महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-79

क्व क्षत्रिया यास्यथ नैष धर्मः सतां पुरस्तात्कथितः पुराणैः ।
मा स्वां प्रतिज्ञां जहत प्रवीराः स्वं वीरधर्मं परिपालयध्वम् ॥७९॥

79. kva kṣatriyā yāsyatha naiṣa dharmaḥ; satāṁ purastātkathitaḥ purāṇaiḥ ,
mā svāṁ pratijñāṁ jahata pravīrāḥ; svaṁ vīradharmaṁ paripālayadhvam.

79. kva kṣatriyāḥ yāsyatha na eṣaḥ
dharmaḥ satām purastāt kathitaḥ purāṇaiḥ
mā svām pratijñām jahata pravīrāḥ
svam vīradharmam paripālayadhvam

79. kṣatriyāḥ kva yāsyatha? eṣaḥ dharmaḥ satām purastāt purāṇaiḥ kathitaḥ na.
pravīrāḥ svām pratijñām mā jahata.
svam vīradharmam paripālayadhvam.

79. “Where will you Kṣatriyas go? This is not the (dharma) that has been declared by the ancients (purāṇas) before the noble. O heroes, do not abandon your own vow! Uphold your own warrior's (dharma).”

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where? whither?

• क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - O Kṣatriyas, O warriors

• यास्यथ (yāsyatha) - you will go

• न (na) - not

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - the constitutional principles or natural law of righteous conduct. ((natural law), constitution, duty, virtue, righteousness)

• सताम् (satām) - of the good, of noble persons

• पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - before, in front of, formerly

• कथितः (kathitaḥ) - said, spoken, declared

• पुराणैः (purāṇaiḥ) - by the ancient sages or traditional scriptures (purāṇas). (by the ancients, by the ancient texts (purāṇas))

• मा (mā) - not (prohibitive particle)

• स्वाम् (svām) - your own, one's own

• प्रतिज्ञाम् (pratijñām) - vow, promise, declaration

• जहत (jahata) - abandon, forsake

• प्रवीराः (pravīrāḥ) - O heroes, O excellent warriors

• स्वम् (svam) - your own, one's own

• वीरधर्मम् (vīradharmam) - the intrinsic nature or duty of a hero/warrior. (warrior's (dharma), code of conduct for heroes)

• परिपालयध्वम् (paripālayadhvam) - uphold, protect, maintain

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where? whither?

(indeclinable)

क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - O Kṣatriyas, O warriors

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - warrior, of the kṣatriya caste

यास्यथ (yāsyatha) - you will go

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, he, she, it (near)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - the constitutional principles or natural law of righteous conduct. ((natural law), constitution, duty, virtue, righteousness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom

सताम् (satām) - of the good, of noble persons

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sat

sat - being, good, virtuous, noble

Present Active Participle (from as)

Root: as (class 2)

पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - before, in front of, formerly

(indeclinable)

कथितः (kathitaḥ) - said, spoken, declared

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kathita

kathita - said, spoken, told, declared

Past Passive Participle

from root kath 'to tell'

Root: kath (class 10)

पुराणैः (purāṇaiḥ) - by the ancient sages or traditional scriptures (purāṇas). (by the ancients, by the ancient texts (purāṇas))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of purāṇa

purāṇa - ancient, old, old tale, legendary history, purāṇa

मा (mā) - not (prohibitive particle)

(indeclinable)

स्वाम् (svām) - your own, one's own

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self

प्रतिज्ञाम् (pratijñām) - vow, promise, declaration

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pratijñā

pratijñā - vow, promise, agreement, declaration

जहत (jahata) - abandon, forsake

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of hā

Root: hā (class 3)

प्रवीराः (pravīrāḥ) - O heroes, O excellent warriors

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of pravīra

pravīra - hero, excellent warrior, chief

स्वम् (svam) - your own, one's own

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self

वीरधर्मम् (vīradharmam) - the intrinsic nature or duty of a hero/warrior. (warrior's (dharma), code of conduct for heroes)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vīradharma

vīradharma - warrior's duty, hero's code of conduct, valorous (dharma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vīra+dharma)

• vīra – hero, brave, warrior
  noun (masculine)
• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom
  noun (masculine)

परिपालयध्वम् (paripālayadhvam) - uphold, protect, maintain

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of paripāl

Prefix: pari

Root: pāl (class 10)