महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-120, verse-6

ततः प्रतर्दनोऽप्याह वाक्यं क्षत्रियपुंगवः ।
यथा धर्मरतिर्नित्यं नित्यं युद्धपरायणः ॥६॥

6. tataḥ pratardano'pyāha vākyaṁ kṣatriyapuṁgavaḥ ,
yathā dharmaratirnityaṁ nityaṁ yuddhaparāyaṇaḥ.

6. tataḥ pratardanaḥ api āha vākyam kṣatriyapuṅgavaḥ
yathā dharmaratiḥ nityam nityam yuddhaparaāyaṇaḥ

6. Then Pratardana, the foremost among kṣatriyas, also spoke these words: "Just as I am always devoted to natural law (dharma) and always dedicated to battle..."

Words meanings summery:

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

• प्रतर्दनः (pratardanaḥ) - Pratardana (a proper name)

• अपि (api) - also, even

• आह (āha) - said, spoke

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, sentence)

• क्षत्रियपुङ्गवः (kṣatriyapuṅgavaḥ) - foremost among kṣatriyas, best of warriors

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• धर्मरतिः (dharmaratiḥ) - delight in natural law, devoted to natural law (dharma)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

• युद्धपरआयणः (yuddhaparaāyaṇaḥ) - devoted to battle, intent on war

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

प्रतर्दनः (pratardanaḥ) - Pratardana (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratardana

pratardana - Pratardana (name of a king, son of Divodāsa)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

आह (āha) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of ah

Root: ah (class 2)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, sentence)

(noun)

neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, declaration

क्षत्रियपुङ्गवः (kṣatriyapuṅgavaḥ) - foremost among kṣatriyas, best of warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣatriyapuṅgava

kṣatriyapuṅgava - foremost among kṣatriyas, excellent kṣatriya

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣatriya+puṅgava)

• kṣatriya – member of the warrior class, ruler, protector
  noun (masculine)
• puṅgava – bull, chief, excellent, foremost (often used as the latter part of a compound)
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

धर्मरतिः (dharmaratiḥ) - delight in natural law, devoted to natural law (dharma)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmarati

dharmarati - delight in natural law (dharma), devotion to natural law (dharma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+rati)

• dharma – natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
• rati – pleasure, delight, attachment, devotion
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'ram' (to delight)
  Root: ram (class 1)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use.

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use, emphasis through repetition.

युद्धपरआयणः (yuddhaparaāyaṇaḥ) - devoted to battle, intent on war

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yuddhaparaāyaṇa

yuddhaparaāyaṇa - devoted to battle, intent on war

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yuddha+paraāyaṇa)

• yuddha – fight, battle, war
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'yudh' (to fight)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• paraāyaṇa – chief object, ultimate end, refuge, devoted to
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies Pratardana (implied 'I' in his speech).