महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-11, verse-20

द्रोण उवाच ।
न चेद्युधिष्ठिरं वीर पालयेदर्जुनो युधि ।
मन्यस्व पाण्डवं ज्येष्ठमानीतं वशमात्मनः ॥२०॥

20. droṇa uvāca ,
na cedyudhiṣṭhiraṁ vīra pālayedarjuno yudhi ,
manyasva pāṇḍavaṁ jyeṣṭhamānītaṁ vaśamātmanaḥ.

20. droṇaḥ uvāca na cet yudhiṣṭhiram vīra pālayet arjunaḥ
yudhi manyasva pāṇḍavam jyeṣṭham ānītam vaśam ātmanaḥ

20. droṇaḥ uvāca he vīra,
cet arjunaḥ yudhi yudhiṣṭhiram na pālayet jyeṣṭham pāṇḍavam ātmanaḥ vaśam ānītam manyasva

20. Droṇa said: "O hero, if Arjuna does not protect Yudhiṣṭhira in battle, then consider that the eldest Pāṇḍava has been brought under your own control (ātman)."

Words meanings summery:

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa (Drona (name of a teacher/warrior))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• चेत् (cet) - if (if, whether)

• युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• वीर (vīra) - O hero (addressing Duryodhana) (O hero, O brave one)

• पालयेत् (pālayet) - protects (may he protect, he should protect)

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle (in battle, in fight)

• मन्यस्व (manyasva) - consider (consider, think, believe (imperative))

• पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - the Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira) (the son of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava)

• ज्येष्ठम् (jyeṣṭham) - the eldest (eldest, chief, best)

• आनीतम् (ānītam) - brought (brought, fetched, led)

• वशम् (vaśam) - under control (control, power, submission)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of your own (self) (of the self, of oneself, of your own)

Words meanings and morphology

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa (Drona (name of a teacher/warrior))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Droṇa (name of a character in the Mahābhārata, the preceptor of the Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

3rd person singular, perfect active indicative (reduplicated form)

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'pālayet'.

चेत् (cet) - if (if, whether)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a conditional clause.

युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava, meaning 'steady in battle')

Note: Object of 'pālayet'.

वीर (vīra) - O hero (addressing Duryodhana) (O hero, O brave one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

Note: Addressed to Duryodhana.

पालयेत् (pālayet) - protects (may he protect, he should protect)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pāl

Optative Mood

3rd person singular, optative active

Root: pāl (class 10)

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (name of a Pāṇḍava prince, meaning 'white, clear')

Note: Subject of 'pālayet'.

युधि (yudhi) - in battle (in battle, in fight)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war

Root: yudh (class 4)

मन्यस्व (manyasva) - consider (consider, think, believe (imperative))

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of man

Imperative Mood

2nd person singular, present middle imperative

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Command directed at Duryodhana (implied 'you').

पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - the Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira) (the son of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava

Derived from Pāṇḍu + aṇ affix.

Note: Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira.

ज्येष्ठम् (jyeṣṭham) - the eldest (eldest, chief, best)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, chief, best, senior

Superlative degree of 'vr̥ddha' (old).

Note: Agrees with 'Pāṇḍavam'.

आनीतम् (ānītam) - brought (brought, fetched, led)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ānīta

ānīta - brought, led, fetched

Past Passive Participle

Derived from ā + nī- 'to bring'

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'Pāṇḍavam', forms part of a compound with 'vaśam'.

वशम् (vaśam) - under control (control, power, submission)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaśa

vaśa - will, power, control, authority, submission

Root: vaś (class 1)

Note: Often used with an accusative of destination, 'under control'.

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of your own (self) (of the self, of oneself, of your own)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature

Root: at (class 1)

Note: Here, used reflexively, 'of yourself'.