महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-39, verse-26

पश्चादपि नरश्रेष्ठ तव तापो भविष्यति ।
तान्वा हतान्सुतान्वापि श्रुत्वा तदनुचिन्तय ॥२६॥

26. paścādapi naraśreṣṭha tava tāpo bhaviṣyati ,
tānvā hatānsutānvāpi śrutvā tadanucintaya.

26. paścāt api naraśreṣṭha tava tāpaḥ bhaviṣyati
tān vā hatān sutān vā api śrutvā tat anucintaya

26. Even afterwards, O best among men, sorrow will befall you. After you hear about those kinsmen, or even your sons, having been slain, then reflect upon that.

Words meanings summery:

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, later, behind

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - O best of men, O chief of men

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• तापः (tāpaḥ) - heat, pain, distress, sorrow

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will happen

• तान् (tān) - those kinsmen/warriors (implied) (those)

• वा (vā) - or, and

• हतान् (hatān) - slain, killed, destroyed

• सुतान् (sutān) - sons

• वा (vā) - or, and

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• तत् (tat) - this (matter, predicament) (that, this)

• अनुचिन्तय (anucintaya) - reflect upon, consider, meditate upon

Words meanings and morphology

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, later, behind

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - O best of men, O chief of men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naraśreṣṭha

naraśreṣṭha - best of men, chief of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+śreṣṭha)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

तापः (tāpaḥ) - heat, pain, distress, sorrow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tāpa

tāpa - heat, pain, suffering, distress, sorrow

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will happen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of bhaviṣyati

Root: bhū (class 1)

तान् (tān) - those kinsmen/warriors (implied) (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

हतान् (hatān) - slain, killed, destroyed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - slain, killed, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han

सुतान् (sutān) - sons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, offspring

From root su (to beget)

Root: su

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Gerund formed from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

तत् (tat) - this (matter, predicament) (that, this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अनुचिन्तय (anucintaya) - reflect upon, consider, meditate upon

(verb)

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

Imperative form of root cint with prefix anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: cint (class 10)