महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-95, verse-15

अरक्ष्यमाणं हि वृको हन्यात्सिंहं महावने ।
मा वृकेणेव शार्दूलं घातयेम शिखण्डिना ॥१५॥

15. arakṣyamāṇaṁ hi vṛko hanyātsiṁhaṁ mahāvane ,
mā vṛkeṇeva śārdūlaṁ ghātayema śikhaṇḍinā.

15. arakṣyamāṇam hi vṛkaḥ hanyāt simham mahāvane
mā vṛkeṇa iva śārdūlam ghātayema śikhaṇḍinā

15. hi,
mahāvane arakṣyamāṇam simham vṛkaḥ hanyāt.
mā vṛkeṇa iva śārdūlam śikhaṇḍinā ghātayema.

15. Indeed, an unprotected lion in a great forest might be killed by a wolf. Therefore, let us not cause the tiger (Bhishma) to be slain by Shikhandi, as if by a wolf.

Words meanings summery:

• अरक्ष्यमाणम् (arakṣyamāṇam) - unprotected, unguarded

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• वृकः (vṛkaḥ) - a wolf

• हन्यात् (hanyāt) - may kill, should kill

• सिम्हम् (simham) - a lion

• महावने (mahāvane) - in a great forest

• मा (mā) - do not

• वृकेण (vṛkeṇa) - by a wolf

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• शार्दूलम् (śārdūlam) - a tiger

• घातयेम (ghātayema) - we should allow (Bhishma) to be slain (we should cause to be killed, we should allow to be slain)

• शिखण्डिना (śikhaṇḍinā) - by Shikhandi

Words meanings and morphology

अरक्ष्यमाणम् (arakṣyamāṇam) - unprotected, unguarded

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of arakṣyamāṇa

arakṣyamāṇa - unprotected, unguarded

Present Passive Participle

Negation (a-) of rakṣyamāṇa (being protected), from root rakṣ (to protect)

Prefix: a

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

वृकः (vṛkaḥ) - a wolf

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛka

vṛka - wolf

हन्यात् (hanyāt) - may kill, should kill

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

सिम्हम् (simham) - a lion

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of simha

simha - lion

महावने (mahāvane) - in a great forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahāvana

mahāvana - great forest

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vana)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)

मा (mā) - do not

(indeclinable)

वृकेण (vṛkeṇa) - by a wolf

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vṛka

vṛka - wolf

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

शार्दूलम् (śārdūlam) - a tiger

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śārdūla

śārdūla - tiger, a kind of wild animal

घातयेम (ghātayema) - we should allow (Bhishma) to be slain (we should cause to be killed, we should allow to be slain)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of ghātaya

causative

formed from root han (to kill) with causative suffix -āya

Root: han (class 2)

शिखण्डिना (śikhaṇḍinā) - by Shikhandi

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śikhaṇḍin

śikhaṇḍin - Shikhandi (proper name)