महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-191, verse-9

स तदा दूतमाज्ञाय पुनः क्षत्तारमीश्वरः ।
प्रास्थापयत्पार्षताय हन्मीति त्वां स्थिरो भव ॥९॥

9. sa tadā dūtamājñāya punaḥ kṣattāramīśvaraḥ ,
prāsthāpayatpārṣatāya hanmīti tvāṁ sthiro bhava.

9. saḥ tadā dūtam ājñāya punaḥ kṣattāram īśvaraḥ
prāsthāpayat pārṣatāya hanmi iti tvām sthiraḥ bhava

9. tadā saḥ īśvaraḥ dūtam ājñāya,
punaḥ kṣattāram pārṣatāya prāsthāpayat,
(uvāca ca) "tvām hanmi; sthiraḥ bhava" iti.

9. Then, he, the lord (īśvara), having issued a command to his messenger, again sent forth that charioteer (kṣattṛ) to Drupada (Pārṣata) with the message, 'I will kill you; be steadfast!'

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - Refers to Droṇa (he, that)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• दूतम् (dūtam) - messenger, envoy

• आज्ञाय (ājñāya) - having commanded/instructed (the messenger) (having commanded, having instructed, having known)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

• क्षत्तारम् (kṣattāram) - messenger, attendant (charioteer, chamberlain, messenger)

• ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - Refers to Droṇa as the one in command (lord, master, ruler)

• प्रास्थापयत् (prāsthāpayat) - he sent forth, he dispatched

• पार्षताय (pārṣatāya) - to Pārṣata (Drupada)

• हन्मि (hanmi) - I kill, I strike

• इति (iti) - Marks the end of a direct quotation (thus, so, (marks a quotation))

• त्वाम् (tvām) - Refers to Drupada (you)

• स्थिरः (sthiraḥ) - firm, steady, steadfast

• भव (bhava) - be, become

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - Refers to Droṇa (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

दूतम् (dūtam) - messenger, envoy

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dūta

dūta - messenger, envoy, delegate

Root: dūt (class 1)

आज्ञाय (ājñāya) - having commanded/instructed (the messenger) (having commanded, having instructed, having known)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root jñā with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

(indeclinable)

क्षत्तारम् (kṣattāram) - messenger, attendant (charioteer, chamberlain, messenger)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣattṛ

kṣattṛ - charioteer, chamberlain, doorkeeper, messenger

Agent noun from kṣad or kṣad + tṛn

Root: kṣad (class 1)

ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - Refers to Droṇa as the one in command (lord, master, ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, king, controller, god

Derived from root īś

Root: īś (class 2)

प्रास्थापयत् (prāsthāpayat) - he sent forth, he dispatched

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of prāsthāpayat

Causative, imperfect tense

From root sthā with prefix pra, causative stem sthāpay

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

पार्षताय (pārṣatāya) - to Pārṣata (Drupada)

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of pārṣata

pārṣata - a descendant of Pṛṣata, a name for Drupada

हन्मि (hanmi) - I kill, I strike

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of han

Root verb

Root: han (class 2)

इति (iti) - Marks the end of a direct quotation (thus, so, (marks a quotation))

(indeclinable)

त्वाम् (tvām) - Refers to Drupada (you)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

स्थिरः (sthiraḥ) - firm, steady, steadfast

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthira

sthira - firm, steady, constant, immovable, stable

Root: sthā (class 1)

भव (bhava) - be, become

(verb)

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

Root verb

Root: bhū (class 1)