महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-139, verse-39

असयोऽत्र कपालानि पुरोडाशाः शिरांसि च ।
हविस्तु रुधिरं कृष्ण अस्मिन्यज्ञे भविष्यति ॥३९॥

39. asayo'tra kapālāni puroḍāśāḥ śirāṁsi ca ,
havistu rudhiraṁ kṛṣṇa asminyajñe bhaviṣyati.

39. asayaḥ atra kapālāni puroḍāśāḥ śirāṃsi ca
haviḥ tu rudhiraṃ kṛṣṇa asmin yajñe bhaviṣyati

39. atra asayaḥ kapālāni ca śirāṃsi puroḍāśāḥ tu
kṛṣṇa asmin yajñe haviḥ rudhiraṃ bhaviṣyati

39. Here, the swords (will serve as) the skull-cups, and the heads (will be) the sacrificial cakes. But, O Krishna, the oblation in this Vedic ritual (yajña) will be blood.

Words meanings summery:

• असयः (asayaḥ) - swords

• अत्र (atra) - in this (ritual) (here, in this place)

• कपालानि (kapālāni) - skull-cups; potsherds

• पुरोडाशाः (puroḍāśāḥ) - sacrificial cakes (offered to deities)

• शिरांसि (śirāṁsi) - heads

• च (ca) - and

• हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, offering

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• रुधिरं (rudhiraṁ) - blood

• कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Krishna

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the ritual (yajña)

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be

Words meanings and morphology

असयः (asayaḥ) - swords

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asi

asi - sword, scimitar, knife

अत्र (atra) - in this (ritual) (here, in this place)

(indeclinable)

कपालानि (kapālāni) - skull-cups; potsherds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kapāla

kapāla - skull, cranium; potsherd, pan; shell; bowl

Note: Often refers to the skull as a vessel or a fragment of a pot used in rituals.

पुरोडाशाः (puroḍāśāḥ) - sacrificial cakes (offered to deities)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puroḍāśa

puroḍāśa - a cake of ground rice or barley, offered to the gods on potsherds

from puras-dāś 'offered in front'

Prefix: puras

Root: dāś (class 1)

शिरांसि (śirāṁsi) - heads

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śiras

śiras - head, top, peak, summit

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, offering

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of havis

havis - an oblation, offering (especially butter or grain)

from √hu 'to offer'

Root: hu (class 3)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

रुधिरं (rudhiraṁ) - blood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rudhira

rudhira - blood, red, sanguine

कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Krishna

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Krishna, dark-colored, black; name of a prominent deity

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the ritual (yajña)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, devotion, worship, offering

from √yaj 'to worship'

Root: yaj (class 1)

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be

(verb)

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

Future, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)