महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-125, verse-23

यावच्च राजा ध्रियते धृतराष्ट्रो जनार्दन ।
न्यस्तशस्त्रा वयं ते वाप्युपजीवाम माधव ॥२३॥

23. yāvacca rājā dhriyate dhṛtarāṣṭro janārdana ,
nyastaśastrā vayaṁ te vāpyupajīvāma mādhava.

23. yāvat ca rājā dhriyate dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ janārdana
nyastaśastrā vayam te vā api upajīvāma mādhava

23. O Janārdana, as long as King Dhṛtarāṣṭra is alive, we, having laid down our weapons, will live dependent on him, O Mādhava.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, while, as much as

• च (ca) - and, also

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• ध्रियते (dhriyate) - lives, is alive (is held, is maintained, lives, exists)

• धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (name of the blind king)

• जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Krishna (O Janārdana (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna))

• न्यस्तशस्त्रा (nyastaśastrā) - having laid down weapons

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• ते (te) - on him (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (of him, to him)

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - even, also

• उपजीवाम (upajīvāma) - we live dependent on, we subsist by

• माधव (mādhava) - O Krishna (O Mādhava (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna))

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, while, as much as

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

ध्रियते (dhriyate) - lives, is alive (is held, is maintained, lives, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (name of the blind king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (name of the blind king, son of Vyāsa and Ambikā)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dhṛta+rāṣṭra)

• dhṛta – held, borne, supported, maintained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root dhṛ
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• rāṣṭra – kingdom, realm, country, nation
  noun (neuter)

जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Krishna (O Janārdana (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janārdana

janārdana - Janārdana (an epithet of Vishnu or Krishna, 'agitator of men', 'punisher of the wicked')

Compound type : tatpurusha (jana+ardana)

• jana – person, people, man
  noun (masculine)
• ardana – agitating, tormenting, causing pain, destroying
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from root ard
  Root: ard (class 1)

न्यस्तशस्त्रा (nyastaśastrā) - having laid down weapons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nyastaśastra

nyastaśastra - one who has laid down weapons, disarmed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nyasta+śastra)

• nyasta – laid down, deposited, placed, thrown
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root as with upasarga ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: as (class 4)
• śastra – weapon, arm, tool
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to 'vayam' (we).

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

ते (te) - on him (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (of him, to him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

उपजीवाम (upajīvāma) - we live dependent on, we subsist by

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (lat) of upajīv

Prefix: upa

Root: jīv (class 1)

माधव (mādhava) - O Krishna (O Mādhava (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mādhava

mādhava - Mādhava (an epithet of Vishnu or Krishna, descendant of Madhu, husband of Lakṣmī)