महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-157, verse-12

अस्मान्वा त्वं पराजित्य प्रशाधि पृथिवीमिमाम् ।
अथ वा निहतोऽस्माभिर्वीरलोकं गमिष्यसि ॥१२॥

12. asmānvā tvaṁ parājitya praśādhi pṛthivīmimām ,
atha vā nihato'smābhirvīralokaṁ gamiṣyasi.

12. asmān vā tvaṃ parājitya praśādhi pṛthivīm imām
atha vā nihataḥ asmābhiḥ vīralokaṃ gamiṣyasi

12. tvaṃ asmān vā parājitya imām pṛthivīm praśādhi
atha vā asmābhiḥ nihataḥ vīralokaṃ gamiṣyasi

12. Either you defeat us and rule this earth, or else, slain by us, you will go to the world of heroes.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us

• वा (vā) - or (introducing alternatives) (or, either...or)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• पराजित्य (parājitya) - having defeated, having overcome

• प्रशाधि (praśādhi) - rule (the earth) (rule, govern, command)

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth

• इमाम् (imām) - this

• अथ (atha) - or else (in `atha vā`) (then, now, moreover, and, or)

• वा (vā) - or (introducing the second alternative) (or, either...or)

• निहतः (nihataḥ) - slain (by us) (slain, killed, struck down)

• अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us

• वीरलोकं (vīralokaṁ) - the world of heroes (the world of heroes, hero's heaven)

• गमिष्यसि (gamiṣyasi) - you will go, you will reach

Words meanings and morphology

अस्मान् (asmān) - us

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun.

Note: Object of `parājitya`.

वा (vā) - or (introducing alternatives) (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun.

Note: Subject of `parājitya` and `praśādhi`.

पराजित्य (parājitya) - having defeated, having overcome

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with `parā` + root `ji` (to conquer) + `lyap` suffix.

Prefix: parā

Root: ji (class 1)

प्रशाधि (praśādhi) - rule (the earth) (rule, govern, command)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of praśādhi

Imperative mood, second person singular

From `pra` + root `śās` (to rule) + `loṭ` (imperative) second person singular.

Prefix: pra

Root: śās (class 2)

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground, world

इमाम् (imām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Modifies `pṛthivīm`.

अथ (atha) - or else (in `atha vā`) (then, now, moreover, and, or)

(indeclinable)

Particle introducing a new clause or alternative.

वा (vā) - or (introducing the second alternative) (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Paired with `atha` to mean 'or else'.

निहतः (nihataḥ) - slain (by us) (slain, killed, struck down)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - struck, killed, slain, destroyed, placed down

Past Passive Participle

Derived from `ni` + root `han` (to strike, kill) + `kta` suffix.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun.

Note: Agent of the passive participle `nihataḥ`.

वीरलोकं (vīralokaṁ) - the world of heroes (the world of heroes, hero's heaven)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vīraloka

vīraloka - world of heroes, hero's heaven, abode of the brave

`vīra` (hero) + `loka` (world).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vīra+loka)

• vīra – hero, brave, mighty, warrior
  noun (masculine)
• loka – world, region, people, mankind
  noun (masculine)

Note: Destination of `gamiṣyasi`.

गमिष्यसि (gamiṣyasi) - you will go, you will reach

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of gamiṣyasi

Future tense, second person singular

From root `gam` (to go) + `syā` (future marker) + `si` (second person singular).

Root: gam (class 1)