महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-153, verse-25

कर्ण उवाच ।
नाहं जीवति गाङ्गेये योत्स्ये राजन्कथंचन ।
हते भीष्मे तु योत्स्यामि सह गाण्डीवधन्वना ॥२५॥

25. karṇa uvāca ,
nāhaṁ jīvati gāṅgeye yotsye rājankathaṁcana ,
hate bhīṣme tu yotsyāmi saha gāṇḍīvadhanvanā.

25. karṇaḥ uvāca na aham jīvati gāṅgeye yotsye rājan
kathaṃcana hate bhīṣme tu yotsyāmi saha gāṇḍīvadhanvanā

25. karṇaḥ uvāca rājan aham gāṅgeye jīvati kathaṃcana na
yotsye tu bhīṣme hate gāṇḍīvadhanvanā saha yotsyāmi

25. Karṇa said: 'O King, I will not fight at all while Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma) is alive. However, when Bhīṣma is killed, I will fight alongside the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow (Arjuna).'

Words meanings summery:

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - I

• जीवति (jīvati) - while living, when alive

• गाङ्गेये (gāṅgeye) - refers to Bhīṣma (in Gāṅgeya, concerning Gāṅgeya)

• योत्स्ये (yotsye) - I will fight

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, at all

• हते (hate) - killed, having been killed

• भीष्मे (bhīṣme) - in Bhīṣma, when Bhīṣma is

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• योत्स्यामि (yotsyāmi) - I will fight

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• गाण्डीवधन्वना (gāṇḍīvadhanvanā) - refers to Arjuna (with the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow)

Words meanings and morphology

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karna (proper name of a hero in the Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

जीवति (jīvati) - while living, when alive

(verbal derivative)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction with 'gāṅgeye'.

गाङ्गेये (gāṅgeye) - refers to Bhīṣma (in Gāṅgeya, concerning Gāṅgeya)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of gāṅgeya

gāṅgeya - son of Ganga, an epithet for Bhīṣma

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction with 'jīvati'.

योत्स्ये (yotsye) - I will fight

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, at all

(indeclinable)

हते (hate) - killed, having been killed

(verbal derivative)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction with 'bhīṣme'.

भीष्मे (bhīṣme) - in Bhīṣma, when Bhīṣma is

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (proper name of a hero in the Mahabharata), formidable, terrible

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction with 'hate'.

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

योत्स्यामि (yotsyāmi) - I will fight

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs the instrumental case.

गाण्डीवधन्वना (gāṇḍīvadhanvanā) - refers to Arjuna (with the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of gāṇḍīvadhanvan

gāṇḍīvadhanvan - one whose bow is Gāṇḍīva, wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gāṇḍīva+dhanvan)

• gāṇḍīva – Gāṇḍīva (the name of Arjuna's bow)
  proper noun (neuter)
• dhanvan – bow, archer
  noun (neuter)