महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-76, verse-17

अथ वा मन्यसे ज्यायान्वधस्तेषामनन्तरम् ।
तदेव क्रियतामाशु न विचार्यमतस्त्वया ॥१७॥

17. atha vā manyase jyāyānvadhasteṣāmanantaram ,
tadeva kriyatāmāśu na vicāryamatastvayā.

17. atha vā manyase jyāyān vadhaḥ teṣām anantaram
tat eva kriyatām āśu na vicāryam ataḥ tvayā

17. Alternatively, if you consider their immediate killing to be the more appropriate course of action, then let that be done quickly. Therefore, there is nothing further to be deliberated upon by you.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - alternatively, or (now, then, moreover, or)

• वा (vā) - or (or, alternatively)

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you consider (you think, you believe)

• ज्यायान् (jyāyān) - more appropriate, more proper (greater, superior, more excellent, better)

• वधः (vadhaḥ) - killing (killing, slaying, slaughter)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

• अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediate (modifying 'killing') (immediately, next, subsequently, without interval)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the killing) (that)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only (indeed, only, certainly, even)

• क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let that be done (let it be done, let it be made)

• आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• विचार्यम् (vicāryam) - to be deliberated upon (to be considered, to be deliberated upon, proper to be considered)

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore (therefore, hence, from this)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - alternatively, or (now, then, moreover, or)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, alternatively)

(indeclinable)

मन्यसे (manyase) - you consider (you think, you believe)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of man

present indicative

2nd person singular, middle voice, present tense

Root: man (class 8)

ज्यायान् (jyāyān) - more appropriate, more proper (greater, superior, more excellent, better)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jyāyas

jyāyas - greater, superior, more excellent, better

comparative degree of 'jya' or 'bahula'

वधः (vadhaḥ) - killing (killing, slaying, slaughter)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaying, slaughter, striking

Root: vadh (class 1)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - immediate (modifying 'killing') (immediately, next, subsequently, without interval)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anantara

anantara - without interval, immediate, next, subsequent, contiguous

negative prefix 'an' + 'antara' (interval)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (an+antara)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
• antara – interval, space, difference, interior
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used here as an adjective modifying 'vadhaḥ' (killing).

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the killing) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - indeed, only (indeed, only, certainly, even)

(indeclinable)

क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let that be done (let it be done, let it be made)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

imperative

3rd person singular, passive voice, imperative mood (loṭ)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

विचार्यम् (vicāryam) - to be deliberated upon (to be considered, to be deliberated upon, proper to be considered)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vicārya

vicārya - to be considered, to be deliberated upon, proper to be considered

gerundive

formed from vi-√car with suffix -ya (ṇyat)

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore (therefore, hence, from this)

(indeclinable)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of tvam

tvam - you (singular)