महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-153, verse-17

अपि चैव मया श्रेयो वाच्यं तेषां नराधिप ।
योद्धव्यं तु तवार्थाय यथा स समयः कृतः ॥१७॥

17. api caiva mayā śreyo vācyaṁ teṣāṁ narādhipa ,
yoddhavyaṁ tu tavārthāya yathā sa samayaḥ kṛtaḥ.

17. api ca eva mayā śreyaḥ vācyam teṣām narādhipa |
yoddhavyam tu tava arthāya yathā saḥ samayaḥ kṛtaḥ

17. narādhipa,
api ca eva mayā teṣām śreyaḥ vācyam tu yathā saḥ samayaḥ kṛtaḥ,
(tathā) tava arthāya yoddhavyam

17. Moreover, O lord of men, I must advise them on what is beneficial. However, I must fight for your cause, as that is the agreement (samaya) I have made.

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - moreover (also, even, moreover)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, exactly)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - what is beneficial (good, benefit, welfare, what is best)

• वाच्यम् (vācyam) - must be advised (to be spoken, ought to be said)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them (the Pandavas) (of them, to them)

• नराधिप (narādhipa) - O lord of men (addressing Duryodhana) (O king, O lord of men)

• योद्धव्यम् (yoddhavyam) - I must fight (to be fought, ought to be fought)

• तु (tu) - however (but, yet, on the other hand)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• अर्थाय (arthāya) - for your cause (for the sake of, for the purpose of, for wealth)

• यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, in which way)

• सः (saḥ) - that (agreement) (that, he)

• समयः (samayaḥ) - agreement (samaya) (agreement, covenant, vow, time)

• कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made (agreement) (made, done, performed)

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - moreover (also, even, moreover)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, exactly)

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - what is beneficial (good, benefit, welfare, what is best)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - better, best, good, welfare, prosperity

Note: Used substantively as 'the good' or 'what is beneficial'.

वाच्यम् (vācyam) - must be advised (to be spoken, ought to be said)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vācya

vācya - to be spoken, to be said, speakable

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

Formed from root 'vac' (to speak) with suffix -ya.

Root: vac (class 2)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them (the Pandavas) (of them, to them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

नराधिप (narādhipa) - O lord of men (addressing Duryodhana) (O king, O lord of men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narādhipa

narādhipa - king, lord of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+adhipa)

• nara – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, chief
  noun (masculine)

योद्धव्यम् (yoddhavyam) - I must fight (to be fought, ought to be fought)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yoddhavya

yoddhavya - to be fought, fightable

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

Formed from root 'yudh' (to fight) with suffix -tavya.

Root: yudh (class 4)

तु (tu) - however (but, yet, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अर्थाय (arthāya) - for your cause (for the sake of, for the purpose of, for wealth)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, wealth, object, cause

Note: Used with genitive (tava) to mean 'for your sake'.

यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that (agreement) (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

समयः (samayaḥ) - agreement (samaya) (agreement, covenant, vow, time)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samaya

samaya - agreement, convention, vow, time, season, juncture

कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made (agreement) (made, done, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, performed, finished

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root 'kṛ' (to do, make) with suffix -ta.

Root: kṛ (class 8)