महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-176, verse-13

अम्बोवाच ।
ममाप्येष महान्ब्रह्मन्हृदि कामोऽभिवर्तते ।
घातयेयं यदि रणे भीष्ममित्येव नित्यदा ॥१३॥

13. ambovāca ,
mamāpyeṣa mahānbrahmanhṛdi kāmo'bhivartate ,
ghātayeyaṁ yadi raṇe bhīṣmamityeva nityadā.

13. ambā uvāca | mama api eṣa mahān brahman hṛdi kāmaḥ
abhivartate | ghātayeyam yadi raṇe bhīṣmam iti eva nityadā

13. ambā uvāca brahman mama hṛdi eṣa mahān kāmaḥ api
abhivartate yadi raṇe bhīṣmam ghātayeyam iti eva nityadā

13. Amba said: "O Brahmin, this great desire (kāma) also dwells in my heart: that I may always slay Bhishma in battle!"

Words meanings summery:

• अम्बा (ambā) - Amba, the princess speaking (Amba (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - Amba said (said, spoke)

• मम (mama) - my (desire) (my, to me, of me)

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

• एष (eṣa) - this (desire) (this, this one)

• महान् (mahān) - great (desire) (great, large, mighty)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - addressing the Brahmin who is narrating or to whom Amba is speaking (O Brahmin, O venerable one)

• हृदि (hṛdi) - in my heart (where the desire resides) (in the heart, in the mind)

• कामः (kāmaḥ) - a strong desire or wish (desire, wish, love)

• अभिवर्तते (abhivartate) - dwells, exists, is present (exists, dwells, proceeds, turns towards)

• घातयेयम् (ghātayeyam) - may I slay (Bhishma) (may I cause to be killed, may I slay)

• यदि (yadi) - if (here implying 'that I may' in a wish) (if)

• रणे (raṇe) - in the battlefield (in battle, in combat)

• भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma, the object of Amba's desire for vengeance (Bhishma (proper name))

• इति (iti) - marks the preceding phrase as a thought or statement (thus, so, in this manner (introduces quoted speech or thought))

• एव (eva) - indeed, precisely (emphasizing the desire) (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• नित्यदा (nityadā) - always, continuously (always, constantly, perpetually)

Words meanings and morphology

अम्बा (ambā) - Amba, the princess speaking (Amba (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ambā

ambā - Amba (a proper noun, name of a princess)

उवाच (uvāca) - Amba said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

Irregular perfect form of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

मम (mama) - my (desire) (my, to me, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

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

(indeclinable)

एष (eṣa) - this (desire) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

महान् (mahān) - great (desire) (great, large, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - addressing the Brahmin who is narrating or to whom Amba is speaking (O Brahmin, O venerable one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, a holy man, a member of the priestly class

हृदि (hṛdi) - in my heart (where the desire resides) (in the heart, in the mind)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛd

hṛd - heart, mind

कामः (kāmaḥ) - a strong desire or wish (desire, wish, love)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, sensual pleasure (kāma)

Root: kam (class 1)

अभिवर्तते (abhivartate) - dwells, exists, is present (exists, dwells, proceeds, turns towards)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vṛt

Present Middle

Present 3rd person singular, middle voice, from root vṛt with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: vṛt (class 1)

घातयेयम् (ghātayeyam) - may I slay (Bhishma) (may I cause to be killed, may I slay)

(verb)

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

Optative Active (Causal)

Causal stem from root han (ghātaya-) + Optative 1st person singular, active voice

Root: han (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if (here implying 'that I may' in a wish) (if)

(indeclinable)

रणे (raṇe) - in the battlefield (in battle, in combat)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, combat, war

Root: raṇ (class 1)

भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma, the object of Amba's desire for vengeance (Bhishma (proper name))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (proper name, meaning 'the terrible')

Root: bhī

इति (iti) - marks the preceding phrase as a thought or statement (thus, so, in this manner (introduces quoted speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, precisely (emphasizing the desire) (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

नित्यदा (nityadā) - always, continuously (always, constantly, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

Derived from nitya (constant) + -dā suffix indicating 'at all times'