महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-166, verse-3

न ह्यहं नाद्य विक्रम्य स्थविरोऽपि शिशोस्तव ।
युद्धश्रद्धां रणे छिन्द्यां जीवितस्य च सूतज ॥३॥

3. na hyahaṁ nādya vikramya sthaviro'pi śiśostava ,
yuddhaśraddhāṁ raṇe chindyāṁ jīvitasya ca sūtaja.

3. na hi aham na adya vikramya sthaviraḥ api śiśoḥ tava
| yuddhaśraddhām raṇe chindyām jīvitasya ca sūtaja

3. sūtaja hi aham sthaviraḥ api tava śiśoḥ na adya
vikramya raṇe yuddhaśraddhām ca jīvitasya chindyām

3. Indeed, O son of a charioteer, I, though old, will not today, *by not exerting my prowess* against you who are but a youth, destroy your enthusiasm (śraddhā) for battle or your life in this conflict.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• अहम् (aham) - I

• न (na) - not, no

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• विक्रम्य (vikramya) - by fighting fiercely (having exerted, having shown prowess, by attacking)

• स्थविरः (sthaviraḥ) - I, though old (old, ancient)

• अपि (api) - even though (I am old) (also, even, though)

• शिशोः (śiśoḥ) - of you, a mere youth (of a child, of a youth)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• युद्धश्रद्धाम् (yuddhaśraddhām) - desire for battle, enthusiasm for war

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in the fight

• छिन्द्याम् (chindyām) - I would crush/destroy (your desire and life) (I would cut, I should cut off, I would destroy)

• जीवितस्य (jīvitasya) - of your life (of life, of existence)

• च (ca) - and

• सूतज (sūtaja) - O Karṇa, who is believed to be the son of a charioteer (O son of a sūta (charioteer))

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Primary negation for the verb `chindyām`.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the following adverbial phrase 'adya vikramya'.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

विक्रम्य (vikramya) - by fighting fiercely (having exerted, having shown prowess, by attacking)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from root kram- (to step, stride) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Indicates an action preceding the main verb, here negated by preceding 'na'.

स्थविरः (sthaviraḥ) - I, though old (old, ancient)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthavira

sthavira - old, aged, ancient

Note: Agrees with implicit 'aham'.

अपि (api) - even though (I am old) (also, even, though)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions adverbially to indicate concession.

शिशोः (śiśoḥ) - of you, a mere youth (of a child, of a youth)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śiśu

śiśu - child, infant, young animal

Note: Possessive, referring to Karṇa.

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

Note: Possessive, agreeing with `śiśoḥ`.

युद्धश्रद्धाम् (yuddhaśraddhām) - desire for battle, enthusiasm for war

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yuddhaśraddhā

yuddhaśraddhā - desire for battle, enthusiasm (śraddhā) for war

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (yuddha+śraddhā)

• yuddha – battle, war, fight
  noun (neuter)
• śraddhā – faith, belief, trust, enthusiasm, reverence
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of `chindyām`.

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in the fight

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, conflict

Root: raṇ (class 1)

Note: Denotes the place/context of the action.

छिन्द्याम् (chindyām) - I would crush/destroy (your desire and life) (I would cut, I should cut off, I would destroy)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of chid

optative mode

root chid- (class 7), optative first person singular

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Expresses potentiality or desire (here, negation of desire).

जीवितस्य (jīvitasya) - of your life (of life, of existence)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, livelihood

past passive participle of jīv- (to live), used as a noun

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Governed by `chindyām` (cutting off life).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

सूतज (sūtaja) - O Karṇa, who is believed to be the son of a charioteer (O son of a sūta (charioteer))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sūtaja

sūtaja - son of a sūta (charioteer)

compound of sūta (charioteer) and ja (born from)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sūta+ja)

• sūta – charioteer, bard, offspring of a kṣatriya father and brāhmaṇa mother
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  from root jan- (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: A term of address for Karṇa.