महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-64, verse-8

यदि ह्येतत्पतेद्भूमौ रुधिरं मम नस्ततः ।
सराष्ट्रस्त्वं महाराज विनश्येथा न संशयः ॥८॥

8. yadi hyetatpatedbhūmau rudhiraṁ mama nastataḥ ,
sarāṣṭrastvaṁ mahārāja vinaśyethā na saṁśayaḥ.

8. yadi hi etat patet bhūmau rudhiram mama naḥ tataḥ
sarāṣṭraḥ tvam mahārāja vinaśyethāḥ na saṃśayaḥ

8. "For if this blood of ours were to fall upon the ground, then you, O great king, would perish along with your kingdom; there is no doubt about it."

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if

• हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

• एतत् (etat) - this (blood) (this)

• पतेत् (patet) - were to fall (may fall, should fall)

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood

• मम (mama) - my (Arjuna's) blood (my, of me)

• नः (naḥ) - our (blood), referring to the Pāṇḍavas (of us, to us)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (as a consequence) (then, thence, therefore)

• सराष्ट्रः (sarāṣṭraḥ) - you (Virāṭa) along with your kingdom (with the kingdom, along with the realm)

• त्वम् (tvam) - O King (Virāṭa) (you)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O King Virāṭa (O great king)

• विनश्येथाः (vinaśyethāḥ) - you would perish, you would be destroyed

• न (na) - not

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (blood) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Qualifies 'rudhiram'.

पतेत् (patet) - were to fall (may fall, should fall)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pat

Optative active

3rd person singular, Optative mood, Parasmaipada.

Root: pat (class 1)

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

Note: Location.

रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rudhira

rudhira - blood

Root: rudh

Note: Subject of 'patet'.

मम (mama) - my (Arjuna's) blood (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Genitive singular of 'asmad' (first person pronoun).

Note: Refers to Arjuna.

नः (naḥ) - our (blood), referring to the Pāṇḍavas (of us, to us)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

Genitive/Dative plural of 'asmad' (first person pronoun).

Note: In conjunction with 'mama', emphasizes 'our' blood, not just Arjuna's.

ततः (tataḥ) - then (as a consequence) (then, thence, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from 'tad'.

सराष्ट्रः (sarāṣṭraḥ) - you (Virāṭa) along with your kingdom (with the kingdom, along with the realm)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarāṣṭra

sarāṣṭra - together with the kingdom, having a kingdom

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+rāṣṭra)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• rāṣṭra – kingdom, realm, country
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'tvam'.

त्वम् (tvam) - O King (Virāṭa) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Nominative singular of 'yuṣmad' (second person pronoun).

महाराज (mahārāja) - O King Virāṭa (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārājan

mahārājan - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)

Note: Address to the king.

विनश्येथाः (vinaśyethāḥ) - you would perish, you would be destroyed

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of naś

Optative active

2nd person singular, Optative mood, Parasmaipada, with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: The form `vinaśyethāḥ` is the 2nd person singular optative of `vi-naś`.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'saṃśayaḥ'.

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

From root śī (to lie) with sam- and a.

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Predicate nominative for an implied 'asti' (is).