महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-25, verse-9

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ते चेत्कुरूननुशास्य स्थ पार्था निनीय सर्वान्द्विषतो निगृह्य ।
समं वस्तज्जीवितं मृत्युना स्याद्यज्जीवध्वं ज्ञातिवधे न साधु ॥९॥

9. te cetkurūnanuśāsya stha pārthā; ninīya sarvāndviṣato nigṛhya ,
samaṁ vastajjīvitaṁ mṛtyunā syā;dyajjīvadhvaṁ jñātivadhe na sādhu.

9. te cet kurūn anuśāsya stha pārthāḥ
ninīya sarvān dviṣataḥ nigṛhya
samam vaḥ tat jīvitam mṛtyunā syāt
yat jīvadhvam jñātivadhe na sādhu

9. O Pārthas, if you remain after governing the Kurus, having brought low and subdued all your enemies, that life of yours would be equal to death, for living by kinsmen-slaughter is not good.

Words meanings summery:

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ते (te) - you (Pārthas) (you (plural))

चेत् (cet) - if (if, if then)

कुरून् (kurūn) - the Kurus (the Kurus (accusative plural))

अनुशास्य (anuśāsya) - after governing (having taught, having governed, having commanded)

स्थ (stha) - you remain, you are (you (plural) are, you stand)

पार्थाः (pārthāḥ) - O Pārthas (O Pārthas (sons of Pṛthā/Kuntī))

निनीय (ninīya) - having brought low (having brought down, having subdued, having led away)

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (enemies) (all, every)

द्विषतः (dviṣataḥ) - enemies (enemies, haters)

निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - having subdued (having seized, having subdued, having restrained)

समम् (samam) - equal (to death) (equal, similar, equally)

वः (vaḥ) - your (plural) (your, to you (plural))

तत् (tat) - that (life) (that, it)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (life, existence)

मृत्युना (mṛtyunā) - to death (equal to death) (by death, with death)

स्यात् (syāt) - would be (may be, would be, should be)

यत् (yat) - for, because (which, that, because, for)

जीवध्वम् (jīvadhvam) - you live, to live (implied) (you (plural) live)

ज्ञातिवधे (jñātivadhe) - by kinsmen-slaughter (in kinsmen-slaughter, at the killing of relatives)

न (na) - not (not, no)

साधु (sādhu) - good, proper (good, virtuous, proper, righteous)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - you (Pārthas) (you (plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of tvad

tvad - you (singular)

Alternate form for nominative plural of 'yuṣmad'.

Note: Subject of 'stha'.

चेत् (cet) - if (if, if then)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a conditional clause.

कुरून् (kurūn) - the Kurus (the Kurus (accusative plural))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kuru

kuru - Kuru (name of an ancient king and his descendants, a tribe)

Note: Object of 'anuśāsya'.

अनुशास्य (anuśāsya) - after governing (having taught, having governed, having commanded)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive of root 'śās' (to teach, to rule) with upasarga 'anu'.

Prefix: anu

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Modifies the action of 'te'.

स्थ (stha) - you remain, you are (you (plural) are, you stand)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present

Root verb 'as' (class 2), present second person plural, parasmaipada.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: The main verb of the conditional clause.

पार्थाः (pārthāḥ) - O Pārthas (O Pārthas (sons of Pṛthā/Kuntī))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), a name for Arjuna, Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma

Note: Addressed to the Pāṇḍavas.

निनीय (ninīya) - having brought low (having brought down, having subdued, having led away)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive of root 'nī' (to lead) with upasarga 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Modifies the action of 'te'.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (enemies) (all, every)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with 'dviṣataḥ'.

द्विषतः (dviṣataḥ) - enemies (enemies, haters)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dviṣat

dviṣat - hating, hostile, enemy

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root 'dviṣ' (to hate). Accusative plural masculine.

Root: dviṣ (class 2)

Note: Object of 'ninīya' and 'nigṛhya'.

निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - having subdued (having seized, having subdued, having restrained)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive of root 'grah' (to seize) with upasarga 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Modifies the action of 'te'.

समम् (samam) - equal (to death) (equal, similar, equally)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sama

sama - same, equal, similar, even, impartial

Note: Agrees with 'jīvitam'.

वः (vaḥ) - your (plural) (your, to you (plural))

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Alternate form for genitive/dative/accusative plural of 'yuṣmad'.

Note: Possessive for 'jīvitam'.

तत् (tat) - that (life) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with 'jīvitam'.

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (life, existence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence, livelihood

Can also be PPP of 'jīv'.

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'syāt'.

मृत्युना (mṛtyunā) - to death (equal to death) (by death, with death)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, mortality, Yama (god of death)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Indicates comparison or equality with.

स्यात् (syāt) - would be (may be, would be, should be)

(verb)

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

Optative

Root verb 'as' (class 2), optative third person singular, parasmaipada.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the apodosis (consequence clause).

यत् (yat) - for, because (which, that, because, for)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the reason.

जीवध्वम् (jīvadhvam) - you live, to live (implied) (you (plural) live)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of jīv

Present

Root verb 'jīv' (class 1, jīva-), present second person plural, ātmanepada (alternative forms can be imperative).

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: It's 'jīva + dhvam', which is normally 2nd plural imperative ātmanepada, but can function as indicative in such contexts, or 'that you should live'. The translation 'living by' implies an infinitive/gerundial sense, which is a common way to render such constructions in English.

ज्ञातिवधे (jñātivadhe) - by kinsmen-slaughter (in kinsmen-slaughter, at the killing of relatives)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jñātivadha

jñātivadha - kinsmen-slaughter, murder of relatives

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jñāti+vadha)