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).

27. פחד גדול יבוא עליכם, ואתם אינכם רוצים (בשלום) עם הפאנדוות. כשתיהרגו בידי בְּהִימַסֵנַה במכת האלה שלו, תמצאו שלווה (במוות).

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).

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