महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-193, verse-63

न मुञ्चेयमहं बाणानिति कौरवनन्दन ।
न हन्यामहमेतेन कारणेन शिखण्डिनम् ॥६३॥

63. na muñceyamahaṁ bāṇāniti kauravanandana ,
na hanyāmahametena kāraṇena śikhaṇḍinam.

63. na muñceyam aham bāṇān iti kaurava-nandana
na hanyām aham etena kāraṇena śikhaṇḍinam

63. kaurava-nandana,
aham bāṇān na muñceyam iti.
etena kāraṇena aham śikhaṇḍinam na hanyām.

63. O delight of the Kurus (Kauravanandana), I would not release arrows. For this reason, I would not kill Shikhandin.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - negation (not, no)

• मुञ्चेयम् (muñceyam) - I would not shoot (arrows) (I would release, I should release, I would abandon)

• अहम् (aham) - Bhishma (speaker) (I)

• बाणान् (bāṇān) - weapons of war (arrows)

• इति (iti) - introducing the statement of the vow (thus, in this manner, that (introduces quoted speech or thought))

• कौरव-नन्दन (kaurava-nandana) - address to Arjuna by Bhishma (O joy of the Kurus, O son of the Kuru dynasty)

• न (na) - negation (not, no)

• हन्याम् (hanyām) - I would not strike down (I would kill, I should kill)

• अहम् (aham) - Bhishma (I)

• एतेन (etena) - due to this reason (the vow) (by this, with this)

• कारणेन (kāraṇena) - due to the aforementioned vow (by reason, by cause)

• शिखण्डिनम् (śikhaṇḍinam) - the specific warrior, who was formerly a woman (Shikhandin)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - negation (not, no)

(indeclinable)

मुञ्चेयम् (muñceyam) - I would not shoot (arrows) (I would release, I should release, I would abandon)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of muñc

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Implies 'I would not shoot arrows'

अहम् (aham) - Bhishma (speaker) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

बाणान् (bāṇān) - weapons of war (arrows)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

Note: Direct object of 'muñceyam'

इति (iti) - introducing the statement of the vow (thus, in this manner, that (introduces quoted speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

कौरव-नन्दन (kaurava-nandana) - address to Arjuna by Bhishma (O joy of the Kurus, O son of the Kuru dynasty)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaurava-nandana

kaurava-nandana - joy of the Kurus, son of the Kurus

Compound type : genitive tatpuruṣa (kaurava+nandana)

• kaurava – descendant of Kuru, belonging to the Kurus
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from Kuru
• nandana – rejoicing, delight, son
  noun (masculine)
  From root nand (to rejoice)
  Root: nand (class 1)

Note: An epithet for Arjuna

न (na) - negation (not, no)

(indeclinable)

हन्याम् (hanyām) - I would not strike down (I would kill, I should kill)

(verb)

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

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Used with 'na' for prohibition

अहम् (aham) - Bhishma (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

एतेन (etena) - due to this reason (the vow) (by this, with this)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: Agrees with 'kāraṇena'

कारणेन (kāraṇena) - due to the aforementioned vow (by reason, by cause)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Instrumental case indicating cause

शिखण्डिनम् (śikhaṇḍinam) - the specific warrior, who was formerly a woman (Shikhandin)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śikhaṇḍin

śikhaṇḍin - Shikhandin (a specific character in the Mahabharata, who was born female and later became male)

Note: Direct object of 'hanyām'