महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-57, verse-27

महद्वो भयमागामि न चेच्छाम्यथ पाण्डवैः ।
गदया भीमसेनेन हताः शममुपैष्यथ ॥२७॥

27. mahadvo bhayamāgāmi na cecchāmyatha pāṇḍavaiḥ ,
gadayā bhīmasenena hatāḥ śamamupaiṣyatha.

27. mahat vaḥ bhayam āgāmi na cet icchāmi athā
pāṇḍavaiḥ gadayā bhīmasenena hatāḥ śamam upaiṣyatha

27. A great fear is coming for you all. And if I (Vidura) cease to desire (your well-being, or reconciliation) with the Pāṇḍavas, then, struck down by Bhīmasena's mace, you will attain ultimate peace (death).

Words meanings summery:

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, immense

• वः (vaḥ) - Refers to Duryodhana and his party. (to you (plural), your)

• भयम् (bhayam) - Refers to the impending disaster of war. (fear, danger, calamity)

• आगामि (āgāmi) - will come, impending (coming, approaching, future)

• न (na) - not, no

• चेत् (cet) - if

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - The speaker (Vidura) expresses his personal desire for peace or well-being. (I wish, I desire)

• अथा (athā) - Used to indicate a consequence or transition. (then, now, moreover)

• पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - by the Pāṇḍavas, with the Pāṇḍavas

• गदया (gadayā) - Refers to Bhīmasena's mace. (by the mace)

• भीमसेनेन (bhīmasenena) - by Bhīmasena

• हताः (hatāḥ) - killed, struck, destroyed

• शमम् (śamam) - Here, euphemistically refers to death, the cessation of life. (peace, tranquility, cessation)

• उपैष्यथ (upaiṣyatha) - you will reach/meet (death/end) (you will attain, you will go to, you will obtain)

Words meanings and morphology

महत् (mahat) - great, large, immense

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

Note: Agrees with 'bhayam'.

वः (vaḥ) - Refers to Duryodhana and his party. (to you (plural), your)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

2nd person plural pronoun

Note: Enclitic form.

भयम् (bhayam) - Refers to the impending disaster of war. (fear, danger, calamity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, terror, danger, calamity

From root bhī 'to fear'

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Subject of 'āgāmi'.

आगामि (āgāmi) - will come, impending (coming, approaching, future)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgāmin

āgāmin - coming, approaching, future, impending

Future Active Participle

From root gam with upasarga ā, suffix -in

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicate for 'bhayam'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a condition.

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - The speaker (Vidura) expresses his personal desire for peace or well-being. (I wish, I desire)

(verb)

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

Present Tense

root iṣ, 1st person singular, present active indicative

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: The subject is the speaker (Vidura).

अथा (athā) - Used to indicate a consequence or transition. (then, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - by the Pāṇḍavas, with the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava

Derivative of Pāṇḍu

Note: Can indicate agency ('by them') or association ('with them'). Here, 'with the Pāṇḍavas' referring to Vidura's attempts at reconciliation with them.

गदया (gadayā) - Refers to Bhīmasena's mace. (by the mace)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club

Note: Instrument of action.

भीमसेनेन (bhīmasenena) - by Bhīmasena

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhimasena (a proper name, another name for Bhīma)

Compound: Bhīma (terrible) + Sena (army/chief) but here used as a proper name

हताः (hatāḥ) - killed, struck, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root han 'to strike, kill'

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Refers to the implied 'you' (plural, Duryodhana and his kinsmen).

शमम् (śamam) - Here, euphemistically refers to death, the cessation of life. (peace, tranquility, cessation)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śama

śama - peace, tranquility, cessation, quietude

From root śam 'to be quiet'

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Object of 'upaiṣyatha'.

उपैष्यथ (upaiṣyatha) - you will reach/meet (death/end) (you will attain, you will go to, you will obtain)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of upa-i

Future Tense

root i with upasarga upa, 2nd person plural, future active indicative

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

Note: The implied subject is 'you all' (Duryodhana and his kinsmen).