtra (a Vedic demon, personification of drought, slain by Indra)

देवपतिः (devapatiḥ) - the lord of the gods (Indra) (lord of the gods)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of devapati

devapati - lord of the gods, master of the gods

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+pati)

• deva – god, divine
  noun (masculine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as)

(indeclinable)