महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-186, verse-25

मम व्रतमिदं लोके नाहं युद्धात्कथंचन ।
विमुखो विनिवर्तेयं पृष्ठतोऽभ्याहतः शरैः ॥२५॥

25. mama vratamidaṁ loke nāhaṁ yuddhātkathaṁcana ,
vimukho vinivarteyaṁ pṛṣṭhato'bhyāhataḥ śaraiḥ.

25. mama vratam idam loke na aham yuddhāt kathaṃcana
vimukhaḥ vinivarteyam pṛṣṭhataḥ abhyāhataḥ śaraiḥ

25. loke idam mama vratam.
aham yuddhāt kathaṃcana pṛṣṭhataḥ śaraiḥ abhyāhataḥ vimukhaḥ na vinivarteyam

25. This is my vow in this world: I shall never retreat from battle, by no means, not even if struck by arrows from behind.

Words meanings summery:

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, sacred observance, religious duty

• इदम् (idam) - this

• लोके (loke) - in the world

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - I

• युद्धात् (yuddhāt) - from battle, from war

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, ever, under any circumstances

• विमुखः (vimukhaḥ) - turned away, with face averted

• विनिवर्तेयम् (vinivarteyam) - I would turn back, I would retreat

• पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from the back, from behind

• अभ्याहतः (abhyāhataḥ) - struck, hit, attacked

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

Words meanings and morphology

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, sacred observance, religious duty

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vrata

vrata - vow, sacred observance, religious duty

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

लोके (loke) - in the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

युद्धात् (yuddhāt) - from battle, from war

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, war, fight

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, ever, under any circumstances

(indeclinable)

विमुखः (vimukhaḥ) - turned away, with face averted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vimukha

vimukha - turned away, averted, hostile

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+mukha)

• vi – apart, away
  indeclinable
• mukha – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

विनिवर्तेयम् (vinivarteyam) - I would turn back, I would retreat

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vinivṛt

Optative 1st singular middle voice of root vṛt with prefixes vi and ni.

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from the back, from behind

(indeclinable)

अभ्याहतः (abhyāhataḥ) - struck, hit, attacked

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhyāhata

abhyāhata - struck, attacked, wounded

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root han with prefixes abhi and ā.

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: han (class 2)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow