महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-72, verse-1

भीमसेन उवाच ।
यथा यथैव शान्तिः स्यात्कुरूणां मधुसूदन ।
तथा तथैव भाषेथा मा स्म युद्धेन भीषयेः ॥१॥

1. bhīmasena uvāca ,
yathā yathaiva śāntiḥ syātkurūṇāṁ madhusūdana ,
tathā tathaiva bhāṣethā mā sma yuddhena bhīṣayeḥ.

1. bhīmasena uvāca yathā yathā eva śāntiḥ syāt kurūṇām
madhusūdana tathā tathā eva bhāṣethāḥ mā sma yuddhena bhīṣayeḥ

1. Bhīmasena said: "O Madhusūdana, whatever way peace may be established among the Kurus, speak precisely in that manner, and do not threaten them with war."

Words meanings summery:

• भीमसेन (bhīmasena) - Bhīmasena

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• यथा (yathā) - as, in which way, just as

• यथा (yathā) - as, in which way, just as

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace, tranquility, cessation

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let it be

• कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus

• मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O slayer of Madhu

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, accordingly

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, accordingly

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• भाषेथाः (bhāṣethāḥ) - you should speak

• मा (mā) - do not

• स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle used with mā for prohibition)

• युद्धेन (yuddhena) - by war, with war

• भीषयेः (bhīṣayeḥ) - you should frighten, you should threaten

Words meanings and morphology

भीमसेन (bhīmasena) - Bhīmasena

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhīmasena (name of a Pāṇḍava prince)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

Root vac, class 2, Perfect 3rd person singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, in which way, just as

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, in which way, just as

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace, tranquility, cessation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śānti

śānti - peace, tranquility, cessation

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let it be

(verb)

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

Optative Active

Root as, class 2, Optative 3rd person singular active

Root: as (class 2)

कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kuru

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

मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O slayer of Madhu

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of madhusūdana

madhusūdana - slayer of Madhu (epithet for Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madhu+sūdana)

• madhu – honey; name of a demon
  noun (masculine)
• sūdana – slayer, destroyer
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root sūd (to destroy)
  Root: sūd (class 10)

तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, accordingly

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, accordingly

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

भाषेथाः (bhāṣethāḥ) - you should speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of bhāṣ

Optative Middle

Root bhāṣ, class 1, Optative 2nd person singular middle (ātmanepada)

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: The sandhi `bhāṣethā` with `mā` indicates `bhāṣethāḥ`.

मा (mā) - do not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with aorist or imperative to express prohibition.

स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle used with mā for prohibition)

(indeclinable)

युद्धेन (yuddhena) - by war, with war

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - war, battle, fight

भीषयेः (bhīṣayeḥ) - you should frighten, you should threaten

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhīṣ

Optative Active

Causative from root bhī (to fear), Optative 2nd person singular active

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: The form `bhīṣayeḥ` is from the causative stem of `bhī`. The root `bhī` is class 3, but the causative stem `bhīṣay` conjugates as class 10. Used here in the potential/optative with `mā sma` for prohibition.