महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-29, verse-17

ते चेदिमे कौरवाणामुपायमधिगच्छेयुरवधेनैव पार्थाः ।
धर्मत्राणं पुण्यमेषां कृतं स्यादार्ये वृत्ते भीमसेनं निगृह्य ॥१७॥

17. te cedime kauravāṇāmupāya;madhigaccheyuravadhenaiva pārthāḥ ,
dharmatrāṇaṁ puṇyameṣāṁ kṛtaṁ syā;dārye vṛtte bhīmasenaṁ nigṛhya.

17. te cet ime kauravāṇām upāyam
adhigaccheyuḥ avadhena eva pārthāḥ
dharmatrāṇam puṇyam eṣām kṛtam
syāt ārye vṛtte bhīmasenam nigṛhya

17. If these Pārthas were to find a means for the Kauravas without killing them, then a righteous act (dharma) and merit would be accomplished for them by restraining Bhīmasena in a noble manner.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they

• चेत् (cet) - if

• इमे (ime) - these

• कौरवाणाम् (kauravāṇām) - of the Kauravas

• उपायम् (upāyam) - a means, an expedient, a method

• अधिगच्छेयुः (adhigaccheyuḥ) - they might obtain, they might find

• अवधेन (avadhena) - without killing, by not killing

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• पार्थाः (pārthāḥ) - Pārthas, sons of Pṛthā (Kuntī)

• धर्मत्राणम् (dharmatrāṇam) - protection of righteousness, a righteous act

• पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit, virtue, a virtuous act

• एषाम् (eṣām) - of these, for them

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, accomplished

• स्यात् (syāt) - it would be

• आर्ये (ārye) - in a noble, in an Aryan

• वृत्ते (vṛtte) - in conduct, in a manner

• भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhīmasena (name of a Pāṇḍava)

• निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - having restrained, by restraining

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, this one

कौरवाणाम् (kauravāṇām) - of the Kauravas

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kaurava

kaurava - a descendant of Kuru, especially Dhritarashtra's sons (Kauravas)

उपायम् (upāyam) - a means, an expedient, a method

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upāya

upāya - means, method, expedient, device, stratagem

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

अधिगच्छेयुः (adhigaccheyuḥ) - they might obtain, they might find

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of adhigam

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

अवधेन (avadhena) - without killing, by not killing

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of avadha

avadha - non-killing, absence of slaughter, harmlessness

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+vadha)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vadha – killing, slaughter, striking
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vadh (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

पार्थाः (pārthāḥ) - Pārthas, sons of Pṛthā (Kuntī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pārtha

pārtha - a son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), an epithet of Arjuna, Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīmasena

derived from Pṛthā (Kuntī)

धर्मत्राणम् (dharmatrāṇam) - protection of righteousness, a righteous act

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dharmatrāṇa

dharmatrāṇa - protection of dharma, a righteous act

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+trāṇa)

• dharma – righteousness, duty, moral law, natural law, constitution (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• trāṇa – protection, defense, refuge
  noun (neuter)
  Root: trā (class 2)

पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit, virtue, a virtuous act

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - meritorious, virtuous, sacred; religious merit, virtue, good deed

एषाम् (eṣām) - of these, for them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, this one

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, accomplished

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, accomplished

past passive participle

derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

स्यात् (syāt) - it would be

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

आर्ये (ārye) - in a noble, in an Aryan

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of ārya

ārya - noble, honorable, respectable; an Aryan

वृत्ते (vṛtte) - in conduct, in a manner

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - conduct, course of action, manner, occurrence

past passive participle

derived from root 'vṛt' (to be, to exist, to proceed)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhīmasena (name of a Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhīmasena, the second of the Pāṇḍavas

निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - having restrained, by restraining

(gerund)