महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-40, verse-59

यदहंकारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे ।
मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति ॥५९॥

59. yadahaṁkāramāśritya na yotsya iti manyase ,
mithyaiṣa vyavasāyaste prakṛtistvāṁ niyokṣyati.

59. yat ahaṅkāram āśritya na yotsye iti manyase mithyā
eṣaḥ vyavasāyaḥ te prakṛtiḥ tvām niyokṣyati

59. yat ahaṅkāram āśritya 'na yotsye' iti (tvam) manyase,
te eṣaḥ vyavasāyaḥ mithyā (bhavati) prakṛtiḥ tvām niyokṣyati

59. If, resorting to ego (ahaṅkāra), you think, 'I will not fight,' this determination of yours is futile. Your inherent nature (prakṛti) will compel you (to act).

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - if, that which, because, what

• अहङ्कारम् (ahaṅkāram) - ego (ahaṅkāra), self-conceit

• आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in

• न (na) - not

• योत्स्ये (yotsye) - I will fight

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you believe

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - false, futile, in vain

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

• व्यवसायः (vyavasāyaḥ) - determination, resolve, effort

• ते (te) - your

• प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - nature (prakṛti), material nature, inherent disposition

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• नियोक्ष्यति (niyokṣyati) - will compel, will engage, will appoint

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - if, that which, because, what

(indeclinable)

अहङ्कारम् (ahaṅkāram) - ego (ahaṅkāra), self-conceit

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāra

ahaṅkāra - ego, self-conceit, individualism (ahaṅkāra)

आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'śri' with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

योत्स्ये (yotsye) - I will fight

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of yudh

Future tense, middle voice, 1st person singular.

Root: yudh (class 4)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

(indeclinable)

मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you believe

(verb)

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

Present tense, middle voice, 2nd person singular.

Root: man (class 4)

मिथ्या (mithyā) - false, futile, in vain

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

व्यवसायः (vyavasāyaḥ) - determination, resolve, effort

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyavasāya

vyavasāya - determination, resolve, effort, business, undertaking

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Can also be dative singular.

प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - nature (prakṛti), material nature, inherent disposition

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature, original substance, inherent disposition (prakṛti)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

नियोक्ष्यति (niyokṣyati) - will compel, will engage, will appoint

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of yuj

Future tense, active voice, 3rd person singular.

Prefix: ni

Root: yuj (class 7)