महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-41, verse-33

भीष्म उवाच ।
यद्येवं नाभिगच्छेथा युधि मां पृथिवीपते ।
शपेयं त्वां महाराज पराभावाय भारत ॥३३॥

33. bhīṣma uvāca ,
yadyevaṁ nābhigacchethā yudhi māṁ pṛthivīpate ,
śapeyaṁ tvāṁ mahārāja parābhāvāya bhārata.

33. bhīṣma uvāca yadi evam na abhigacchethāḥ yudhi mām
pṛthivīpate śapeyam tvām mahārāja parābhāvāya bhārata

33. bhīṣma uvāca pṛthivīpate mahārāja bhārata yadi yudhi mām
evam na abhigacchethāḥ (tarhi) tvām parābhāvāya śapeyam

33. Bhīṣma said: "O lord of the earth, O great king, O descendant of Bharata, if you had not approached me thus in battle, I would have cursed you to be defeated."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यदि (yadi) - if

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• न (na) - not, no

• अभिगच्छेथाः (abhigacchethāḥ) - you would approach, you would go near

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

• माम् (mām) - Bhīṣma (me)

• पृथिवीपते (pṛthivīpate) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (O lord of the earth)

• शपेयम् (śapeyam) - I would curse, I would swear

• त्वाम् (tvām) - Yudhiṣṭhira (you)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (O great king)

• पराभावाय (parābhāvāya) - for defeat, for humiliation, for destruction

• भारत (bhārata) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (O descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (proper noun), terrible, awe-inspiring

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root vac, Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभिगच्छेथाः (abhigacchethāḥ) - you would approach, you would go near

(verb)

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

Optative Middle

Root gam with upasarga abhi, Optative tense, 2nd person singular

Prefix: abhi

Root: gam (class 1)

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, war, fight

Feminine noun of action from root yudh.

Root: yudh (class 4)

माम् (mām) - Bhīṣma (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

पृथिवीपते (pṛthivīpate) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (O lord of the earth)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pṛthivīpati

pṛthivīpati - lord of the earth, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛthivī+pati)

• pṛthivī – earth
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound of pṛthivī (earth) and pati (lord).

शपेयम् (śapeyam) - I would curse, I would swear

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of śap

Optative Active

Root śap, Optative tense, 1st person singular

Root: śap (class 1)

त्वाम् (tvām) - Yudhiṣṭhira (you)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

महाराज (mahārāja) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārājan

mahārājan - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
  Prefix 'mahā' for mahat
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Compound of mahat (great) and rājan (king).

पराभावाय (parābhāvāya) - for defeat, for humiliation, for destruction

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of parābhāva

parābhāva - defeat, destruction, humiliation

From root bhū with upasarga parā

Prefix: parā

Root: bhū (class 1)

भारत (bhārata) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (O descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to India

Derived from Bharata

Note: An epithet for the Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas.