महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-133, verse-14

आत्मानं वा परित्यज्य शत्रून्वा विनिपात्य वै ।
अतोऽन्येन प्रकारेण शान्तिरस्य कुतो भवेत् ॥१४॥

14. ātmānaṁ vā parityajya śatrūnvā vinipātya vai ,
ato'nyena prakāreṇa śāntirasya kuto bhavet.

14. ātmānaṃ vā parityajya śatrūn vā vinipātya vai
ataḥ anyena prakāreṇa śāntiḥ asya kutaḥ bhavet

14. vā ātmānaṃ parityajya vā śatrūn vinipātya vai
ataḥ anyena prakāreṇa asya śāntiḥ kutaḥ bhavet

14. Having either abandoned his own self (ātman) or utterly destroyed his enemies, by any other means, how can there be peace for him (this person)?

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - one's own self (ātman), one's life or being (self, soul, spirit)

• वा (vā) - either (or, either)

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having sacrificed or given up (one's life) (having abandoned, having forsaken)

• शत्रून् (śatrūn) - opponents in battle (enemies, foes)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• विनिपात्य (vinipātya) - having completely vanquished (enemies) (having utterly destroyed, having struck down)

• वै (vai) - indeed, (emphatic particle) (indeed, certainly, surely)

• अतः (ataḥ) - otherwise, by other means (than the two mentioned options) (hence, therefore, from this)

• अन्येन (anyena) - by any other (method) (by other, by different)

• प्रकारेण (prakāreṇa) - by (any other) means or method (by means, by method, by kind)

• शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace (of mind or state) (peace, tranquility, calm)

• अस्य (asya) - for him (the person previously described) (of him, for him, his)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how (can it be) (whence, from where, how)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - could there be, would be (may it be, should be, could be)

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - one's own self (ātman), one's life or being (self, soul, spirit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, life, mind (ātman)

Note: Object of 'parityajya'.

वा (vā) - either (or, either)

(indeclinable)

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having sacrificed or given up (one's life) (having abandoned, having forsaken)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From pari + root tyaj (to abandon, sacrifice) + ya suffix

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

शत्रून् (śatrūn) - opponents in battle (enemies, foes)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śatru

śatru - enemy, foe, adversary

Note: Object of 'vinipātya'.

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

विनिपात्य (vinipātya) - having completely vanquished (enemies) (having utterly destroyed, having struck down)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund) of causative

From vi + ni + root pat (to fall), causative pātaya (to cause to fall) + ya suffix

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: pat (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed, (emphatic particle) (indeed, certainly, surely)

(indeclinable)

अतः (ataḥ) - otherwise, by other means (than the two mentioned options) (hence, therefore, from this)

(indeclinable)

From pronoun 'ad' + tas suffix

अन्येन (anyena) - by any other (method) (by other, by different)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Agrees with 'prakāreṇa'.

प्रकारेण (prakāreṇa) - by (any other) means or method (by means, by method, by kind)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prakāra

prakāra - manner, method, kind, mode, way

From pra + root kṛ (to do, make)

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace (of mind or state) (peace, tranquility, calm)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śānti

śānti - peace, tranquility, calm, cessation, rest

From root śam (to be calm, cease)

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'bhavet'.

अस्य (asya) - for him (the person previously described) (of him, for him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how (can it be) (whence, from where, how)

(indeclinable)

From pronoun 'kim' + tas suffix

Note: Interrogative adverb.

भवेत् (bhavet) - could there be, would be (may it be, should be, could be)

(verb)

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

Optative Mood, 3rd Person Singular

Root bhū (to be, exist) in the 1st class.

Root: bhū (class 1)