महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-50, verse-8

यदि मे प्रथमं द्रोणः शरीरे प्रहरिष्यति ।
ततोऽस्य प्रहरिष्यामि नास्य कोपो भविष्यति ॥८॥

8. yadi me prathamaṁ droṇaḥ śarīre prahariṣyati ,
tato'sya prahariṣyāmi nāsya kopo bhaviṣyati.

8. yadi me prathamam droṇaḥ śarīre prahariṣyati
tataḥ asya prahariṣyāmi na asya kopaḥ bhaviṣyati

8. If Droṇa strikes my body first, then I will strike him back. His anger will not arise.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• मे (me) - My (body), referring to Arjuna's body. (my, to me, for me)

• प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first, initially

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa

• शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body, on the body

• प्रहरिष्यति (prahariṣyati) - will strike, will hit, will assault

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• अस्य (asya) - To him (Droṇa), the person to be struck. (of him, to him, him)

• प्रहरिष्यामि (prahariṣyāmi) - I will strike, I will hit, I will assault

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्य (asya) - His (Droṇa's) anger. (his, of him)

• कोपः (kopaḥ) - anger, wrath, fury

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will arise, will be present (will be, will exist, will happen)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

Conditional conjunction.

मे (me) - My (body), referring to Arjuna's body. (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Dative/Genitive singular of 1st person pronoun `aham`.

Note: Can be genitive or dative. Here, functions as possessive for 'body'.

प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first, initially

(indeclinable)

Adverbial accusative of adjective.

Root: prath (class 1)

Note: Adverbially, it means 'first'.

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Droṇa (proper name of the preceptor of the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas)

Note: Subject of 'prahariṣyati'.

शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body, on the body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical frame, material form

Root: śṝ (class 9)

Note: Locative of place where the action occurs.

प्रहरिष्यति (prahariṣyati) - will strike, will hit, will assault

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of prahṛ

Future, 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada

Formed from root `hṛ` (1st class) with prefix `pra`, and future ending `iṣyati`.

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle.

अस्य (asya) - To him (Droṇa), the person to be struck. (of him, to him, him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Genitive singular of demonstrative pronoun `idam`.

Note: Used as dative/accusative, 'to him' or 'him'.

प्रहरिष्यामि (prahariṣyāmi) - I will strike, I will hit, I will assault

(verb)

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

Future, 1st person singular, Parasmaipada

Formed from root `hṛ` (1st class) with prefix `pra`, and future ending `iṣyāmi`.

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

अस्य (asya) - His (Droṇa's) anger. (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Genitive singular of demonstrative pronoun `idam`.

कोपः (kopaḥ) - anger, wrath, fury

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kopa

kopa - anger, wrath, fury, indignation

Derived from root kup (to be angry).

Root: kup (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'bhaviṣyati'.

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will arise, will be present (will be, will exist, will happen)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Future, 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada

Root `bhū` (1st class), future tense.

Root: bhū (class 1)