महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-41, verse-74

शल्य उवाच ।
यदि मां नाभिगच्छेथा युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयः ।
शपेयं त्वां महाराज पराभावाय वै रणे ॥७४॥

74. śalya uvāca ,
yadi māṁ nābhigacchethā yuddhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ ,
śapeyaṁ tvāṁ mahārāja parābhāvāya vai raṇe.

74. śalyaḥ uvāca yadi mām na abhigacchethāḥ yuddhāya
kṛtaniścayaḥ śapeyam tvām mahārāja parābhāvāya vai raṇe

74. śalyaḥ uvāca mahārāja yadi kṛtaniścayaḥ mām yuddhāya
na abhigacchethāḥ tvām raṇe parābhāvāya vai śapeyam

74. Śalya said: "O great king, if you do not approach me with a firm resolve for battle, I would indeed curse you to defeat in battle."

Words meanings summery:

• शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Śalya

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• माम् (mām) - me

• न (na) - not, no

• अभिगच्छेथाः (abhigacchethāḥ) - you approach, you come

• युद्धाय (yuddhāya) - for battle, for fighting

• कृतनिश्चयः (kṛtaniścayaḥ) - resolute, having made a firm decision

• शपेयम् (śapeyam) - I would curse

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (singular, accusative)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• पराभावाय (parābhāvāya) - for defeat, for destruction

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, on the battlefield

Words meanings and morphology

शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Śalya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śalya

śalya - Śalya (proper name), dart, spear

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभिगच्छेथाः (abhigacchethāḥ) - you approach, you come

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, Optative (vidhiliṅ) of abhigam

Prefix: abhi

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: 2nd singular Optative Middle Voice

युद्धाय (yuddhāya) - for battle, for fighting

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

कृतनिश्चयः (kṛtaniścayaḥ) - resolute, having made a firm decision

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtaniścaya

kṛtaniścaya - one whose decision is made, resolute, determined

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+niścaya)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• niścaya – firm resolve, certainty, decision
  noun (masculine)
  From niś + ci (to gather, observe)
  Prefix: niś
  Root: ci (class 5)

शपेयम् (śapeyam) - I would curse

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, Optative (vidhiliṅ) of śap

Root: śap (class 1)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (singular, accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

पराभावाय (parābhāvāya) - for defeat, for destruction

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of parābhāva

parābhāva - defeat, destruction, humiliation

From prefix parā + root bhū (to be, become), implying 'to be overcome'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parā+bhāva)

• parā – away, back, over
  indeclinable
• bhāva – being, state, condition
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, on the battlefield

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, combat, struggle