महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-103, verse-97

अर्जुन उवाच ।
शिखण्डी निधनं कृष्ण भीष्मस्य भविता ध्रुवम् ।
दृष्ट्वैव हि सदा भीष्मः पाञ्चाल्यं विनिवर्तते ॥९७॥

97. arjuna uvāca ,
śikhaṇḍī nidhanaṁ kṛṣṇa bhīṣmasya bhavitā dhruvam ,
dṛṣṭvaiva hi sadā bhīṣmaḥ pāñcālyaṁ vinivartate.

97. arjuna uvāca śikhaṇḍī nidhanam kṛṣṇa bhīṣmasya bhavitā
dhruvam dṛṣṭvā eva hi sadā bhīṣmaḥ pāñcālyam vinivartate

97. arjuna uvāca: kṛṣṇa! śikhaṇḍī bhīṣmasya nidhanam dhruvam
bhavitā hi bhīṣmaḥ pāñcālyam dṛṣṭvā eva sadā vinivartate

97. Arjuna said: "O Kṛṣṇa, Śikhaṇḍin will certainly be the death of Bhīṣma. For as soon as Bhīṣma sees Pāñcālya (Śikhaṇḍin), he always retreats."

Words meanings summery:

• अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍin (proper name)

• निधनम् (nidhanam) - death, destruction, demise

• कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Kṛṣṇa (vocative address) (Kṛṣṇa (proper name), dark, black)

• भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhīṣma

• भविता (bhavitā) - will be, is destined to be

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, indeed, firmly, constantly

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• एव (eva) - "as soon as" (in conjunction with dṛṣṭvā) (just, only, indeed)

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma

• पाञ्चाल्यम् (pāñcālyam) - Śikhaṇḍin (of Pāñcāla, a resident of Pāñcāla (an epithet of Śikhaṇḍin))

• विनिवर्तते (vinivartate) - turns away, retreats, desists

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (one of the Pāṇḍavas), white, clear

Root: ṛj

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍin (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhaṇḍin

śikhaṇḍin - Śikhaṇḍin (a warrior in the Mahābhārata, originally Amba reborn)

निधनम् (nidhanam) - death, destruction, demise

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nidhana

nidhana - death, destruction, end, demise

from ni-dhā (to lay down, deposit)

Prefix: ni

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Predicate nominative to bhavitā, meaning "will be the death".

कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Kṛṣṇa (vocative address) (Kṛṣṇa (proper name), dark, black)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Kṛṣṇa (a major deity in Hinduism, charioteer of Arjuna), dark, black

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (a revered elder in the Mahābhārata), terrible, formidable

Root: bhī (class 3)

भविता (bhavitā) - will be, is destined to be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (periphrastic) (luṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used as a finite verb.

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, indeed, firmly, constantly

(indeclinable)

Root: dhru

Note: Adverbial use of neuter accusative singular.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

एव (eva) - "as soon as" (in conjunction with dṛṣṭvā) (just, only, indeed)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (a revered elder in the Mahābhārata), terrible, formidable

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Subject of the verb vinivartate.

पाञ्चाल्यम् (pāñcālyam) - Śikhaṇḍin (of Pāñcāla, a resident of Pāñcāla (an epithet of Śikhaṇḍin))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāñcālya

pāñcālya - descendant of Pañcāla, a ruler of Pañcāla, Śikhaṇḍin

derived from Pañcāla (a kingdom/people)

Note: Object of dṛṣṭvā.

विनिवर्तते (vinivartate) - turns away, retreats, desists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

from vi-ni-vṛt (to turn away, desist)

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: The root vṛt is often atmanepadi.