महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-174, verse-13

यथा परेऽपि मे लोके न स्यादेवं महात्ययः ।
दौर्भाग्यं ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठास्तस्मात्तप्स्याम्यहं तपः ॥१३॥

13. yathā pare'pi me loke na syādevaṁ mahātyayaḥ ,
daurbhāgyaṁ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāstasmāttapsyāmyahaṁ tapaḥ.

13. yathā pare api me loke na syāt evam mahātyayaḥ
daurbhāgyaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ tasmāt tapsyāmi aham tapaḥ

13. brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ me loke pare api evam mahātyayaḥ
daurbhāgyaṃ na syāt yathā tasmāt aham tapaḥ tapsyāmi

13. O best among brahmins, so that such a great calamity and misfortune may not befall me even in the next world, therefore I shall perform austerity (tapas).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, so that, in order that

• परे (pare) - in the next (world) (in the next, in the other, in the supreme)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

• न (na) - not, no

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let it be, should be

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• महात्ययः (mahātyayaḥ) - great calamity, great destruction, great danger

• दौर्भाग्यं (daurbhāgyaṁ) - misfortune, ill-luck, unhappiness

• ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः (brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ) - O best among brahmins, O excellent brahmins

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• तप्स्यामि (tapsyāmi) - I shall perform austerity, I shall suffer heat

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तपः (tapaḥ) - religious austerity (tapas) (austerity, penance, heat)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, so that, in order that

(indeclinable)

परे (pare) - in the next (world) (in the next, in the other, in the supreme)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, next, supreme, highest

Note: Adjective agreeing with 'loke'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, my

लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let it be, should be

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

महात्ययः (mahātyayaḥ) - great calamity, great destruction, great danger

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātyaya

mahātyaya - great calamity, great destruction, great danger

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+atyaya)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• atyaya – passing away, destruction, calamity, sin
  noun (masculine)

दौर्भाग्यं (daurbhāgyaṁ) - misfortune, ill-luck, unhappiness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of daurbhāgya

daurbhāgya - ill-luck, misfortune, unhappiness

ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः (brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ) - O best among brahmins, O excellent brahmins

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha

brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha - best among brahmins, excellent brahmin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brāhmaṇa+śreṣṭha)

• brāhmaṇa – brahmin, priestly class
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular form of 'tad' used as an indeclinable adverb.

तप्स्यामि (tapsyāmi) - I shall perform austerity, I shall suffer heat

(verb)

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

Root: tap (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

तपः (tapaḥ) - religious austerity (tapas) (austerity, penance, heat)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - religious austerity, penance, heat