महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-125, verse-17

ते वयं वीरशयनं प्राप्स्यामो यदि संयुगे ।
अप्रणम्यैव शत्रूणां न नस्तप्स्यति माधव ॥१७॥

17. te vayaṁ vīraśayanaṁ prāpsyāmo yadi saṁyuge ,
apraṇamyaiva śatrūṇāṁ na nastapsyati mādhava.

17. te vayam vīraśayanam prāpsyāmaḥ yadi saṃyuge
apraṇamya eva śatrūṇām na naḥ tapsyati mādhava

17. If we, in battle, achieve a hero's bed without ever bowing to our enemies, O Madhava, it will not cause us grief.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - these (emphasizing 'we') (those, they)

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• वीरशयनम् (vīraśayanam) - death on the battlefield (which is considered glorious for a warrior) (hero's bed, deathbed of a hero)

• प्राप्स्यामः (prāpsyāmaḥ) - we will attain, we will reach, we will obtain

• यदि (yadi) - if

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in conflict

• अप्रणम्य (apraṇamya) - without submitting or surrendering (without bowing down, without prostrating)

• एव (eva) - emphasizes the negation: 'not at all bowing' (indeed, certainly, only)

• शत्रूणाम् (śatrūṇām) - to our enemies (the ones we are fighting) (of enemies, to enemies)

• न (na) - not

• नः (naḥ) - us, to us

• तप्स्यति (tapsyati) - it will not cause us grief (referring to the act of dying without bowing) (it will grieve, it will cause pain, it will afflict)

• माधव (mādhava) - O Krishna, descendant of Madhu (O Madhava)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - these (emphasizing 'we') (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

demonstrative pronoun

Note: Used idiomatically with `vayam` for emphasis.

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

वीरशयनम् (vīraśayanam) - death on the battlefield (which is considered glorious for a warrior) (hero's bed, deathbed of a hero)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vīraśayana

vīraśayana - hero's bed, deathbed of a hero (often referring to lying dead on the battlefield)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vīra+śayana)

• vīra – hero, warrior
  noun (masculine)
• śayana – bed, couch, lying down
  noun (neuter)
  from √śī
  Root: śī (class 2)

प्राप्स्यामः (prāpsyāmaḥ) - we will attain, we will reach, we will obtain

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of prāp

future tense

from pra + √āp

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - battle, conflict, war

from sam + √yuj

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

अप्रणम्य (apraṇamya) - without submitting or surrendering (without bowing down, without prostrating)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund) with negative prefix

from a + pra + √nam, forming a gerund (lyap)

Prefix: pra

Root: nam (class 1)

एव (eva) - emphasizes the negation: 'not at all bowing' (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

शत्रूणाम् (śatrūṇām) - to our enemies (the ones we are fighting) (of enemies, to enemies)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śatru

śatru - enemy, foe

Root: śad

Note: Functions as a dative 'to enemies' in this context with `apraṇamya`.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb `tapsyati`.

नः (naḥ) - us, to us

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

enclitic form of the pronoun 'we'

Note: Functions as dative 'to us' with `tapsyati`.

तप्स्यति (tapsyati) - it will not cause us grief (referring to the act of dying without bowing) (it will grieve, it will cause pain, it will afflict)

(verb)

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

future tense

from √tap

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: The subject is the implicit act described in the preceding clause.

माधव (mādhava) - O Krishna, descendant of Madhu (O Madhava)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mādhava

mādhava - descendant of Madhu; a name of Krishna/Vishnu

vṛddhi derivative from Madhu