महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-117, verse-8

एह्येहि मे विप्रतीप स्पर्धसे त्वं मया सह ।
यदि मां नाभिगच्छेथा न ते श्रेयो भवेद्ध्रुवम् ॥८॥

8. ehyehi me vipratīpa spardhase tvaṁ mayā saha ,
yadi māṁ nābhigacchethā na te śreyo bhaveddhruvam.

8. ehi ehi me vipratīpa spardhase tvam mayā saha yadi
mām na abhigacchethāḥ na te śreyaḥ bhavet dhruvam

8. he vipratīpa! tvam mayā saha spardhase ehi ehi! yadi mām na abhigacchethāḥ,
na te śreyaḥ dhruvam bhavet

8. "Come, come, my adversary! You challenge me. If you do not approach me, surely no good will come to you."

Words meanings summery:

• एह्येहि (ehyehi) - come (an emphatic imperative invitation) (come, come!)

• मे (me) - my (vocative, implying ownership or relation) (my, to me, for me)

• विप्रतीप (vipratīpa) - adversary, opponent (opposite, hostile, adverse, antagonist)

• स्पर्धसे (spardhase) - you challenge (you contend, you compete, you challenge)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• मया (mayā) - with me (by me, with me)

• सह (saha) - with (with, along with)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• माम् (mām) - me

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अभिगच्छेथाः (abhigacchethāḥ) - you were to approach (you would approach, you should approach)

• न (na) - no (not, no)

• ते (te) - to you / for you (to you, for you, your)

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - good, welfare (good, welfare, prosperity, auspiciousness, better)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - will come to be, would be (it would be, it should be)

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - surely, certainly (certainly, surely, fixed, firm)

Words meanings and morphology

एह्येहि (ehyehi) - come (an emphatic imperative invitation) (come, come!)

(verb)

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

Imperative

Reduplication of the 2nd person singular active imperative of root i (to go/come) with prefix ā- which results in e-.

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Formally `ehi` repeated for emphasis, often written as one word in sandhi.

मे (me) - my (vocative, implying ownership or relation) (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Here used with a sense of possessive/relation to the vocative vipratīpa.

विप्रतीप (vipratīpa) - adversary, opponent (opposite, hostile, adverse, antagonist)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vipratīpa

vipratīpa - opposite, hostile, adverse, antagonist

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vi+pratīpa)

• vi – apart, away, adverse
  indeclinable
• pratīpa – contrary, adverse
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: prati

स्पर्धसे (spardhase) - you challenge (you contend, you compete, you challenge)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of spardh

Present Middle

2nd person singular middle present of root spardh

Root: spardh (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of spardhase.

मया (mayā) - with me (by me, with me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Used with saha.

सह (saha) - with (with, along with)

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs the instrumental case (mayā).

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Object of abhigacchethāḥ.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अभिगच्छेथाः (abhigacchethāḥ) - you were to approach (you would approach, you should approach)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of abhigam

Optative/Potential

2nd person singular middle optative of root gam with prefix abhi-

Prefix: abhi

Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - no (not, no)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you / for you (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Also serves as genitive. Here, "for you" is more apt.

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - good, welfare (good, welfare, prosperity, auspiciousness, better)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - good, welfare, prosperity, better

Comparative degree of śrī, but often used as a noun meaning welfare/good

Note: Subject of bhavet.

भवेत् (bhavet) - will come to be, would be (it would be, it should be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Optative/Potential

3rd person singular active optative of root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - surely, certainly (certainly, surely, fixed, firm)

(indeclinable)

Root: dhruv (class 1)

Note: Adverbial usage.