महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-103, verse-68

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
ब्रूहि तस्मादुपायं नो यथा युद्धे जयेमहि ।
भवन्तं समरे क्रुद्धं दण्डपाणिमिवान्तकम् ॥६८॥

68. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
brūhi tasmādupāyaṁ no yathā yuddhe jayemahi ,
bhavantaṁ samare kruddhaṁ daṇḍapāṇimivāntakam.

68. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca brūhi tasmāt upāyam naḥ yathā yuddhe
jayemahi bhavantam samare kruddham daṇḍapāṇim iva antakam

68. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca tasmāt naḥ upāyam brūhi yathā yuddhe
bhavantam samare kruddham daṇḍapāṇim iva antakam jayemahi

68. Yudhiṣṭhira said: Therefore, tell us the means by which we may be victorious in battle, [for we face] you, enraged in combat, like Antaka (Yama) holding his mace.

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, say, speak

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• उपायम् (upāyam) - means, method, expedient

• नः (naḥ) - to us, our

• यथा (yathā) - so that, in which way, as

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

• जयेमहि (jayemahi) - we may conquer, we may be victorious

• भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - you (respectful)

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in conflict

• क्रुद्धम् (kruddham) - enraged, angry, furious

• दण्डपाणिम् (daṇḍapāṇim) - one holding a staff/mace, epithet of Yama (god of death)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• अन्तकम् (antakam) - Antaka (an epithet of Yama, the god of death)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (eldest Pāṇḍava brother)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, say, speak

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

ablative of 'tad' used as an indeclinable

उपायम् (upāyam) - means, method, expedient

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upāya

upāya - means, method, expedient, approach

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

नः (naḥ) - to us, our

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Can also be genitive or accusative, but dative 'to us' fits the context of 'tell us a means'.

यथा (yathā) - so that, in which way, as

(indeclinable)

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Root: yudh (class 4)

जयेमहि (jayemahi) - we may conquer, we may be victorious

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of ji

Root: ji (class 1)

भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - you (respectful)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (polite address)

Present Active Participle

Root: bhū (class 1)

समरे (samare) - in battle, in conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

Prefix: sam

Root: ṛ (class 3)

क्रुद्धम् (kruddham) - enraged, angry, furious

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - enraged, angry, furious

Past Passive Participle

Root: krudh (class 4)

दण्डपाणिम् (daṇḍapāṇim) - one holding a staff/mace, epithet of Yama (god of death)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of daṇḍapāṇi

daṇḍapāṇi - staff-in-hand, one holding a staff/mace (epithet of Yama or Death)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (daṇḍa+pāṇi)

• daṇḍa – staff, mace, punishment
  noun (masculine)
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

अन्तकम् (antakam) - Antaka (an epithet of Yama, the god of death)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of antaka

antaka - the Ender, Yama (god of death)

Root: ant