महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-103, verse-78

अमङ्गल्यध्वजे तस्मिन्स्त्रीपूर्वे च विशेषतः ।
न प्रहर्तुमभीप्सामि गृहीतेषुं कथंचन ॥७८॥

78. amaṅgalyadhvaje tasminstrīpūrve ca viśeṣataḥ ,
na prahartumabhīpsāmi gṛhīteṣuṁ kathaṁcana.

78. amaṅgalya-dhvaje tasmin strī-pūrve ca viśeṣataḥ
na prahartum abhīpsāmi gṛhīteṣum kathaṃcana

78. tasmin amaṅgalya-dhvaje ca viśeṣataḥ strī-pūrve
na prahartum abhīpsāmi gṛhīteṣum kathaṃcana

78. I do not wish to strike, under any circumstances, that one who bears an inauspicious banner and was especially formerly a woman, even while holding an arrow.

Words meanings summery:

• अमङ्गल्य-ध्वजे (amaṅgalya-dhvaje) - on one with an inauspicious banner

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - Referring to Shikhaṇḍī. (on him, in that)

• स्त्री-पूर्वे (strī-pūrve) - Referring to Shikhaṇḍī's past as a female. (on one who was formerly a woman)

• च (ca) - and, also

• विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially, particularly

• न (na) - not

• प्रहर्तुम् (prahartum) - to strike, to attack

• अभीप्सामि (abhīpsāmi) - I wish, I desire

• गृहीतेषुम् (gṛhīteṣum) - Referring to the speaker (Bhishma) holding an arrow, meaning 'even if I have an arrow in hand'. (holding an arrow, having taken an arrow)

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, under any circumstances

Words meanings and morphology

अमङ्गल्य-ध्वजे (amaṅgalya-dhvaje) - on one with an inauspicious banner

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of amaṅgalyadhvaja

amaṅgalyadhvaja - one whose banner is inauspicious

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (amaṅgalya+dhvaja)

• amaṅgalya – inauspicious, unlucky, ill-omened
  adjective
  Prefix: a
• dhvaja – banner, flag, standard, emblem
  noun (masculine)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - Referring to Shikhaṇḍī. (on him, in that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्त्री-पूर्वे (strī-pūrve) - Referring to Shikhaṇḍī's past as a female. (on one who was formerly a woman)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of strīpūrva

strīpūrva - one who was formerly a woman

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (strī+pūrva)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• pūrva – former, previous, earlier
  adjective

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially, particularly

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

प्रहर्तुम् (prahartum) - to strike, to attack

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root 'hṛ' (to take, to carry) with prefix 'pra' (forward, forth).

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ

अभीप्सामि (abhīpsāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

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

Desiderative root of 'āp' (to obtain) with prefix 'abhi'.

Prefix: abhi

Root: āp (class 5)

गृहीतेषुम् (gṛhīteṣum) - Referring to the speaker (Bhishma) holding an arrow, meaning 'even if I have an arrow in hand'. (holding an arrow, having taken an arrow)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gṛhīteṣu

gṛhīteṣu - one who has taken an arrow, holding an arrow

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gṛhīta+iṣu)

• gṛhīta – taken, seized, held, received
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of the root 'grah' (to seize, take).
  Root: grah
• iṣu – arrow
  noun (masculine)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, under any circumstances

(indeclinable)