महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-144, verse-4

कर्ण उवाच ।
न ते न श्रद्दधे वाक्यं क्षत्रिये भाषितं त्वया ।
धर्मद्वारं ममैतत्स्यान्नियोगकरणं तव ॥४॥

4. karṇa uvāca ,
na te na śraddadhe vākyaṁ kṣatriye bhāṣitaṁ tvayā ,
dharmadvāraṁ mamaitatsyānniyogakaraṇaṁ tava.

4. karṇa uvāca na te na śraddadhe vākyam kṣatriye bhāṣitam
tvayā dharmadvāram mama etat syāt niyogakaraṇam tava

4. karṇa uvāca kṣatriye tvayā bhāṣitam te vākyam na
śraddadhe etat tava niyogakaraṇam mama dharmadvāram syāt

4. Karṇa said: "O Kṣatriya woman, I do not have faith in these words spoken by you. Although, for me, carrying out your command would be a gateway to natural law (dharma)."

Words meanings summery:

• कर्ण (karṇa) - Karṇa (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• ते (te) - your, to you

• न (na) - not, no

• श्रद्दधे (śraddadhe) - I place my faith (negated by preceding 'na') (I believe, I have faith, I trust)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

• क्षत्रिये (kṣatriye) - O Kṣatriya woman!

• भाषितम् (bhāṣitam) - spoken, said

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• धर्मद्वारम् (dharmadvāram) - gateway to righteousness (dharma)

• मम (mama) - my, for me

• एतत् (etat) - this

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, may be

• नियोगकरणम् (niyogakaraṇam) - the act of fulfilling a command

• तव (tava) - your

Words meanings and morphology

कर्ण (karṇa) - Karṇa (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - ear, a proper name (Karṇa)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

श्रद्दधे (śraddadhe) - I place my faith (negated by preceding 'na') (I believe, I have faith, I trust)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (lat) of śraddhā

Compound verb from śrad + √dhā

Root: dhā (class 3)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, statement, sentence

क्षत्रिये (kṣatriye) - O Kṣatriya woman!

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of kṣatriyā

kṣatriyā - a Kṣatriya woman (belonging to the warrior/ruling class)

भाषितम् (bhāṣitam) - spoken, said

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhāṣita

bhāṣita - spoken, said, declared

Past Passive Participle

From √bhāṣ (to speak)

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vākyam'

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of tvad

tvad - you

धर्मद्वारम् (dharmadvāram) - gateway to righteousness (dharma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dharmadvāra

dharmadvāra - door/gateway to natural law (dharma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+dvāra)

• dharma – natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  From √dhṛ (to hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• dvāra – door, gate, entrance
  noun (neuter)

मम (mama) - my, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of √as

Root: as (class 2)

नियोगकरणम् (niyogakaraṇam) - the act of fulfilling a command

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of niyogakaraṇa

niyogakaraṇa - performance of a command, execution of an order

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niyoga+karaṇa)

• niyoga – command, order, injunction, appointment
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• karaṇa – doing, making, action, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From √kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you